Clinical Professor of Pediatrics (Clinician Educator) CHLA

The University of Southern California (USC), founded in 1880, is the largest private employer in the City of Los Angeles. As an employee of USC, you will be a part of a world-class research university and a member of the "Trojan Family," which is comprised of the faculty, students and staff that make the university what it is.

The Keck School of Medicine (KSOM) of the University of Southern California (USC) and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) in the Department of Pediatrics in the Division of Neonatology, are actively seeking a full-time faculty member for the position of Clinical Professor of Pediatrics (Clinician- Educator).

Academic Faculty Positions in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

The Fetal and Neonatal Institute and the Division of Neonatology of the Department of Pediatrics at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) and USC are seeking candidates for a full-time, non-tenure track faculty position at the academic rank of Clinical Professor of Pediatrics (Clinician Educator). This position is clinically focused and in addition to contributing to pediatric resident and neonatal-perinatal fellow education, the successful candidate will provide clinical service in the 58-bed, level IV state-of-the-art Newborn and Infant Critical Care Unit at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and in one of our four community based NICUs.

The Fetal and Neonatal Institute consists of the CHLA Division of Neonatal Medicine and the CHLA-USC Maternal Fetal Center. The Division has currently 25 faculty. Fellows from the LAC-USC Neonatal-Perinatal program rotate in the CHLA NICU. The CHLA-USC Maternal-Fetal Center is one of the largest fetal diagnosis and fetal intervention centers in the nation.

Requirements:

Must hold MD or DO degree

Board certified in Pediatrics

Board certified/eligible in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Desirable qualifications:

Clinical experience in clinical neonatology

Strength in teaching

Experience in patient-oriented, educational, QI/PI or outcome research

Strong oral and written communication/interpersonal skills

Ability to work in a complex, high-intensity academic environment

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles has been ranked by the US World and News Report among the top Children’s Hospitals in the US for many years.

To learn more about Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, and the University of Southern California, please visit

www.chla.org/ and www.usc.edu/

Apply here and upload CV.  For further inquiries contact:

Philippe S. Friedlich, M.D., MS Epi, MBA

Professor of Pediatrics & Surgery, USC Keck School of Medicine

Co-Director Fetal & Neonatal Institute, Chief Division of Neonatology 

Children's Hospital Los Angeles

4650 Sunset Blvd., MS #31

Los Angeles, CA  90027

Tel: 323-361-6300

E-mail: pfriedlich@chla.usc.edu

Academic appointment through USC Keck School of Medicine is available at a level appropriate to training and experience. USC is an  equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. CHLA and USC greatly values diversity and is committed to building a vibrant and culturally diverse community of faculty that best reflects the patients and families that we serve. Individuals from underrepresented groups in medicine are especially encouraged to apply.