Pediatric Gastroenterologist​/Transplant Hepatologist

The Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at the University of Utah School of Medicine has an immediate opening for a Pediatric Gastroenterologist/Hepatologist with advanced training and/or experience in Pediatric Transplant Hepatology. The Pediatric Gastroenterologist/Hepatologist will be part of a clinical team in the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition in the Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine.

The Pediatric Gastroenterologist/Hepatologist will provide outpatient and inpatient care, focusing primarily on transplant hepatology and liver disease, in addition to general pediatric gastroenterology and clinical outreach activities at our satellite clinics. Although the primary focus of this position is clinical service, there are opportunities for academic work, including education, collaborative clinical research and investigation, administration and advocacy.

Clinical activities are carried out at Primary Children’s Hospital (PCH), a 289-bed Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah. In 2024, a second PCH campus opened in Lehi, Utah. The Pediatric Liver Care Center serves the largest geographic catchment area in the United States, with a diverse mix of patients from Utah, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Wyoming and New Mexico. The liver transplant program has performed >300 liver transplants since its inception (>40% are altruistic or related living donors), with more than 30 in the last two years.

The adult affiliated liver transplant programs (the University of Utah and Intermountain Healthcare) performed ≈470 liver transplants since 2024 with an active and collaborative transition program between all centers. The program has three pediatric transplant and hepatobiliary surgeons and four providers with Pediatric Transplant Hepatology Certificates of Added Qualification. It is one of the few enters in the country with a pediatric ERCP / advanced endoscopy program.

The Division currently has 19 physicians, six advanced practice clinicians, 12 registered nurses and transplant coordinators, and five pediatric GI fellows and one transplant hepatology fellow. The Division has all pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition clinical services represented. In addition to therapeutic/interventional endoscopy, additional programs include fully equipped and staffed endoscopy suites, a gastrointestinal Motility Disorders Center, a multidisciplinary IBD program with close collaboration with an IBD surgery program, close collaboration with the Cystic Fibrosis Center, Food Allergy and Eosinophilic Disorders Clinic, a Fontan care program, the Esophageal and Airway Treatment Center, the Feeding and Swallowing Center, a comprehensive nutrition center, an Aerodigestive Clinic, a Home Enteral Feeding Transitions program (post-NICU) and a multidisciplinary Colorectal Center.

The University of Utah is one of the most productive centers for pediatric liver disease research in the country. It is one of only 8 members of the NIH-funded Childhood Liver Disease Research Network (ChiLDReN), prospectively studying biliary atresia, cholestatic liver disorders, and mitochondrial liver disease in a multicenter network. The center participates in the SPLIT registry, the Starzl Network and the Children’s Oncology Group, as well as multicenter clinical trials in cholestatic liver disorders.

The University of Utah is also the central hub site for the Pediatric PSC Consortium. Clinical and academic opportunities can be tailored to candidate’s interests including clinical trials, leadership of transplant hepatology fellowship or transplant programs, working in the multidisciplinary CFLD or FALD clinics or leading the NICU consult service as potential examples. More generally, the Department of Pediatrics is a site for the Neonatal Network, the Pediatric Heart Network, the Pediatric Cardiac Genetics Consortium, the Utah Trial Innovation Center.

The University of Utah is home to the Utah Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI), a funded CTSA, the Huntsman Cancer Institute and the Utah Center for Genetic Discovery.

Qualified candidates…