Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician position

Posting Close Date: 1/18/2023

University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria (UICOMP) seeks a physician for a position at the level of Professor, Associate Professor or Assistant Professor to enhance an important clinical program.

Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician position require candidates who have or are eligible for Illinois licensure, BC/BE in pediatrics and BC/BE development-behavioral pediatrics. This pediatrician will support the continued development of several comprehensive service lines within the division: neurodevelopmental disability, general developmental delay, autism spectrum disorder, and ADHD/ADD. Candidates with scholarly and research interests are highly desirable, along with experience in teaching medical students and residents.

Position Summary

This pediatrician will support the continued development of several comprehensive service lines within the division: neurodevelopmental disability, general developmental delay, autism spectrum disorder, and ADHD/ADD.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Participate in undergraduate, graduate and continuing education programs of the Department. A chance to coordinate the resident rotation if desired.
• Provide outpatient diagnostic and management services for patients in the region with general developmental delay, ADHD, and autism spectrum disorder.
• Organize and conduct research programs in developmental behavior pediatrics.
• Perform other duties of a University faculty member including committee assignments, curriculum development, student counseling, and administration.

UICOMP is one of the regional campuses that make up the nation's largest public medical school. The Peoria campus is known among students for its small class sizes, rigorous curriculum and hands-on clerkships; to residents and fellows for the strong academic setting, large referral base and exceptional facilities; and by physicians seeking the ideal combination of teaching and practicing medicine in a research-based university setting.

UICOMP's main clinical partner is OSF Healthcare Children's Hospital of Illinois (CHOI), a 124-bed, full-service hospital, with physicians in more than 115 pediatric specialties and 40+ subspecialties. Located on the campus of OSF St. Francis Medical Center, it is the pediatric teaching affiliate of UICOMP, the state's only major pediatric teaching hospital outside Chicago-and home to groundbreaking pediatric research in medicine. The hospital is also proud to house the St. Jude Midwest Affiliate, which brings some of the care and services offered by St. Jude in Memphis to central Illinois.

Easter Seals of Central Illinois is the largest single provider of early intervention services in downstate Illinois. Other services offered in collaboration with UICOMP and CHOI include developmental therapy, autism spectrum disorder services, and a full range of therapy services (PT, OT, speech, feeding).

Minimum Qualifications:

• MD/DO or foreign equivalent.
• Eligible for licensure in Illinois.
• Board Certified/Board Eligible in Pediatrics and Development-Behavioral Pediatrics.
• 3 years Residency/3 years in Fellowship training in developmental behavioral pediatrics.

For fullest consideration please submit your application by 11/10/2022 at: https://uic.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/1789?c=uic

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