Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor Adolescent Medicine

About the role

Faculty position (Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor) in the Adolescent Medicine Section, Division of Population Health, Quality, and Implementation Sciences at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. The role includes clinical responsibilities in outpatient clinics and inpatient consultation, serving as Director of the Adolescent Medicine Section with opportunity to grow the Adolescent Medicine enterprise, including clinical practice at an off‑site primary care center, developing a research enterprise, and expanding medical student, resident, and fellow education. The Section oversees the required Adolescent Medicine rotation for residents and contributes to medical student teaching. The Department of Pediatrics provides a full complement of pediatric medical and surgical subspecialists, with outpatient services at the Child Health Institute of New Jersey that also houses research faculty. Faculty engage in collaborative research on disease mechanisms, novel therapies, epidemiology, and outcomes research, and the department supports basic mechanisms of disease, educational scholarship, and clinical, translational, and health services research. Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine is highly NIH‑funded; Rutgers is a Big 10 university and a member of the Association of American Universities. Adjacent to the Children’s Hospital is the PSE&G Children’s Specialized Hospital; across the street is the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey (the state’s only NCI‑designated center) and the Ronald MacDonald House. The campus offers numerous collaboration opportunities across the health professional and biomedical science schools of Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences.

Responsibilities

• Provide outpatient and inpatient adolescent medicine clinical care.
• Serve as Director of the Adolescent Medicine Section.
• Develop and expand the Adolescent Medicine clinical practice, including at an off‑site primary care center.
• Establish a research enterprise within the section.
• Enhance medical student, resident, and fellow education programs.
• Oversee the required Adolescent Medicine rotation for residents.
• Participate in medical student teaching.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited medical school.
• Completion of a fellowship program in Adolescent Medicine.
• Board certification in Pediatrics with eligibility for or certification in Adolescent Medicine.

Qualifications

• Minimum: MD with board certification in Adolescent Medicine.
• Preferred: Demonstrated track record in health services, translational, clinical research, and/or educational research.

Pay

Salary is commensurate with experience. The final offer will be based on qualifications, experience, expertise, availability of department or grant funds, market benchmarks (when appropriate), and internal equity to ensure fair compensation relative to the university’s broader compensation structure.

Benefits

• Medical, prescription drug, and dental coverage.
• Paid vacation, holidays, and various leave programs.
• Competitive retirement benefits, including defined contribution plans and voluntary tax‑deferred savings options.
• Employee and dependent educational benefits (when applicable).
• Life insurance coverage.
• Employee discount programs.