Chief of Pediatric Rheumatology - Associate/Full Professor Apply now Job no: 534000 Work type: Multi-Track Faculty, Non-Tenure-Track Faculty, Tenure-Track Faculty Location: Main Campus (Gainesville, FL) Categories: Medicine/Physicians Department:29091400 - MD-PEDS-IMMUNOLOGY Classification Title: Chief & Associate/Full Professor - Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology Job Description: The University of
Florida Department of Pediatrics is seeking a Chief of Pediatric Rheumatology. This faculty position is available on either the tenure or non-tenure track at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor. Academic rank and tenure status will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.The Division Chief will provide leadership and oversight for the continued growth and development of the Pediatric Rheumatology
program. Responsibilities include delivering inpatient and outpatient clinical care; teaching and mentoring pediatric fellows, residents, and medical students; conducting scholarly and research activities; and leading the division’s expanding research portfolio, which includes investigator-initiated studies, registry-based research, and industry-sponsored clinical 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
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