Division Chief - Pediatric Developmental Medicine

Penn State Health
- Hershey Medical Center

Location: US:

PA:
Hershey

Summary of Position

Penn State Health Golisano Children's Hospital and Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center are recruiting a Division Chief in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics. The Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics Division provides comprehensive multidisciplinary evaluations for children with suspected autism, ADHD, learning disorders and other developmental impairments. Current special interests include psychopharmacology for aggression treatment, the use of medical marijuana for aggressive behavior in older adolescents with autism, assessment of speech apraxia, and other complex speech disorders, as well as evaluation of reading disorders, including dyslexia.

Opportunity Highlights

• Join a team of two Developmental Behavioral Pediatricians (one full-time, one part-time), two locum tenens Developmental Behavioral Pediatricians, Nurse Practitioner, Speech Therapist (specializes in speech apraxia), two Education Specialists (one full time, one half-time), nurse coordinator and Neuropsychologist.
• High-quality academic and clinical program.
• Academic appointments at the Associate or full Professor rank are based upon qualifications.
• Healthy work/life balance.

Requirements

• Medical degree – MD, DO, or foreign equivalent.
• Fellowship trained, BC/BE in Pediatrics with fellowship training in Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics.
• BC/BE in Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics.
• Minimum 5 years of Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics 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.

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.

About Penn State Health:

Penn State Health is a multi-hospital health system serving patients and communities across 29 counties in central Pennsylvania. It employs more than 18,000 people systemwide.

The system includes Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Penn State Health Golisano 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, an 89-bed psychiatric hospital in Harrisburg, Pa., and 2,450+ physicians and direct care providers at 225 outpatient practices. Additionally, the system jointly operates various healthcare providers, including Penn State Health Rehabilitation Hospital, Hershey Outpatient Surgery Center and Hershey Endoscopy Center.

In 2017, Penn State Health partnered with Highmark Health to facilitate creation of a value-based, community care network in the region.

Penn State Health shares an integrated strategic plan and operations with Penn State College of Medicine, the University's medical school. With campuses in State College and Hershey, Pa., the College of Medicine boasts a portfolio of more than $150 million in funded research and more than 1,700 students and trainees in medicine, nursing, other health professions and biomedical…