Neonatology Division Chief - Medical University of South Carolina- Coastal Charleston, SC
Company: MUSC Health
Location: Charleston
Posted on: October 25, 2024
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Job Description:
The Dr. Charles P. Darby, Jr. Department of Pediatrics at the
Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), located in beautiful
downtown Charleston, South Carolina, is accepting applications at
the Associate Professor or Professor level to serve as the Division
Chief to the Division of Neonatology. Excellent candidates may be
eligible for the Jean and George W. Brumley Endowed Chair.The
Division of Neonatology at MUSC serves as the Level III Perinatal
Regionalization Center for southeastern South Carolina and is the
only Level IV Center in the state. The program is ranked as a top
Neonatology program by US News and World Report. The Division
currently has 13 faculty, approximately 30 APPs, and 9 neonatology
fellows. In addition to the Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine fellowship,
MUSC has the only Maternal-Fetal Medicine fellowship in South
Carolina. The David and Laura Stone Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
comprises the entire 5th floor of the MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children s
Hospital. Opened in 2020, it consists of 82 beds including single
patient, mother-baby couplet care, and extracorporeal membrane
oxygenation rooms as well as a minor procedure room with full
anesthesiology readiness. Each year approximately 2,700 newborns
are delivered at the Medical University of South Carolina, and an
additional 12,000 babies are born within our referral area. These
deliveries generate approximately 1,000 admissions to our intensive
care nurseries. Neonatal transports account for 40 percent of the
total admissions to our NICU with free-standing transport teams
able to provide ground, helicopter, and fixed wing transport. We
collaborate with all pediatric subspecialties as well as pediatric
surgery and pediatric surgical subspecialties.The Division is
committed to the provision of outstanding clinical care and
cutting-edge research. Major areas of academic interest include
neonatal nutrition (clinical, translational, and bench research),
neonatal kidney injury (translational and clinical research),
neural injury (translational and bench research encompassing
prevention through recovery), epidemiologic investigations, and
research QI. Faculty have access to collaborations with bench
researchers in the Darby Children s Research Institute located on
campus, one block from the children s hospital. Additionally, the
division has a history of collaboration with multiple pediatric
specialties, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology,
and adult investigators.Ideal Candidates:
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