Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at CUMC

This opportunity to join the Department of Pediatrics at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons at the rank of Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at CUMC is an exciting one. Columbia University Irving Medical Center, one of the nation's foremost academic health science center's working together with one of the nation's premier health systems, New York-Presbyterian Hospital. The Department of Pediatrics at Columbia University Medical Center is seeking a full-time primary care physician to join the team at Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian.

Key Responsibilities:

• This physician will spend half of their time leading and providing care in an innovative Newborn Clinic program.
• The Newborn Clinic serves families in the Washington Heights community, offering newborns their first outpatient visits within 3-5 days of birth. The clinic addresses early neonatal health concerns, supports breastfeeding and parenting, connects families with a medical home, and offers education and psychosocial support.
• The remaining half of the physician's time will be dedicated to providing general pediatric care in the outpatient practices of the NewYork-Presbyterian Ambulatory Care Network.
• This role also includes supervising and teaching pediatric residents.

Commitment of Diversity:

Columbia University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and Educator. The University is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse and pluralistic faculty and staff committed to teaching and working in a diverse environment, and strongly encourages applications from women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and veterans.

Columbia University welcomes applications from individuals who may have had nontraditional career paths, or who may have taken time off for family reasons (e.g. children, caring for disabled or elderly family), or who have achieved excellence in careers outside of academia (e.g., in professional or industry service). The University is responsive to the needs of dual career couples and is committed to supporting the work-life balance of its faculty. We are interested in candidates who have a record of success advising and mentoring individuals from groups underrepresented in higher education and is particularly interested in candidates who have research interests in subjects that will contribute to the understanding of diversity and equal opportunity.

• Must be Board certification in Pediatrics.
• Consistently strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build and sustain effective working relationships with professionals in other disciplines.
• The ability to create a high-energy results-oriented work environment that encourages colleagues and staff to value each other's contributions and the ability to share and celebrate success with colleagues and staff.

Columbia University is an Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran

Pay Transparency Disclosure

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to departmental budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, and training. The above hiring range represents the University's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.