Division Chief

Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Location: US:PA:Hershey
Work Type: Full Time
FTE:
Shift: Day
Hours: Primarily day with some evening and weekends

Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center is recruiting a Division Chief in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology.

Opportunity Highlights

• High quality academic and clinical program
• Academic appointments at the Associate or full Professor rank are based upon qualifications
• Nationally recognized and fully supported feeding clinic that includes outpatient feeding therapy, nutritionists, and psychologists
• Infusion Center in the Children's Hospital for easy administration of biologics for our IBD patients
• Healthy work/life balance

Requirements

• Medical degree – MD, DO, or foreign equivalent
• Fellowship trained, BC/BE in Pediatric Gastroenterology
• Minimum 5 years pediatric gastroenterology experience
• Eligible for the rank of Associate Professor or higher
• Proven leadership experience in an academic healthcare environment
• A strong commitment to patient care, medical student and resident education and research/scholarly activity is necessary

Penn State Health

• Penn State Health is a multi-hospital health system serving patients and communities across central Pennsylvania.
• The Children's Hospital celebrated a new era of patient and family centered care with the completion of a three-floor vertical expansion in October 2020 to meet the needs of children and families in central Pennsylvania who count on us for care.
• Among the first hospitals in the nation to be named a Level 1 Children's Surgery Center by the American College of Surgeons Children's Surgery Verification Program.
• We are the only medical facility in Pennsylvania to be accredited as a Level 1 pediatric trauma center and Level 1 adult trauma center.
• The system includes Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Penn State Health Children's Hospital and Penn State Cancer Institute based in Hershey, Pa.; Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center in Enola, Pa.; Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center in Camp Hill, Pa.; Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center in Lancaster, Pa.; Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center in Reading, Pa.; Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute, a specialty provider of inpatient and outpatient behavioral health services, in Harrisburg, Pa.; and 2,450+ physicians and direct care providers at 225 outpatient practices.

Community

• Hershey is a suburban community in a metropolitan area and is one of the fastest growing regions in the state.
• The area offers excellent public schools with many districts ranking in the top 100 in the state.
• Hershey is approximately 12 miles from Harrisburg, the state capital, and within a short train ride or drive to New York City, Philadelphia, Washington DC, and Baltimore.