The Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology in the Department of Pediatrics of Albany Medical College is seeking a full time Pediatric Gastroenterologist to join their team. We are seeking candidates who are interested in joining a comprehensive clinical program dedicated to the care of children and adolescents who have gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary, and/or nutritional disease.
Division overview:
- 4 full-time physicians, 2 pediatric nurse practitioners, 4 full-time nurses, and a part-time dietitian.
- Collaboration with adult gastroenterologists, diagnostic and interventional radiologists, pathologists, pediatric surgeons, behavioral therapists, social workers, and child life specialists.
- Most procedures are performed in a state-of-the-art outpatient endoscopy unit, with anesthesia support available for all cases.
- Comprehensive GI care provided for infants, children, and adolescents across a large catchment area, serving as the major tertiary referral center for 25 counties.
Responsibilities and requirements:
- Provide expert care to patients with a variety of gastrointestinal disorders, including complex conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease and functional GI disorders.
- Perform diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures, including upper and lower GI endoscopy, esophageal pH (including BRAVO) and impedance studies, video capsule endoscopy, and anorectal and esophageal manometry studies.
- Participate in the on-call inpatient schedule 1 in 5 weeks.
- Engage in teaching and mentoring of medical students, residents, and fellows, fostering their growth in pediatric gastroenterology.
- Participate in multidisciplinary clinics including aerodigestive, spina bifida and autism medical home.
- Contribute to ongoing clinical research and quality improvement projects to enhance patient outcomes.
- Help expand the division's clinical and academic mission by actively participating in departmental and institutional initiatives.
- Board eligibility or certification in pediatric gastroenterology is required.
Competitive base salary range with incentive bonus opportunity commensurate with rank and experience (base salary range for Assistant Professor $223,000 - $233,000).
The Albany Med Health System is the only regionally governed not-for-profit health system serving northeastern New York and western New England. It consists of Albany Medical Center, Albany Medical College, the Bernard & Millie Duker Children's Hospital, Columbia Memorial Health, Glens Falls Hospital, Saratoga Hospital, and the Visiting Nurses. Albany Medical Center is the capital region of New York's only academic medical center and one of upstate New York's largest teaching hospitals.
About Albany, NY:
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