Academic Scholar, Division Chief of Neonatology; Department of Pediatrics

Academic Scholar, Division Chief of Neonatology;
Department of Pediatrics

The Department of Pediatrics in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo (UB) and Oishei Children’s Hospital of Buffalo—soon to be Golisano Children’s Hospital—seeks a highly qualified neonatologist to serve as the new Division Chief of Neonatology. The successful candidate will lead a collaborative team of distinguished faculty members passionate about academic and clinical excellence and provide Level IV Neonatal care in the NYS designated Regional Perinatal Center at the Golisano Children’s Hospital of Buffalo.

The Division Chief will serve a strategic and leadership role in advancing NICU services by fostering collaborations across hospital sites and with community partners to develop and expand multidisciplinary clinical operations. Qualified candidates will be appointed at the Associate or Professor level rank.

• Recruiting and mentoring academically outstanding faculty members
• Contributing to curriculum development and overseeing the education of medical students, residents, and fellows.
• Expanding research activities of the Division and participating in collaborative research projects within the division and with other departments or institutions.
• Ensuring appropriate medical direction for the clinical activities of the division.
• Participating in Department of Pediatrics Division Chiefs and Department of Pediatrics Faculty meetings.
• Participating in clinical leadership meetings at the Children’s Hospital.

Clinical activities are based at Golisano Children’s Hospital in our State‑of‑the‑art Level IV single‑room 64‑bed Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Our NICU typically admits over 850 babies each year and maintains an average daily census of over 50.

• Advanced ENT procedures (airway reconstruction, etc.)
• Bedside surgery
• Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), nitric oxide inhalation
  
  High‑frequency ventilation
• Laparoscopic surgery
• Retinal surgery
• Surfactant replacement
• Non‑invasive ventilation
• Whole‑body cooling for hypoxic‑ischemic encephalopathy (HIE)

Our Neonatologists also staff a 10‑bed Level II NICU at the Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital.

As the regional center for comprehensive and state‑of‑the‑art pediatric trauma, surgical and medical care, Golisano Children’s Hospital serves neonates, perinatal, and obstetrical needs in New York State. The 12‑floor, 200‑bed facility is an integral part of the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus (BNMC), linking with Buffalo General Medical Center, Gates Vascular Institute, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, and the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at UB.

The successful applicant must share our unwavering commitment to excellence, integrity, collegiality, antiracism, inclusion, and respect for individuals with diverse backgrounds.

University at Buffalo (UB) is one of America’s leading public research universities and a flagship of the State University of New York system. As a research‑intensive public institution, UB is dedicated to academic excellence and positively impacts the world through research, creative activity, and people.