The Department of Pediatrics at The Ohio State University and Nationwide Children’s Hospital is seeking a Division Chief for Adolescent Medicine. The Chief will oversee all missions of the Division including accountability for clinical excellence and timely access to care, strategic growth, quality improvement, education, and original, innovative research.
The Division of Adolescent Medicine includes 8 physicians and 2 nurse practitioners, providing inpatient and outpatient health care for adolescents and young adults. The Division provides comprehensive primary care and a wide range of subspecialty care throughout the local community. Subspecialty activities include treatment of eating disorders; substance abuse disorders, including medication-assisted treatment for addiction; reproductive health care; and care for gender diverse and transgender individuals. The Division also provides care at the county juvenile detention center.
The Division of Adolescent Medicine has a strong commitment to training and scholarly activity. Since 2009, the Division has had an ACGME-accredited fellowship program. Areas of active research include: adolescent opioid use, contraception access, hormonal contraceptives and coagulation, and eating disorders. The Division Chief will be directly accountable to the Department Chair and the Chief Medical Officer at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. The chief will work closely with the chiefs of Ambulatory Pediatrics, Behavioral Health, Hospital Pediatrics, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and others to develop and execute a strategic plan for providing integrated clinical services for adolescents. The Division Chief will work closely with the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Chief Financial Officer, Chief Nursing Officer and Chief Operating Officer on personnel, budgetary, operational issues.
Qualified candidates for this position must be highly motivated with a distinguished academic record, reputation as an effective and motivated leader, and ability to mentor. A track record of proven leadership experience and skill in career development, research, operations, communication, conflict resolution, time management, and ability to work collaboratively with departmental and hospital personnel is desirable. Board certification in adolescent medicine is required. The Division Chief must support the diversity and equity values of our organization. Academic rank will be at the associate or full professor level.
Named to the Top 10 Honor Roll on U.S. News & World Report’s 2017-18 list of “America’s Best Children’s Hospitals,” Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of America’s largest not-for-profit freestanding pediatric healthcare systems providing wellness, preventive, diagnostic, treatment and rehabilitative care for infants, children and adolescents, as well as adult patients with congenital disease. Nationwide Children’s has a staff of nearly 13,000 providing state-of-the-art pediatric care during more than 1.4 million patient visits annually. As home to the Department of Pediatrics of The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Nationwide Children’s physicians train the next generation of pediatricians and pediatric specialists.
The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of the Top 10 National Institutes of Health-funded free-standing pediatric research facilities in the U.S., supporting basic, clinical, translational and health services research at Nationwide Children’s. The Research Institute encompasses three research facilities totaling 525,000 square feet dedicated to research.
If you or any of your colleagues are interested in applying or discussing this opportunity, please contact:
Alex Kemper, MD Division Chief, Ambulatory Pediatrics Nationwide Children’s Hospital Professor, Department of Pediatrics The Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health Principal Investigator, Center for Innovation in Pediatric Practice The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital Alex.Kemper@NationwideChildrens.org
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Internal Number: 110118
About Nationwide Children's Hospital
Named to the Top 10 Honor Roll on U.S. News & World Report’s 2017-18 list of “America’s Best Children’s Hospitals,” Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of America’s largest not-for-profit freestanding pediatric healthcare systems providing wellness, preventive, diagnostic, treatment and rehabilitative care for infants, children and adolescents, as well as adult patients with congenital disease. Nationwide Children’s has a staff of nearly 13,000 providing state-of-the-art pediatric care during more than 1.4 million patient visits annually. As home to the Department of Pediatrics of The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Nationwide Children’s physicians train the next generation of pediatricians and pediatric specialists. The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of the Top 10 National Institutes of Health-funded freestanding pediatric research facilities. More information is available at NationwideChildrens.org.
The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s is ranked in the top 10 nationally in NIH funding to free-standing children’s hospitals. Research programs are organized into 12 multidisciplinary Centers of Emphasis structured to encourage collaboration, facilitate team science and foster creativity.
