Division Director of Infectious Disease, Department of Pediatrics

Description

The Department of Pediatrics at the University of Virginia Children's Hospital invites applications for the position of Division Director, Pediatric Infectious Diseases.  The position is open to individuals with M.D.  or D. O. degrees and candidates must be eligible for appointment to the University of Virginia faculty.  The position is for tenure or non-tenure tracks at the professor or associate professor rank as appropriate.  Individuals with established laboratory or clinical research programs are preferred.  The incumbent must be board-certified in pediatric infectious diseases, and will be expected to contribute to clinical service in that subspecialty. 

 

UVA Health is a world-class academic medical center and health system with a Level I trauma center, an NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center, a Level IV NICU, and a Comprehensive Stroke Center.  Its footprint encompasses 4 hospitals and 2 physician groups with an integrated network of primary and specialty care clinics throughout Charlottesville, Albemarle, Nelson and Augusta counties, Culpeper, and Northern Virginia. Through its teaching and research, UVA Health continues to innovate and advance medicine while providing high-quality care. UVA is the number 1 rated Children’s Hospital in Virginia.  The Children’s Hospital is a hospital-within-a-hospital structure, and currently provides 111 inpatient beds with plans for expansion.  UVA Children’s has an active neonatal ICU, a pediatric ICU, and a large population of transplant and other immunocompromised patients. 

Founded in 1819 as just the 10th medical school in the United States of America, the University of Virginia School of Medicine (UVA School of Medicine) with its 21 clinical departments, 8 research departments, and 6 research centers consistently attracts some of the nation’s most prominent researchers to develop breakthrough treatments that benefit patients around the world. These research efforts are backed by more than $230 million in grant funding.

UVA Health is an academic health system that strives to provide excellence, innovation, and exceptional quality to the care of patients, the training of health professionals, and the creation and sharing of knowledge within a culture that promotes equity, diversity, and inclusivity. UVA Health is an expansive network comprised of the UVA Medical Center, UVA Community Hospitals, UVA Community Medical Group, UVA School of Nursing, UVA School of Medicine (SOM), University of Virginia Physicians Group, Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, and other strategic partnerships and alliances.

 Clinical Care

UVA Health prides itself in providing exemplary care to patients from across the Commonwealth of Virginia and surrounding regions. The Medical Center includes the flagship 696-bed Magnet® recognized University Hospital, which houses a Level I trauma center, the UVA Children's Hospital, the Emily Couric Clinical Cancer Center, the Charles Strickler Transplant Center, and more than 100 primary and specialty care clinics. The UVA Medical Center has received national accolades for outstanding clinical service in several disciplines, including oncology, cardiovascular, and women and children's services.

UVA Health facts and statistics (click link for more information about UVA Health clinic care)

Newly announced June 2023:

§  UVA Health Children’s is the No. 1 children's hospital in Virginia for the third consecutive year as ranked by U.S. News and World Report.

§  Among children’s hospitals, UVA was ranked by U.S. News & World Report in 9 out of 10 specialties:

o   #23 in neonatology

o   #29 in pediatric gastroenterology and GI surgery

o   #32 in pediatric nephrology

o   #34 in pediatric diabetes and endocrinology

o   #34 in pediatric orthopaedics

o   #36 in pediatric cardiology and heart surgery

o   #38 in pediatric pulmonology and lung surgery

o   #40 in pediatric neurology and neurosurgery

o   #43 in pediatric urology

 

§  U.S. News & World Report ranks UVA School of Medicine among Nation’s Best (clink link for more information about UVA SOM 2022-2023 review)

 Research

As part of its mission to provide excellence and innovation in patient care, the UVA School of Medicine engages talented researchers and trainees, and promotes and facilitates cutting-edge biomedical research. The School of Medicine consistently attracts some of the nation's most prominent researchers to develop fundamental scientific breakthroughs that can be translated