Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Rutgers University, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Robert wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ
The Department of Pediatrics at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) is seeking an outstanding leader to serve as Director of the Division of Emergency Medicine. Eligible candidates will be board certified in Pediatric Emergency Medicine. The physician leader will have a strong clinical and academic background and be responsible for all clinical, educational, scholarly, and administrative activities of the Division. Candidates with a proven track record in clinical care, education and investigative work will be considered. Academic rank will be at the level of Associate Professor or Professor, determined by qualifications. The commitment to the academic mission of Rutgers and RWJMS allows for the educational opportunities across the spectrum of trainees including students, residents and fellows.
The Director would join 8 full time faculty members who provide 24/7 PEM coverage to 24,000 patients each year. The clinical services of the Division of Emergency Medicine are conducted at the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) in New Brunswick, NJ, contiguous with the Bristol Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital (BMSCH). The Pediatric Emergency Department is a Level 2 Pediatric Trauma Center. BMSCH is a 105-bed acute care hospital located on the only pediatric academic health campus in the state of New Jersey. The BMSCH is ranked as one of America’s Best Hospitals by U.S. News and World Report.
The Department of Pediatrics has a full complement of pediatric medical and surgical subspecialists. Outpatient services are provided at the Child Health Institute of New Jersey which also houses our research faculty. The Department of Pediatrics includes physicians and basic scientists who conduct collaborative research with an emphasis on mechanisms of disease, novel therapies, epidemiology and/or outcomes research in the areas of relevance to childhood diseases. The Department provides a collaborative setting for the study of basic mechanisms of disease and outcomes research that would provide new insights to the treatment of childhood diseases. The Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine is consistently ranked as one of the highly NIH-funded academic universities and Rutgers is a member of the Association of American Universities comprising the top research universities in North America.
Adjacent to the Children’s hospital is the PSE&G Children’s Specialized Hospital which is one of the country’s largest inpatient acute rehabilitation hospitals for children. Across the street is the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey – the only NCI designated center in the state of New Jersey as well as the Ronald MacDonald House. As the state’s premiere institution, located in central Jersey, there are many opportunities to collaborate across campuses with all the health professional schools and biomedical science schools at the Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences.
Interested candidates should email a cover letter and your CV to:
Sally Radovick, MD
Henry Rutgers Term Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Senior Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Physician-in-Chief
Bristol Myers-Squibb Children’s Hospital 125 Paterson Street
Clinical Academic Building, Rm 7106 New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Email: s.radovick@rutgers.edu
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