Pediatric Behavioral Sleep Medicine - Assistant Professor

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Assistant Professor | Department of Pediatrics / Division of Pediatric Pulmonary & Sleep Medicine

The Division of Pediatric Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) and Children’s Wisconsin (CW) seeks a board certified / board eligible physician to join our expanding Division. This position is located in Milwaukee, WI at Children's Wisconsin hospital campus
. We are comprised of nationally and internationally renowned, dedicated group of faculty and staff with a strong commitment to clinical care.

• The Children’s Wisconsin Sleep Center is the only sleep center in Wisconsin dedicated solely to the care of children. The sleep center encompasses an interdisciplinary team including board‑certified sleep physicians, pulmonologists, neurologists, otolaryngologists, psychologists, and advanced practice providers. Sleep medicine fellows participate in the Center activities.
• The Children’s Wisconsin Sleep Center is accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and includes robust ambulatory sleep clinics and a state‑of‑the‑art sleep laboratory.
  • The sleep clinics see children and adolescents with diagnoses that include NREM parasomnias, restless leg syndrome/periodic limb movement disorder, narcolepsy, and obstructive sleep apnea. In addition, a significant proportion of children have either behavioral insomnia of childhood, chronic insomnia, or insomnia complicating a co‑morbidity developmental or psychiatric disorder.
  • There is an active CPAP program that follows more than 300 patients with obstructive sleep apnea who are home on CPAP. Expertise in the principle and practice of CPAP desensitization is a plus.
  • The sleep laboratory is an 8‑bed facility with the ability to perform comprehensive diagnostic testing for children of all ages, doing more than 1500 sleep studies per year.
  • Substantial expansion is planned over the next 2‑3 years.
• Primary clinical responsibilities for the sleep faculty include outpatient sleep clinics and interpretation of sleep studies.
  • The recruited faculty member will have the opportunity to take the lead with program development for the behavioral sleep medicine component of the practice.
• Clinical research opportunities are available within the division as well as collaborations within the medical college.
• Faculty are active participants in the training of students, residents, and fellows, including our ACGME-accredited sleep medicine fellowship.
• The Division of Pediatric Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine has consistently ranked among the top programs by US News & World Report.
• Performs other duties as assigned by Chair or Chair‑Designate.

Full‑Time

Division staff members include pulmonary nurses and research coordinators, as well as excellent nutritional, respiratory therapy, pharmacy, psychology, and social service support. We have a pediatric pulmonary fellowship program, and our sleep faculty take an active role in the ACGME‑sponsored sleep fellowship. The Division’s faculty is involved in clinical research as a TDN site through the CF Foundation and within the Children’s Research Institute (CRI) of the Medical College of Wisconsin and Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin.

Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin has a pediatric Translational Research Unit to facilitate clinical and translational research.

• Medical degree (MD, DO, or equivalent) from an accredited institution.
• Board certification (or eligibility in Pediatric Pulmonology).
• State medical licensure, or eligibility to obtain license, in the state of Wisconsin.
• Rank will be determined by the qualifications and experience of the successful finalist.

The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) is the state’s only private medical school and health sciences graduate school. MCW consists of a School of Medicine with campuses in Milwaukee, Green Bay and Central Wisconsin, a School of Graduate Studies, and a School of Pharmacy. MCW is a major national research center ranking in the top third of U.S. medical schools in NIH funding and is the second largest research institution in Wisconsin.

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