AssistantAssociateProfessor-Pediatric Rheumatology

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Company: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Location: Peoria, IL 61604

Description:

AssistantAssociateProfessor-Pediatric Rheumatology

(Search extended through 9/10/2024)

Hiring Department: UICOMP-Pediatrics

Location: Peoria, IL USA

Requisition ID

Posting Close Date: 9/10/2024

The Department of Pediatrics atthe University of Illinois College of Medicine, in partnership with OSFHealthCare Children's Hospital of Illinois is committed to deliveringexceptional healthcare services to children in Central Illinois. A PediatricRheumatologist at our Peoria campus will be part of a large pediatric groupproviding ambulatory and inpatient care to pediatric patients withrheumatologic illnesses. There are opportunities to partner with the adultRheumatologist at OSF Saint Francis Hospital and build collaborativepartnerships with other children's hospitals in Illinois. The department iscommitted to supporting research and educational needs of the successfulcandidate.

Position Summary

Pediatric Rheumatologist to provide ambulatory and inpatient care to pediatric patients with rheumatologic illnesses at the Childrens Hospital of Illinois.

Duties & Responsibilities
  • Provide acute and ongoing consultative care to children that have rheumatologic illnesses in both the hospital and outpatient settings.
  • Participate in education and training programs for medical students and residents and fellows in the Department of Pediatrics
  • Participate in Collaborative research activities of the Division of Rheumatology and department
  • Perform other duties of a university faculty member including committee assignments, curriculum development and student counseling.
  • Perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.


Minimum Qualifications

  • MD/DO
  • Eligible for Illinois licensure
  • BC/BE Pediatrics and/or Pediatric Rheumatology


About University of Illinois Collegeof Medicine, Peoria (UICOMP) Department of Pediatrics and OSF HealthcareChildren's Hospital of Illinois:

UICOMP is one of the three regional campusesof the University of Illinois College of Medicine, one of the largest publicmedical schools in the country. UICOMP'seducational programs include 244 medical students and 300 residents/fellows in21 different post graduate programs. TheDepartment of Pediatrics is one of the largest departments at UICOMP. In collaboration with the OSF HealthCareChildren's Hospital of Illinois, the Department has 19 divisions and over 145faculty members providing general pediatrics and subspecialty services to thepediatric population in Central Illinois.

About Children'sHospital of Illinois

The currentresearch infrastructure within the Department includes office of research, adedicated biostatistician and internal research funding mechanism to supportour faculty. The primary teachinghospital of UICOMP is Children's Hospital of Illinois, a tertiary care facilityserving a 37-county region with a population base of over two million.Children's Hospital of Illinois provides comprehensive services to children,including Level IV NICU and a state-designated Pediatric Critical Care Center.Children's Hospital of Illinois is a major medical facility with 136 beds and a32-bed critical care unit and the only Level 1 trauma center in Illinoisoutside of Chicago. There are existingresources through UICOMP and Children's Hospital of Illinois for seedingresearch funding, quality and outcomes focused academic work and innovation inhealth education.

About Peoria, IL

One of the oldestcommunities in Illinois with a population of 112,936, Peoria is equal distancefrom Chicago and St. Louis. Here we havean enviable standard of living, exciting venues within a 15-20 minute drivefrom our homes, safe streets, quality and quantity shopping, our own symphony,our own ballet, Broadway Theater League, museums, art guilds, first-classmedical facilities, the nation's oldest community theater and oldest SantaClaus parade.

Our vibrant riverfrontshowcases a multitude of festivals and celebrations that light up the summernights much like our extraordinary Fourth of July Sky Concert fireworks showthat draws well over 100,000 annually. Citizens are flocking to live in the refurbished warehouses and lofts onWater Street that produce the perfect lifestyle for a 24/7 city.

We have many globalbusinesses that allow Peoria to play all over the world through their productsand services. Peoria has begun todiversify its economy with infotech industries as well. Thus our business community attracts some ofthe brightest graduates throughout the nation.

For fullestconsideration, please submit your application by 7/2/2024 at:

https://uic.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/7406?c=uic

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