Careers in Quality

The Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Department of Pediatrics at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital at the University of Michigan is expanding. We are recruiting new faculty members at all academic ranks who are enthusiastic clinicians and educators. Applicants must be board-certified or board-eligible in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine by the position start date.  Responsibilities will include active participation in interprofessional Newborn ICU Quality Improvement and protocol development, and in the education of residents, fellows, neonatal nurse practitioners, and neonatal physician assistants. Experience in Pediatric resident and/or Neonatal-Perinatal fellowship program education leadership are favorably considered but not strictly required.  Our faculty collaborate closely with colleagues in Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Genetics, Nephrology, Cardiology, Neurology, Pulmonology, Ophthalmology, Pediatric Surgery, and Palliative Care, and participate in multi-disciplinary care of pregnant patients undergoing fetal procedures. 

C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital is ranked first in the state by USNWR, third in the region, and is nationally ranked in all ten specialties, including Neonatology, for which we are ranked first in the state. We work in the Brandon Newborn Intensive Care Unit, a 59-bed single patient room Level 4 NICU, within the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital and Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospital, an integral part of Michigan Medicine’s main medical campus in Ann Arbor.  Our faculty round on three NICU clinical teams daily for all patients including those receiving ECMO support, supervise medical transports in a large geographic catchment area, attend high risk deliveries, and provide coordinated prenatal consultation for inpatients and in the outpatient Fetal Diagnostic Center.  Our NICU has approximately 800 annual admissions, of which 80% are inborn and 20% referred from other hospitals, primarily community NICUs.  Our Division and Department offer opportunities to participate in clinical, translational, bioethics, health services, global health, bench and educational research. 

Michigan Medicine seeks to recruit and retain a diverse workforce as a reflection of our commitment to serve the diverse people of Michigan and to maintain the excellence of the University. We welcome applications from anyone who would bring additional dimensions to the University’s research, teaching, and clinical mission, including women, members of minority groups, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities. The Department of Pediatrics, like the University of Michigan as a whole, is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination and equal opportunity for all persons and will not discriminate against any individual because of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, height, weight, or veteran status.   The University of Michigan is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

Candidates should contact:

Karl Desch, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Search Committee Chair

Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

8-621 C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital

1540 E. Hospital Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-4254

Phone: 734 763-4109

E-mail: kdesch@med.umich.edu.