Pediatric Rheumatologist – Pain Medicine

Overview

The Division of Rheumatology at Children’s Mercy Kansas City / the University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Medicine is seeking a full-time Pediatric Rheumatologist to expand the academic and clinical profile of our program. Clinical responsibilities will include a focus on outpatient Amplified Pain Syndrome services. The Rehabilitation for Amplified Pain Syndromes (RAPS) Program provides multidisciplinary support from psychology, physical and occupational therapy, and social work.

This intensive pain rehabilitation program is internationally recognized and serves children from across the country. We seek candidates who want to spend more time with patients, communicate well, and embrace patient- and family-centered care philosophy. Our rheumatologists specializing in amplified pain syndromes will provide training to the candidate.

Ideal candidates will share our vision of enhancing quality clinical care and service delivery while working in a collaborative and stimulating scholarly environment with a commitment to academic endeavors including, but not limited to, trainee education, quality improvement, and/or clinical and translational research. Candidates must be fellowship-trained, board-eligible, or board-certified in Pediatric Rheumatology.

Children’s Mercy has more than 800 pediatric subspecialists and researchers actively involved in clinical care, pediatric research and educating the next generation of pediatric subspecialists. Our institution has supported research through state-of-the-art programs in genetics, genomics, personalized pharmacology and health outcomes research. Our vision is to provide exceptional clinical care and education, while expanding subspecialty practice and research.

The administration and leadership are supportive of the faculty and staff in rheumatology. Our rheumatologists carry dual academic appointments at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine and the University of Kansas School of Medicine. Our current rheumatology and pain management staff includes eight board-certified pediatric rheumatologists, three pain psychologists, six skilled pediatric nurses, a research coordinator, social worker, and pharmacist.

We continue to expand our institutional research capacity with the establishment of the Children’s Mercy Research Institute, and collaborative capabilities with colleagues at the University of Missouri – Kansas City and the University of Kansas.

We are committed to providing a cooperative, collegial working environment to allow faculty to grow and be productive. Our growth affords us the opportunity to recruit and support a wide spectrum of child rheumatologists—from clinicians to researchers.

Additional information regarding the RAPS Program can be found at departments-and-clinics/rehabilitation-for-amplified-pain-syndromes/.

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Please apply with CV and Cover Letter using the link below, or send to jobs/30939/physician/job.

Ashley Cooper, MD, Director, Division of Rheumatology. The successful applicant must share our unwavering commitment to excellence, integrity, collegiality, antiracism, and respect for inclusion of individuals with diverse backgrounds.