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Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University School of Medicine are actively seeking pediatric emergency medicine physicians to join our division. Our team of pediatric emergency medicine physicians, pediatric urgent care physicians and advanced practice providers cares for children at Hughes Spalding Hospital, as well as Egleston Hospital, which will transition its Emergency Department team to the new Arthur M. Blank Hospital on Sept. 29, 2024. As a member of our division, you’ll be faculty at Emory University, one of the leading academic institutions in the nation, partnered with Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, one of the largest pediatric clinical care providers in the country, with 673 licensed beds, more than 1.1 million patient visits and 40,000 surgical procedures annually.

 

Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University School of Medicine

 

• Children’s Emergency Departments are among the busiest in the nation, with more than 81,900 patient visits annually at Egleston, and more than 59,400 visits at Hughes Spalding.
• The Arthur M. Blank Hospital Emergency Department will consist of approximately 70,000 square feet and 69 beds, including rooms for behavioral and mental health and trauma patients. There will be a Special Care Unit (SCU) for the treatment of patients with potentially highly infectious disease cases. Like Egleston, Arthur M. Blank will care for the most vulnerable ill and injured children in the region as the only freestanding Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center in Georgia verified by the American College of Surgeons.
• Hughes Spalding Emergency Department is an urban center serving as a regional catchment hospital.
• We serve as the primary pediatric teaching hospital for medical students, residents and fellows from both Emory University and Morehouse Schools of Medicine.
• We oversee highly competitive fellowship training programs in pediatric emergency medicine, pediatric emergency medicine ultrasound and pediatric urgent care.
• We are the lead research nodal center for the San Francisco-Oakland, Providence, Atlanta Research Collaborative (SPARC) node in the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN).
• Emory is a member of the new Gulf 7 Pediatric Disaster Network (G7), which is working to improve regional capacity to provide pediatric care in large-scale crises.
• Emory is ranked No. 5 nationally in NIH funding for pediatric departments.
• We have significant faculty strengths in global health, injury prevention, quality improvement, pediatric ultrasound, wilderness medicine, sickle cell care, diversity, equity, and inclusion, and more.
• We are dedicated to hiring a representative workforce, and our leadership and staff reflect our commitment to racial and gender diversity.

 

At Children’s, we go above and beyond to welcome, train and support physicians. As a pediatric emergency medicine physician, we offer the mentorship, onboarding and training you need and the benefits you deserve, including:

• A mentorship program that matches new physicians with a physician who has been at Children's for several years.
• Department-specific onboarding and training programs to help you get to know your team and specialty area.
• Offerings like the free Children's Concierge, family and dependent care assistance, paid parental leave and fertility and adoption assistance to promote your well-being and help you in your life outside of work.
• Eligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness and visa sponsorship.
• Relocation support.
• Courtesy scholarship eligibility for dependents of Pediatric Institute physicians who attend Emory University for undergraduate studies.

 

Candidates with strong clinical and academic interests of all ranks are encouraged to submit an online application.

 

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Additional Details

 

Employment will be through the Emory + Children's Pediatric Institute. The Emory + Children’s Pediatric Institute is an affiliation between Emory University and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta that is improving the lives of children in Georgia and beyond. The Pediatric Institute combines the unique strengths and resources of each institution in support of our three-part academic missions of providing outstanding clinical care, conducting innovative basic science discovery and clinical research, and coordinating exceptional education of the future healthcare workforce. Our physicians, researchers, and educators have created a model where leadership, commitment and quality are fundamental components of success. Together, we are transforming pediatrics by achieving new levels of clinical excellence—driven by research, teaching and wellness. We look forward to our future together.

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