| Position | Developmental Pediatrics Faculty |
| Credentials | MD or MD/PhD |
| Starting Date | Negotiable |
| Name | R. Matt Lingerfelt |
| Title | Faculty Recruitment Coordinator |
| Organization | Kentucky Children’s Hospital and the University of Kentucky |
| City | Lexington |
| State | KY |
| rmling3@uky.edu | |
| Web Site | https://pediatrics.med.uky.edu/ |
| Phone | 859-562-3116 |
1. be recruited at the Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Professor level to the University of Kentucky
2. demonstrate effective clinical service and teaching in pediatric development
3. hold an MD or MD/PhD or equivalent with a sustained record of excellent service
The duties for this full-time position include patient care, teaching and scholarly activities. The successful candidate will also serve as a faculty member within the Neonatology Division. The primary responsibilities of this position are to provide quality cost-effective care to neonates at the Kentucky Children’s Hospital and affiliated NICUs. In addition, the faculty member will participate in the education of our students, residents and extended medical community. Department of Pediatrics (https://pediatrics.med.uky.edu/). The Division of Neonatology is the largest Division within the Department of Pediatrics. Kentucky Children’s Hospital is home to a 97-bed state of the art Level IV NICU that include an ELSO Center of Excellence Neonatal ECMO Program, a Neuro-NICU, a growing POCUS program and a comprehensive Complex Care Outpatient Program. Neonatology also has a 9-person Neonatal Fellowship Program, a PA Residency Program and a robust advanced practitioner group at the NICU at Kentucky Children’s Hospital. The Department of Pediatrics consists of over one hundred faculty members and is composed of allergy/immunology, child protective service, child advocacy, child psychiatry, community pediatrics, critical care, endocrinology, gastroenterology, genetics/metabolism, general pediatrics, hematology/oncology, hospitalist, infectious disease, neonatology, nephrology, neurology, pediatric surgery, pulmonary, radiology, research, rheumatology, and school health. The Department has an outstanding training program in General Pediatrics and three combined training programs: 1) Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, 2) Adult Psychiatry and Child Psychiatry, and 3) Child Neurology. UK Pediatrics also offers unique programs directed at child advocacy and international health. The Department is chaired by Dr. Scottie Day, a pediatric critical care specialist and tireless advocate for the Division of Neonatology.
Kentucky Children’s Hospital (https://ukhealthcare.uky.edu/kentucky-childrens-hospital). The Kentucky Children’s Hospital (KCH), a hospital-within-a hospital, serves as a subspecialty regional referral and pediatric care center for Central and Eastern Kentucky. A renovated KCH entrance and 36,000 sq. ft. NICU opened in April 2018. The new entrance symbolizes the first time that Kentucky Children’s Hospital will truly have a front door. KCH is a 133-bed facility with 43 acute care (non-ICU) beds, a 12-bed PICU, a __-bed cardiac ICU, a 97- bed NICU, a 12-bed step down unit, and an 8-bed outpatient area open 24 hours daily for medication infusions or observations. Following a “Hospital within a hospital” model with dedicated pediatric radiology, surgery, radiation oncology, transport, sedation team and phlebotomy services, KCH offers full service in-house multidisciplinary support for pediatrics and young adult patients up to age 29 years.
• Over 100 pediatric faculty, including over 70 subspecialists
• PICU team with 8 intensivists performing 25 ECMO cases per year
• Six pediatric surgeons actively engaged with pediatric oncology program
• Residency programs in pediatrics, pediatric neurology, medicine-pediatrics, and pediatric psychiatry (triple board)
• Fellowship training program in neonatology
University of Kentucky (http://www.uky.edu/UKHome/). The University of Kentucky (UK) is a leading land-grant and public research university located in the beautiful Bluegrass region of central Kentucky. Counted among the highest level of Carnegie Research institutions, the University is in the midst of aggressive efforts to become one of the nation’s premier public research universities with expectations that the College of Medicine will grow significantly in research stature and NIH ranking.
UK College of Medicine (https://med.uky.edu/). Founded in 1960, the UK College of Medicine (UKCOM) produces highly qualified, caring physicians and the next generation of biomedical scientists to serve the people of Kentucky and the nation. Grants and contracts in UKCOM reached over $100 million last year, including nearly $80 million in National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding. The College is one of six health- related colleges at the University (Dentistry, Health Sciences, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Public Health) and is located on UK’s main campus in Lexington, KY.
Lexington KY and the Bluegrass (https://www.visitlex.com/). Lexington, Kentucky, has a population estimated at more than 315,000 with a larger metro area of more than 630,000, and is often ranked as one of the best places to live in the country. It is located approximately 70 miles from Cincinnati and Louisville, situated in the “Heart of the Bluegrass”). It is a lovely and affordable place to live, full of friendly people and fun things to do.
How to Apply
Candidates should apply by email to the University of Kentucky, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Developmental Pediatrics, Attn: Matt Lingerfelt, rmling3@uky.edu , Faculty Recruitment Coordinator. Applications should include a curriculum vita and a description of clinical and scholarly interests. Applicants should also provide the names and addresses of at least three professional references. Applications will be reviewed as received and invitations to interview will be extended to competitive candidates.
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