August 18, 2016

The Department of Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh are recruiting for a faculty position in the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine.  The candidate must have completed a Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship program and be Board Certified/Eligible in Pediatric Emergency Medicine.  We are seeking an individual who will qualify for the academic ranks of Assistant or Associate Professor. 

Our Division currently has twenty full- or part-time pediatric emergency medicine faculty and eight full-time general pediatrician faculty members.  We have an outstanding pediatric emergency medicine fellowship training program including nine fellows. The Emergency Department at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh is a level I trauma center and has an annual volume of approximately 80,000 visits; 16% of these patients are admitted, including approximately 1,700 annual admissions to the Trauma Service.  Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh is the major referral site for western Pennsylvania, northeastern Ohio and northern West Virginia for ill and injured children.

Faculty responsibilities include patient care, house staff and student education and academic pursuits.  Division faculty teach pediatric emergency medicine fellows, pediatric residents from Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, emergency medicine residents from the University of Pittsburgh Department of Emergency Medicine, and visiting residents from area programs in Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine.  All of our faculty members have scholarly interests and a long history of academic productivity and mentorship.

Academic rank will be offered commensurate with experience and achievement.  A very competitive salary and benefits package will be offered as well.  The University of Pittsburgh is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer.

Pittsburgh has been voted “America’s most livable city,” “Best place to raise a family,” and one of National Geographic’s “Top ten outdoor cities.”  Cost of living is low and several school districts are nationally ranked.

Interested candidates should forward a letter of interest and their CV to: Richard A. Saladino, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Chief, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, 4401 Penn Avenue, AOB 2nd floor, Pittsburgh, PA  15224.  E-mail:  [log in to unmask]


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