Assistant Professor or Associate Professor or Professor of Pediatrics at CUMC

This opportunity to join the Department of Pediatrics at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons at the rank of either Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Full Professor is an exciting one. Columbia University Irving Medical Center, one of the nation's foremost academic health science center's working together with one of the nation's premier health systems, New York-Presbyterian Hospital.

The Division of Allergy and Immunology in the Department of Pediatrics is seeking an academic faculty member at the rank of Assistant, Associate, or Professor in Pediatrics to serve as the Medical Director. The position will be a full-time Columbia University faculty position with full fringe benefits. The individual must be able to advance medical knowledge and translate it into clinically relevant strategies for diagnosing and treating allergy and immunology conditions. In addition to providing direct patient care, the individual will serve as the Medical Director and will play a critical role in ensuring operational efficiency across clinical operations. Crucially, they will plan and organize practices and implement strategies to maximize team efforts, improve productivity, and increase revenue.

Key Responsibilities:

• Function as the division's Medical Director to drive the continuous improvement of clinical operations, productivity, and revenue through best practices and team-building.
• Deliver exceptional, specialized patient care with consistently excellent outcomes.
• Contribute to departmental initiatives, including quality improvement and patient safety efforts.
• Engage in continuing medical education (CME) and maintain relevant advanced certifications.
• Serve as a trusted resource for complex cases and high-acuity patients.
• Achieve and maintain high patient satisfaction scores.
• Meet or exceed productivity targets
• Lead initiatives to improve clinical workflows, patient outcomes, or healthcare delivery systems.
• Act as a liaison between clinical staff and organizational leadership, ensuring alignment of goals.
• Oversee clinical teams or programs, fostering a collaborative and productive work environment.
• Represent the department or institution in professional or public-facing roles.
• Other related duties as assigned.

• Must have a MD or DO degree and an active NYS Medical License.
• Must be board certified/board eligible in Pediatrics, or Internal Medicine, and Allergy/Immunology with clinical training in pediatrics.
• Consistently strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build and sustain effective working relationships with professionals in other disciplines;
• The ability to create a high-energy results-oriented work environment that encourages colleagues and staff to value each other's contributions and the ability to share and celebrate success with colleagues and staff.

Columbia University is an Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran

Pay Transparency Disclosure

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to departmental budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, and training. The above hiring range represents the University's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.