Section Head, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

4 months ago


WinstonSalem, United States Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Full time

The Department of Pediatrics at Wake Forest University School of Medicine (WFUSM)/ Brenner Children’s Hospital is seeking a dynamic and energetic leader as Head of the Section of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. Candidates must have a record of proven health care leadership, excellence in research, clinical care, education, and/or administrative accomplishments. Candidates must be board certified in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, hold the rank of Associate Professor or Professor, and have or be eligible for a North Carolina medical license.

Priorities for the Section Head of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine include enhancing research programs, developing innovative patient care programs, collaborating with community physicians, mentoring and career development of faculty and fellows in the section. The following qualities are preferred:

  • Academic stature as an established clinical investigator
  • Record of extramural grant funding and scholarly productivity
  • Excellence in mentoring
  • Transparency and a collaborative management style
  • Business skills including budgeting and resource management

The Department of Pediatrics is a collegial department with 95 dedicated, top-notch faculty and roughly $8 million in extramural funding. The Section is part of Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist’s Brenner Children’s Hospital that manages infants in the Sisel Newborn Intensive Care Unit, a 79-bed state-of-the-art center opened in 2019. The Section has active research focused on neonatal follow-up, neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome, ELGANS, clinical trials, Precision Medicine, and fetal programming amongst others. The Level IV NICU serves as the referral center for the more than 28,000 neonates born in Northwest North Carolina’s Perinatal Region II with admissions exceeding 950 annually.

Wake Forest University School of Medicine (WFUSM) is the education and research component of Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, a fully integrated academic health care system. WFUSM has 1,095 medical and science faculty members, 534 adjunct and clinical faculty in the community, and a budget of $373M (excluding practice plan income).

The Wake Forest University School of Medicine (WFUSM) ranks among the top third of American medical schools in total funding from the National Institutes of Health, with approximately $251M in extramurally funded research. The School of Medicine leverages its areas of strength and focus to improve integration of its research programs with population health, and to maximize multidisciplinary and translational approaches.

When faculty join Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, they are welcomed into an inclusive culture that celebrates and respects the contributions a diverse team can make together. Practice where your voice is valued, your passion for advancing medicine is rewarded, and you get the resources and support you need to thrive personally and professionally. In our nationally-renowned integrated health system, you can work alongside the most advanced minds in medicine to improve medicine, elevate hope and advance healing—for all. 

Contact Information:

Stacy Peterson-Carmichael, MD – Professor of Pediatrics (Pulmonology) & Search Chair- stapeter@wakehealth.edu

Cherrie Welch, MD – Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatology) - cwelch@wakehealth.edu

Jackie Aubert – Sr. HR Talent Acquisition Consultant -jaubert@wakehealth.edu



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