Physician - Academic General Pediatrician - Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI

The Academic General Pediatric Practice (AGP) at Helen DeVos Childrens Hospital (HDVCH) is adding an additional BC/BE Pediatrician with a passion for an academic setting. The new partner will enjoy working in the residency practice teaching the variety of 80+ residents (includes categorical pediatrics, medicine-pediatric and child neurology residents) alongside 7 academic pediatric partners. ?

Candidates for the position must enjoy teaching and mentoring of residents within the ambulatory setting and seeing their own panel of patients in a diverse setting with an eye for health equity. The new physician will spend approximately 50% of their clinical time precepting residents and 50% of their clinical time providing care to their own panel of pediatric patients. There is an opportunity to join a smaller cohort of AGP physicians who will be partnering with HDVCH pediatric psychology in their multidisciplinary autism assessment center.

The new partner will obtain MSU faculty appointment and can anticipate access to support for academic, quality and scholarly projects. ?

Practice Description

The Corewell Health HDVCH Academic General Pediatric Clinic (AGP) is a full service pediatric primary care medical home, providing well child and acute care as well as management of chronic and complex medical conditions for patients from birth to 21 years. The physicians are committed to providing evidenced-based, compassionate, comprehensive pediatric medical care and educational services. The practice is supported by two social workers, RN phone triage, a nurse educator and an excellent team of medical assistants.

In January, 2025, the practice will be moving to a brand new academic primary care center just across the street at 225 Michigan where we will be co-located with the family medicine and internal medicine residency practices. Our practice serves patients of diverse backgrounds from areas across metropolitan Grand Rapids. Our practice is fully integrated into the functions of the childrens hospital and we enjoy collegial relationships with the 40+ specialties located on campus.

Basic Qualifications

Education - Medical Degree (MD or DO) Licenses

Current M.D. or D.O. license for the state of Michigan

Current State of Michigan and Federal Narcotics Licenses

Basic Life Support (BLS)

ACLS required if stress tests performed or as required by specialty

Helen DeVos Children's Hospital

At Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, we fight for every child. With 350+ pediatric specialists and subspecialists, 14 years of U.S. News & World Report national rankings and innovations that draw patients from all over the world, we're driven to replace fear with hope, and doubt with answers. We believe in the possibility of every child's future.

HDVCH is a state-of-the-art, globally integrated, 241-bed free standing dedicated childrens hospital located on the campus of Corewell Health in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Annually, there are 8760 inpatient and 124,600 ambulatory visits, as well as over 55,185 children seen in the Pediatric Emergency Department (Level 1 Trauma rated). HDVCH also has one of the nations largest NICUs (108-beds).

Grand Rapids, MI

Grand Rapids is the second-largest city in Michigan, boasting a vibrant downtown scene with hundreds of local restaurants and craft breweries. It is the economic and cultural hub of West Michigan, the fastest growing major city in Michigan, and one of the fastest growing cities in the Midwest. A global canvas of creativity and community, Grand Rapids is home to Art Prize, concert and theater venues, museums, Frederick Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, city owned parks and is located just 30 minutes away from the beautiful west Michigan lakeshore.

With a growing metro area population of over 1 million people, Grand Rapids has been recently identified by Forbes as the #1 best city to raise a family based on cost of living, housing affordability, commute, and education. In 2022, US News ranked Grand Rapids 16th best place to live in the United States out of 150 metro areas.

Corewell Health

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