Chief of Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology - Associate/Full Professor at InsideHigherEd

Chief of Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology - Associate/Full Professor Job No: 534000 Work Type: Full Time Location: Main Campus (Gainesville, FL) Categories: Medicine/Physicians Department: 29091400 - MD-PEDS-IMMUNOLOGY Job Description Classification Title: Chief of Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology - Associate/Full Professor Job Description: The University of Florida Department of Pediatrics is seeking a Chief of Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology . This is a faculty position in the non-tenure or tenure track with the rank of Associate/Full Professor. The applicant should be board-certified in Pediatric Rheumatology. This is a faculty position in the non-tenure or tenure track with the rank of Associate/Full Professor. Rank and tenure will be commensurate with qualifications. The Division Chief will be responsible for program development in all areas of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, in addition to patient care in the inpatient and outpatient settings, teaching of pediatric fellows, residents, and medical students, as well as conducting research and supervising the division's increasing large research program that includes investigator-initiated, registry and pharma funded investigations. The Division has three board-certified pediatric rheumatologists as well as six pediatric rheumatology APRNs and two LPNs, providing comprehensive care to children and adolescents throughout Florida. Our center of excellence is among the largest in the state and the only ACGME-approved program in Florida providing pediatric rheumatology fellowship training. We are extremely active in the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA) and its sub studies and have a full-time clinical research coordinator and access to other research support through the pediatrics department. We provide training in musculoskeletal ultrasound and have collaborative research and clinical relationships with Adult Rheumatology, Orthopedics, and PMR, including their state-of-the-art gait analysis laboratory. The Division includes a pediatric immunologist who directs one of three state funded SCID newborn screening sites and provides care to a large population of children with primary immunodeficiencies, as well as immunodeficient patients needing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in collaboration with BMT service and cardiac transplant patients requiring aggressive immunosuppression. There are also two allergists, one pediatric allergy APRN, and allergy nurses, providing cutting-edge comprehensive allergy services to children in North Florida and the Panhandle. UF Health-Pediatrics UF Health, the University of Florida's academic health center, is the country's only academic health center with six health-related colleges located on a single, contiguous campus. The colleges, major research centers and institutes, and clinical enterprises focus on building collaborative specialized clinical services centered on quality and innovation. The UF College of Medicine, the largest college within UF's academic health center, is currently the highest-ranked medical school in Florida. UF Health Shands, UF Health's private, not-for-profit hospital system, includes seven hospitals, a state-designated Level I trauma center, a Level IV neonatal intensive care unit, a regional burn center, and an emergency air and ground transport program. The Department of Pediatrics clinical services are delivered at UF Health Shands Children's Hospital, which was named one of the best Children's Hospital in Florida in the U.S. News