Assistant/Associate/Professor-Pediatrics (Fetal Echo-Cardiology)

The Department of Pediatrics of the University Of Illinois College Of Medicine at Peoria (UICOMP) seeks Pediatric Cardiology candidates for a position as
Assistant/ Associate/Professor of Clinical Pediatrics with specialization in Fetal Echocardiography. The candidate must hold an MD/DO degree, be BC/BE in Pediatrics and BC/BE in Pediatric Cardiology and will hold or are eligible for an Illinois physician license. This is a faculty position, as such requires clinical care, teaching medical students and residents, research and scholarly activities.
The candidate will join a well-established team of 10 pediatric cardiologists with 30 plus years of success in the region. Professional efforts will be bolstered by the support of two pediatric cardiovascular surgeons and a fully staffed cardiac intensive care unit with cardiac intensivists. Preferred candidates should have advanced training in fetal echocardiography procedures. Experience in teaching medical students and residents along with scholarly and research interests are highly desirable. UICOMP supports a thriving education program with approximately 21 pediatric residents and 32 combined medicine-pediatrics residents. The Department of Pediatrics has faculty members covering most pediatric subspecialties and primary care.
Clinical activities will include in-patient rotations and general cardiology clinic coverage and travel to outreach clinics located in surrounding community cities. In addition, the candidate will have responsibilities in the echocardiography laboratory and fetal echocardiography program at OSF Healthcare Children's Hospital of Illinois (CHOI). Clinical activities of the faculty are primarily concentrated at CHOI, which is the primary pediatric teaching facility for UICOMP and is a 132-bed facility that offers over 50 pediatric programs and services. These programs represent over 100 pediatric sub-specialists in 24 different disciplines, including the largest pediatric surgery program in Illinois. CHOI is the only full service tertiary hospital for children in downstate Illinois. It is a designated Level I Trauma Center, and a Pediatric Critical Care Center, as well as having a Regional Perinatal Center and a Level III neonatal intensive care unit.
Malpractice insurance is provided by the University of Illinois system and an excellent benefits package available including vacations, sick time, CME, health and life insurance and retirement plan.
***For fullest consideration please apply by February 3, 2021 at https://jobs.uic.edu/job-board/job-details?jobID=140126
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