Assistant​/Associate​/Professor of Pediatrics; Neonatology

Assistant/Associate/Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatology)

Join the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria as a full-time Neonatologist. This position seeks a board‑certified or board‑eligible Neonatologist to provide clinical care and teaching in an academic setting at a 64‑bed Level IV NICU in the OSF Healthcare Children’s Hospital of Illinois.

• Quaternary Care NICU: 64-bed unit managing various neonatal pathologies, ~700 ICU admissions per year and supporting over 2,300 deliveries annually.
• Level IV NICU: provides ECMO, high‑frequency ventilation, therapeutic hyperthermia, and complex cardiac and neonatal surgical care.
• Collaborative Environment: neonatologists work alongside Advanced Practice Nurses, Neonatal‑Perinatal Fellows, and Residents.
• Education Focus: ample teaching opportunities for students, resident trainees (Pediatric and Medicine‑Pediatric) and Neonatology Fellows.
• Children's Hospital Neonatal Consortium (CHNC): NICU participates in the CHNC Database Network, contributing to outcomes‑based research, clinical trials, and quality improvement projects.

This full‑time role combines comprehensive clinical care with academic responsibilities in a busy, Level IV NICU within Illinois's third largest Children’s Hospital.

• Provide acute and ongoing consultative care to neonatal patients in both hospital and outpatient settings.
• Participate in undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education programs of the Department of Pediatrics.
• Engage in collaborative research and scholarly quality improvement activities within the Neonatology Division and the broader Pediatrics Department.
• Fulfill faculty duties including committee assignments, curriculum development, student counseling, and mentoring.

• MD/DO or equivalent degree.
• 3 years of residency and 3 years of neonatal‑perinatal fellowship in an ACGME‑accredited program.
• Board certification in Pediatrics required; board‑certified or board‑eligible in Neonatology preferred.
• Eligibility for licensure in Illinois.
• Enthusiasm for clinical care and teaching in an academic environment.

UICOMP is one of the University of Illinois College of Medicine’s three regional campuses, offering education to 262 medical students and 300 residents/fellows across 29 postgraduate programs. The Department of Pediatrics is one of the largest at UICOMP, providing general pediatrics and subspecialty services to Central Illinois in collaboration with the OSF Health Care Children’s Hospital of Illinois.

OSF Healthcare Children’s Hospital of Illinois, located in Peoria, is the third largest pediatric hospital in Illinois. It hosts 136 beds, over 140 pediatric subspecialists, and handles more than 7,000 inpatient admissions and 75,000 outpatient specialty visits annually.

The University of Illinois offers a competitive benefits portfolio, including health, dental, vision, retirement, and other financial protection plans. Detailed information can be found at https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).?portal

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