Pediatric Anesthesiology - Section Director - Cedars-Sinai Medical Center - Beverly Anesthesiology

Pediatric Anesthesiology - Section Director - Cedars-Sinai Medical Center - Beverly Anesthesiology

Job ID 17613 Location Los Angeles, California, United States Job Category Faculty/Physician Date posted 05/19/2026

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Job Description

Cedars-Sinai ranked #1 in California and #2 in the Nation by US News & World Report. We are inviting Pediatric Anesthesiologists to join Beverly Anesthesiology, Inc. in a role of Section Director for Pediatric Anesthesiology.

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, a state-of-the-art, 958 bed tertiary acute care academic medical center is committed to excellence in compassionate patient care, research, education, and community programs to improve the lives of our patients. Our robust academic enterprise shapes the experts who will help redefine medicine for the next generation.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Director of Pediatric Anesthesiology within Beverly Anesthesiology, Inc, reports to the Vice Chair and Co-Chairs of the Department of Anesthesiology. In addition to providing clinical anesthesia services, the Director provides day-to-day administrative, clinical, and operational duties for the Pediatrics Anesthesiology section. The role focuses on aligning section activities with departmental and institutional goals, ensuring high-quality and safe pediatric perioperative care, advancing operating room (OR) efficiency, and coordinating care across pediatric surgical and procedural services.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

Under the leadership of the Vice Chair and Co-Chairs of Anesthesiology, the Director will:

• Lead routine administrative and clinical functions for the Pediatric Anesthesiology section, including oversight of clinical services, quality and safety, patient experience, personnel, scheduling, and productivity.
• Establish annual section goals aligned with departmental and institutional priorities; track progress, and report outcomes.
• Oversee provider coverage, daily scheduling, and assignments to ensure timely responsiveness, continuity of care, and equitable workload distribution.
• Recommend appropriate staffing levels and competencies based on pediatric patient volumes, acuity, age-specific needs, and case mix; support recruitment and retention efforts.
• Serve as the point of contact for operational escalations and collaborate with pediatric surgical and procedural teams to resolve real-time issues.
• Partner with interdisciplinary leadership to develop, implement, and maintain policies and procedures guiding safe, high-quality pediatric anesthesia care across pre-op, intra-op, PACU, and non-OR anesthesia locations; communicate updates to anesthesia providers.
• Standardize workflows, documentation, and equipment use where appropriate to reduce variation and enhance reliability.
• Monitor quality and safety indicators; lead or participate in pediatric performance improvement initiatives with multidisciplinary teams.
• Review safety event reports and patient grievances; work with Patient Relations and participate in root cause analyses (RCAs) for issues.
• Ensure compliance with state and federal laws and accreditation standards (e.g., The Joint Commission), including licensure, credentialing, documentation, and quality assurance requirements.
• Provide ongoing monitoring and feedback on professional performance for providers within the section; participate in FPPE/OPPE processes in collaboration with departmental leadership.
• Recommend clinical privileges for section providers in partnership with departmental leadership and Medical Staff Services.
• Support onboarding, coaching, and performance evaluations of anesthesia providers; contribute to succession planning for key roles.
• Represent section interests in departmental and institutional meetings; present metrics and outcomes and drive transparency and accountability.
• Provide Anesthesia Clinical Services.

Teaching

• Participates in teaching of house staff, fellows and students.
• Participates in evaluation of the performance of fellows, residents, and students.
• Participates in departmental and institutional committees in training, research and clinical process activities.
• Participates in research activities.

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, located at the junction of West Hollywood and Beverly Hills. Cedars-Sinai Health System is the largest private not-for-profit provider of health care on the West Coast, serving more than 9 million people in Los Angeles County.

Join us and take the next step of your career with Beverly Anesthesiology, Inc at Cedars-Sinai!

We offer signing bonuses, housing loan or student loan assistance.

Our compensation philosophy: We offer a competitive total compensation and benefits package to our physicians. The total pay range shown above takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including knowledge/skills; relevant experience and training; education/certifications/licensure; and other business and organizational factors. This total pay range includes incentive payments that may be applicable to this role.

Pay Range: $535,000- $645,000 Total Cash Compensation.

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Qualifications

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Medical Degree or equivalent
• Board Certification in Anesthesiology and Pediatric Anesthesiology
• Graduate of ACGME accredited Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship
• Unrestricted California license as Physician
• Medical Staff membership in accordance with requirements for same as specified in the CSMC and Medical Staff bylaws, rules and regulations
• Eligible for recommendation to the appropriate academic rank and appointment
• Minimum of five years of active clinical experience as pediatric anesthesiologist
• Proven excellence in teaching, and in the organization of both clinical and non-clinical activities.
• Evidence of exceptional academic, clinical, professional, and administrative accomplishment.

About Us

Cedars-Sinai is a leader in providing high-quality healthcare encompassing primary care, specialized medicine and research. Since 1902, Cedars-Sinai has evolved to meet the needs of one of the most diverse regions in the nation, setting standards in quality and innovative patient care, research, teaching and community service. Today, Cedars- Sinai is known for its national leadership in transforming healthcare for the benefit of patients. Cedars-Sinai impacts the future of healthcare by developing new approaches to treatment and educating tomorrow''s health professionals. Additionally, Cedars-Sinai demonstrates a commitment to the community through programs that improve the health of its most vulnerable residents.

About the Team

With a growing number of primary urgent and specialty care locations across Southern California, Cedars-Sinai's medical network serves people near where they live. Delivering coordinated, compassionate healthcare you can join our network of clinicians and physicians to improve the healthcare people throughout Los Angeles and beyond.

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