Medical Director of Pediatric Hepatology - Pediatrics/SOM - F38450

Mission or Goal of Unit: The Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition at the Virginia Commonwealth
University (VCU), Children’s Hospital of Richmond (CHoR) is seeking a full-time, BC/BE pediatric hepatologist to serve as the
Director of Pediatric Hepatology. Applicants should have experience in both pediatric hepatology and transplantation. The
successful candidate will be faculty in the VCU School of Medicine with affiliation in the Department of Surgery and assist in the
development of a multidisciplinary pediatric transplantation core team at CHoR. VCU'sDepartment of Pediatrics is committed to training and developing the nextgeneration of dedicated pediatricians, caring for each child as if they wereour own and advancing the specialty and its myriad subspecialties throughinnovative research. Our central hub is at the Children’s Hospital of Richmondat VCU in downtown Richmond, with satellite locations and community clinics allthroughout Central Virginia.

Chief Purpose of this position: The Division of PediatricGastroenterology at the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Children’sHospital of Richmond (CHoR) is seeking a full-time, BC/BE pediatrichepatologist to serve as the Director of Pediatric Hepatology. The facultyshares a common commitment to providing exceptional clinical care to childrenas well as providing a quality education to trainees and research in the areaof hepatology. There are opportunities for teaching and supervision of medicaland graduate students and pediatric residents. Candidates will be part of adynamic effort to enhance an academic gastroenterology center. Research andother scholarly activity are expected, and opportunities exist forcollaborative research with established researchers. In particular, theDivision of Adult Hepatology has a longstanding and extensive clinical andbasic science research program. Numerous campus resources are available tosupport basic, clinical and translational research, including a NIH-funded CTSAand the VCU Center for Clinical and Translational Research (CCTR).

Position Responsibilities:

• Teaching: Faculty member will haveteaching responsibilities in the area of Hepatology. Faculty member willprovide guidance and mentorship to Residents and Chief Residents in GI.
• Research: Faculty member will haveexperience in securing revenue through grants and contracts and will serve as aresearch mentor to other members of the division and the Department ofPediatrics.
• Service: Faculty member will serveon departmental or School of Medicine level committees when appropriate, aswell as professional through journal review, conference presentations.
• Clinical: Faculty member will provideclinical support within the Division of Gastroenterology in support of theclinical mission of CHoR of VCU Health System.

Required Qualifications:

• Board Certification/BoardEligible in Pediatrics
• Board Certification/BoardEligible in Pediatric Gastroenterology
• Board Certification/BoardEligible in Pediatric Transplant Hepatology
• Experience with clinical careof patients ages birth to 21
• Experience with education ofhouse staff, medical students, and others
• Experience with research
• Excellent interpersonalskills
• Demonstrated experience working in and fostering anenvironment of respect, professionalism, and civility with a population offaculty, staff, and students from various backgrounds and experiences, or acommitment to do so as a faculty member at VCU

Preferred Qualifications:

• Sub-board and or additional graduate degree
• Experience with advocacy at local, state, andnational levels
• Success in generating revenue (grants/contracts)

Position Type: MCVP
Full time equivalent: 100
ORP Eligible: 
Tenure: Open
Rank: Open
Months: 12
Department:School of Medicine/Pediatrics

Salary: Commensurate

Contact Information:
Contact Name: Erin Flexon
Contact Email: erin.flexon@vcuhealth.org
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