Department: Department of Pediatrics, UAB School of Medicine
Location: Huntsville, AL
Position Description
The Department of Pediatrics at the UAB School of Medicine, in partnership with Children’s of Alabama (COA), invites applications and nominations for a Pediatric Pulmonologist to join the clinical faculty and to serve as a physician partner at the North Alabama Children’s Specialists Clinic (NACS) location in Huntsville, Alabama.
The selected candidate will provide care at the North Alabama Children’s Specialists Clinic (NACS) in Huntsville, AL. Strong clinical demand and an expanding division will offer the new pediatric pulmonologist an exciting array of opportunities to participate in its growth and development. The two current physicians are looking to add a third fulltime clinical partner that will enjoy a great position with a healthy life-work balance.
The role will be primarily focused on providing ambulatory/outpatient care, 4-days a week (8 half-day clinics). There will be limited inpatient call requirements, no more than 7 days per month for inpatient consultations. The outpatient call for the practice will be equally divided between the physicians with nurse practitioners taking the bulk of patient calls. This is a great role for a physician that wants a work-life balance, a growing practice, and a great team of colleagues in a location that is affordable and provides an excellent quality-of-life and affordability.
Required Qualifications
MD, DO, or MD/PhD
Board Certified in Pediatrics
Board Certified/Board Eligible in Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine
North Alabama Children’s Specialists Clinic
North Alabama Children’s Specialists was established in 1994. Our practice is home to two pediatric pulmonary specialists and one pediatric neurology specialist. In addition, pediatric specialists in the field of adult congenital heart disease, pediatric rheumatology, pediatric general surgery, pediatric neurosurgery, pediatric gastroenterology hold monthly clinics in our office.
The Huntsville Hospital for Women & Children has a 9 bed PICU, 55 bed NICU, and 35 bed pediatric floor
Division of Pediatric Pulmonary & Sleep Medicine
The Pediatric Pulmonary division at UAB is a leader in all facets of academic medicine including care, education, and research. It includes 15 faculty members and nearly 85 divisional personnel dedicated to advancing our understanding and treatment of pediatric pulmonary disorders. It is the home of the MCHB-funded Pediatric Pulmonary Center (PPC), the UAB CFFT Therapeutic Development Network Translational Research Center, the UAB Center for CFTR Detection Core within the CFFT-TDN, a CFF accredited CF Care Center, and the Translational Research in Normal and Disordered Development (TReNDD) Program. It supports subspecialty fellowship training in both Pediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine, and master's level training in nursing, social work, nutrition, and respiratory therapy. In 2008 the Pediatric Pulmonary division at UAB provided inpatient nearly10,000 bed/days of inpatient care, performed over 1,500 sleep studies, and logged over 7,500 outpatient visits. Divisional grant support has totaled over $2.2 million dollars in 2009, and 7 faculty members were named to the 2008 'Best Doctors in America' list.
Children's Hospital has a completely equipped and highly staffed pulmonary lab that performs diagnostic testing for diseases including, but not limited to, cystic fibrosis, asthma, exercised induced bronchospasm, cancer, sarcoidosis and muscular dystrophy. The lab also performs pulmonary function tests, diffusion studies, exercise testing, nasal brushings and bronchoscopies. The lab works closely with hospital staff, inpatients and outpatients and directly with the pediatric pulmonologist, who interprets testing performed in the pulmonary lab. The Division of Pediatric Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine provides comprehensive care and diagnostic services for:
Acute and chronic lung diseases including cystic fibrosis
Asthma and allergies including atopic dermatitis, angioedema and urticaria
Diseases of the immune system
Division personnel oversee a pediatric pulmonary function laboratory, bronchoscopy service and sleep disorders center. The associated Cellular Immunobiologist Unit is supported by both the Lurleen B. Wallace Tumor Institute and the Department of Pediatrics. Major research interests include:
Asthma
Basic and clinical research in cystic fibrosis
Investigations into the regulation of the immune system
Mechanisms underlying deficiency syndromes
Studies of the oncogenic events which result in B cell malignancies an of T and B cell differentiation
University of Alabama
From its origins as a fledgling medical complex and modest “extension center” of the University of Alabama in the mid-20th century, UAB has evolved into one of the most dynamic and productive universities of the 21st century. In four short decades since becoming an autonomous campus in 1969, the institution has risen to global renowned for its intensely collaborative research and patient care, novel academic programs, and robust culture of innovation.
Central to UAB’s ascent has been the longtime partnership with the community to drive the economic and cultural renaissance of Birmingham, which is now a thriving nexus for research, health care and technology transfer. Once known as the “Magic City” for its booming steel trade, the Birmingham metro area and UAB have now built a boomtown of a different sort, working a different kind of magic, and successfully mining a resource much more precious in the 21st century: The intellectual capital to keep Alabama and the U.S. competitive in today’s global, knowledge economy.
Location – Huntsville, AL
The high-tech city of Huntsville, which sprawls at the foot of a mountain in North Alabama, is equally at home in the 19th century or the 21st. The city is one of the most recognized cities in the Southeast – consistently named as one of the best places to live and work by a variety of national publications and noted as a premier location for both business and quality of life.
Huntsville’s attractions reflect the heritage of Alabama’s first English-speaking city, the strife of the American Civil War and the accomplishments of America’s rocket scientists. The city is nicknamed “The Rocket City” for its close history with U.S. space missions. Huntsville has been important in developing space technology since the 1950s.
How to Apply
This search is led by Gentry Zacheis, Managing Principal of Academic Med and Jim Hagood, Managing Partner. Please submit applications, nominations, and/or confidential inquiries to: solsen@academic-med.com
From its origins as a fledgling medical complex and modest “extension center” of the University of Alabama in the mid-20th century, UAB has evolved into one of the most dynamic and productive universities of the 21st century. In four short decades since becoming an autonomous campus in 1969, the institution has risen to global renowned for its intensely collaborative research and patient care, novel academic programs, and robust culture of innovation.
Central to UAB’s ascent has been the longtime partnership with the community to drive the economic and cultural renaissance of Birmingham, which is now a thriving nexus for research, health care and technology transfer. Once known as the “Magic City” for its booming steel trade, the Birmingham metro area and UAB have now built a boomtown of a different sort, working a different kind of magic, and successfully mining a resource much more precious in the 21st century: The intellectual capital to keep Alabama and the U.S. competitive in today’s global, knowledge economy.
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