Assistant​/Associate​/Professor-Pediatrics; Infectious Disease

The Department of Pediatrics of the University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria (UICOMP) seeks Infectious Disease candidates for the position of Assistant/Associate/Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, depending upon experience. This is a faculty position, as such requires clinical care, teaching medical students and residents, and participating in research and scholarly activities. Protected time and an attractive start up package for a research focused faculty is available.

We offer the medical sophistication of a major referral center and cultural diversity while in a family-oriented community without big city hassles or cost of living.

• Provide clinical services (inpatient mainly and outpatient).
• Participate in teaching medical students, residents, and other health professionals.
• Conduct clinical and/or translational research in the field of Pediatric Infectious Disease.
• Participate in infection prevention and antibiotic stewardship committees.
• Provide phone consultations for other hospitals and pediatric offices in Illinois.
• Provide guidance for community outbreaks of infectious diseases. Faculty position requiring clinical care, teaching medical students and residents, research, and scholarly activities

Provide clinical care to patients admitted to Children's Hospital of Illinois and associated ambulatory clinics. Participate in teaching medical students and residents, and scholarly activities.

• Provide clinical services (inpatient and outpatient).
• Participate in teaching medical students, residents, and other health professionals.
• Conduct clinical and/or translational research in the field of Pediatric Infectious Disease.
• Participate in infection prevention and antibiotic stewardship committees.
• Provide phone consultations for other hospitals and Pediatric offices in Illinois.
• Provide guidance for community outbreaks (ie: measles).
• This a faculty position which requires clinical care, teaching medical students and residents, research, and scholarly activities.
• Perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.

• MD/DO degree or equivalent
• BC/BE in Pediatric Infectious Disease
• Will hold or eligible for an Illinois physician license

UICOMP is one of the three regional campuses of the University of Illinois College of Medicine, one of the largest public medical schools in the country. UICOMP’s educational programs include 262 medical students and 300 residents/fellows in 29 different post graduate programs, 23 which are accredited by ACGME. The Department of Pediatrics is one of the largest departments  collaboration with the OSF Health Care Children’s Hospital of Illinois, the Department has 19 divisions and over 145 faculty members providing general pediatrics and subspecialty services to the pediatric population in Central Illinois.

The current research infrastructure within the Department includes an office of research, a dedicated biostatistician and an internal research funding mechanism to support our faculty.

Located in Peoria, OSF Health Care Children’s Hospital of Illinois is the third largest pediatric hospital in Illinois and the most comprehensive hospital for kids downstate. With 136 beds and more than 140 pediatric subspecialists, OSF Children’s Hospital cares for more children in Illinois than any hospital outside of Chicago. Formally established as a pediatric hospital within the walls of OSF Health Care Saint Francis Medical Center in 1990, OSF Children’s Hospital of Illinois has more than 7,000 inpatient admissions, 75,000 outpatient specialty visits, 2,400 newborn deliveries, and 18,000 emergency department visits each year.

Learn more by visiting childrenshospitalofillinois.org.

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