Description

Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

·    Division Chief for Pediatric Surgery (Department of Surgery)

·    Associate Professor/Professor

RWJBarnabas Health System

·    System Director, Pediatric Surgery

Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) and RWJBarnabas Health System (RWJBH) are seeking a Division Chief and System Director for Pediatric Surgery.  The candidate will be a board-certified pediatric general surgeon at the Associate or Professor level and expected to have responsibility and oversight for the operation and programmatic aspects of the division and to provide system-wide leadership to pediatric surgery.  The individual will actively participate in medical student, resident and fellow education through didactic lectures, research activities, evaluation of programs, interviews, small group sessions and/or clinical supervision.  In addition, the Division Chief/System Director will be expected to participate in all aspects of clinical care, including mentoring of junior faculty at all sites where care is administered.

The quaternary center for surgical care is at the Bristol Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital (BMSCH) at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick.  Pediatric surgery is also provided at 3 additional hospitals in the health system: Children’s Hospital of New Jersey at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Unterberg Children’s Hospital at Monmouth Medical Center and Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center.  The right candidate will be considered for the position of Surgeon-in-Chief of BMSCH.

RWJBH is the largest health system in NJ, consisting of 12 acute care hospitals and serving a population of 5 million individuals across the state.  The RWJBH’s Children’s Health Network, the largest provider of pediatric care in the state, includes four comprehensive acute care Children’s Hospitals/Centers, a pediatric rehabilitation and long-term care hospital, nearly 900 primary and specialty care providers, and the full array of tertiary and quaternary physical and mental health services for children. 

Rutgers University, a member of the Big 10 Conference, is the state university of NJ with a student enrollment exceeding 67,000.  New Brunswick is located in central NJ, less than an hour commute to New York City, Philadelphia, as well as the Atlantic Ocean.  The state is recognized for its outstanding public-school systems and quality of life.

Interested candidates should forward their CV to Patricia Hanas, Manager, Administrative Services Department of Surgery, Office of the Chairman at hanaspw@rwjms.rutgers.edu.