Division Chief, General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

About the role

The position is located in the Emory + Children's Pediatric Institute, an affiliation between Emory University and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.

Responsibilities

• Become established as a trusted, effective, and highly collaborative leader among division faculty and staff as well as administrative leaders at Children’s and Emory.
• Codify a divisional leadership team that taps into the expertise and enthusiasm of current faculty with respect to clinical services, education, research, and advocacy.
• Refine the Division’s vision and strategies for primary care, inpatient pediatric medicine at Hughes Spaulding, and adolescent medicine to contribute to and align with both Children’s and Emory at Grady, balancing missions of patient care, research, and teaching.
• Oversee and advance the delivery of culturally informed care across the Division, including two-generation approaches and behavioral health integration working closely with the Division of Behavioral and Mental Health.
• Support expansion of primary care access, including through School Based Health Centers and Adolescent Medicine, and consider development of specialized clinics (e.g., foster care or dedicated clinics for patients with medical and social complexity) to meet the needs of vulnerable populations and the community.
• Partner with clinical directors and hospital administrators to evaluate clinical operation models, develop and assess new models of care, and provide recommendations to improve system performance, quality, and efficiency as well as family experiences.
• Support the collegial, cohesive, and inclusive environment within the division to ensure the continued effective recruitment of outstanding residents and attending physicians.
• Work closely with the Vice Chair of Education/Chief Teaching Officer and educational leadership for the medical student clerkship, pediatric residency, and fellowship to ensure a primary care curriculum that is updated regularly to reflect emerging evidence and reflects LCME/ACGME requirements and can be used throughout the Emory and Children’s system for high-quality education.
• Nurture the culture of teaching and learning at Children’s and Emory, grounded in a model that emphasizes health equity and the care of “the whole child” within the context of their family and community.
• Broaden ambulatory training for residents and medical students across diverse practice settings (academic sites, private practices, FQHCs, SBHCs) with complementary experiences (acute care within medical homes, lactation, sports medicine, obesity management, medically complex care).
• Partner with operational teams to improve the quality and experience for learners and patients in unique training environments that include multiple medical schools, multiple levels of learners, and diverse and multilingual patient demographics.
• Work with the Vice Chair of Research/Chief Research Officer to support scholarly activity and innovation in general pediatrics and adolescent medicine including administrative support and mentorship for research.
• Support scholarship within the division and through community partnerships and research synergies, including in areas such as new models of care, health equity, population health, medical education, health services research, quality improvement, educational scholarship, and care of underserved populations; foster interdisciplinary collaborations with other divisions, departments, and medical schools.
• Enhance the division’s contribution to population health research, the Clinically Integrated Network (CIN), health systems science, and implementation science, including efforts to improve outcomes for individual patients and at the state level.

Requirements

The ideal candidate will have the following credentials:

• A Doctor of Medicine (MD/DO) from an accredited school of medicine.
• Board Certification in Pediatrics (and/or Adolescent Medicine) and eligibility for licensure in Georgia.
• Eligible for appointment at Emory University School of Medicine.
• Experienced academic and operational leader with vision, enthusiasm, humility, and executive presence.
• Significant clinical experience with leadership in pediatric settings.
• Passion for patient care, service improvement, and advocacy.
• Success building partnerships among diverse stakeholders.
• Transformational, strategic, collaborative, mission-driven personal characteristics.
• Excellent communicator and mentor.
• Teacher-scholar with integrity, energy, and flexibility.
• Visible and approachable leader who can inspire philanthropy and community engagement.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have the following qualifications:

• Education Doctor of Medicine (MD/DO) from an accredited school of medicine.
• Board Certification in Pediatrics (and/or Adolescent Medicine) and eligibility for licensure in Georgia.
• Eligible for appointment at Emory University School of Medicine.

Skills

The ideal candidate will have the following skills:

• Experience And Skills Experienced academic and operational leader with vision, enthusiasm, humility, and executive presence.
• Significant clinical experience with leadership in pediatric settings.
• Passion for patient care, service improvement, and advocacy.
• Success building partnerships among diverse stakeholders.
• Personal characteristics Transformational, strategic, collaborative, mission driven.
• Excellent communicator and mentor.
• Teacher-scholar with integrity, energy, and flexibility.
• Visible and approachable leader who can inspire philanthropy and community engagement.

Benefits

Details about benefits will be provided upon hire.

Pay

Details about pay will be provided upon hire.

Schedule

Details about schedule will be provided upon hire.

Additional Details

Emory University is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified individuals will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law. Emory University complies with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Era Veteran's Readjustment Assistance Act, and applicable executive orders, federal and state regulations regarding nondiscrimination, equal opportunity, and affirmative action (for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities). Inquiries regarding this policy should be directed to the Emory University Department of Equity and Civil Rights Compliance, 201 Dowman Drive, Administration Building, Atlanta, GA 30322. Telephone: 404-727-9867 (V) | 404-712-2049 (TDD).