What are the responsibilities and job description for the Practice Pediatric Allergy and Immunologist with UPMC in Pittsburgh, PA position at UPMC?
The Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology at the UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and the Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is recruiting a Full Time Allergy and Immunology Physician. The candidate must have completed an Allergy and Immunology Fellowship and be Board Certified/Eligible in Allergy and Immunology with the ability to obtain an unrestricted PA license.
Opportunity Details
- Join a group of 8 physicians and 2 advanced providers
- Help to further grow, build, and develop our existing practice
- Clinical responsibilities will include outpatient clinic and shared inpatient consultations.
- Serve a large and diverse community of patients in western Pennsylvania and beyond with asthma, allergies, eczema and inborn errors of immunity with well-established sub-specialty and multidisciplinary clinics for severe asthma, eczema, eosinophilic esophagitis, and immunodeficiency.
- Multiple subspecialty areas of focus, with an established multispecialty Asthma Center and Severe Asthma Clinic and a multispecialty research and clinical center caring for patients with inborn errors of immunity in our Pittsburgh Immunogenetics Discovery Center.
- Committed to research, with our own research assistant dedicated to our division, and access to our unique Pediatric Clinical and Translational Research Center, one of only a handful of centers in the nation funded by the NIH and devoted to pediatric research.
- Robust Food Allergy center, with active clinical trials in food allergy tolerance food challenges and oral immunotherapy, a food allergy coordinator, and designation as a FARE center of excellence.
- The Pediatric Allergy and Immunology Division has a consult service and a vibrant ACGME-accredited combined fellowship program as well as a close relationship with the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine adult allergists
What we Offer
- Twenty days PTO plus holidays
- Competitive base salary commensurate with experience plus RVU based incentive bonus
- Outstanding benefit package including health, dental, vision and pension
About UPMC Childrens and UPMC
- UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh is a 313-bed, acute care teaching hospital located on 10 acres in Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville neighborhood.
- UPMC Children’s was the nation’s first pediatric transplant center. With a history spanning 130-plus years, UPMC Children’s today is renowned for its outstanding clinical, research, and medical education programs and services — and for its frontline role in advancing standards of excellence in pediatric care.
- UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh has been consistently ranked in the Top 10 Honor Roll on U.S. News & World Report’s list of “American’s Best Children’s Hospitals” for many years, including the current 2022-23 year where it is ranked #6.
- UPMC is a $23 billion world-renowned health care provider and insurer
- 92,000 employees, including 4,900 physicians
- Over 40 academic, community and specialty hospitals
- Over 800 doctors’ offices and outpatient sites
- UPMC is inventing new models of accountable, cost-effective, patient-centered care
- Closely affiliated with University of Pittsburgh
About The Community
- Pittsburgh is a is a vibrant, mid-sized city with the feel of a small town. Located in the southwest corner of Pennsylvania, it offers the best of everything — an urban melting pot, historical landmarks, ethnic neighborhoods, a vibrant nightlife, picturesque countryside, and the famous three rivers.
- The city is renowned for its cultural institutions, including the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy, Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium, Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, the National Aviary, and a diverse cultural district.
- The city's major league professional sports teams include the Pittsburgh Steelers, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Pittsburgh Pirates.
- Pittsburgh has a reputation as an advancing leader in medicine, education, health care, robotics, software engineering, and high-tech industries.
- The city is consistently ranked as one of the top places for families in the U.S. and one of the most affordable, livable, and safest U.S. cities.
- More about Pittsburgh, PA: https://www.visitpittsburgh.com
