Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM) is announcing the search for a Division Chief of Pediatric Hospital Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics. This is an extraordinary opportunity for a visionary leader, who will lead the division to national prominence as a clinical, educational and research center of excellence in pediatric hospital medicine.
IU School of Medicine is the largest medical school in the country with more than 20,000 living alumni and 3,500 learners. Its faculty is made up of 3,568 full-time members and 3,419 volunteer faculty responsible for training medical, graduate and postgraduate students. IUSM is Indiana’s only allopathic medical school. In addition to the flagship campus in Indianapolis, the school has eight campuses in communities that range from urban hubs like Gary to rural communities such as Terre Haute, allowing learners to experience medicine in all settings.
The Department of Pediatrics at IUSM/Riley Hospital for Children is a 400-member faculty that is consistently within the top 10 pediatric departments in NIH funded research in the United States (Peds 2024 #6 among all medical schools) and has 19 Fellowship programs. The campus includes state-of-the-art laboratories in a dedicated pediatric research building, a comprehensive clinical research center, and a well-functioning biobank that all support research in the Department. Our nationally recognized Division of Children’s Health Services Research and the Indiana Clinical Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI) are available for collaboration and as a resource. The Department also has robust research relationships with the Regenstrief Institute in Health Informatics, Purdue Biomedical Engineering and Cooke Biomedical in pediatric biodevices, and the Indiana Biosciences Research Institute in developing and testing orphan drug therapeutics. Riley Hospital is Indiana’s only comprehensive children’s hospital with over 450 beds. It is nationally ranked in all 11 pediatric specialties, a status it has maintained for 18 consecutive years. Three of its programs are ranked in the top 10 nationally: urology (#8), pulmonology and lung surgery (#9), and nephrology (#9) and 7 programs in the top 25.
The Pediatric Hospital Medicine Division was founded in 2002 and is one of the largest Academic Hospital Medicine Divisions in the nation with 41 current faculty members. The Division has a well-established ACGME accredited fellowship program supporting the training of 2 fellows annually. Pediatric Hospital Medicine faculty provide care at Riley Hospital for Children, IU Health North Hospital, IU Health West Hospital, IU Health Bloomington Hospital, and IU Health Fishers Hospital. These five facilities include the greater Indianapolis area and Bloomington based inpatient pediatric facilities of the IU Health hospital system, Indiana’s largest comprehensive health center. The Pediatric Hospital Medicine faculty provide a range of care, spanning delivery room and neonatal care to tertiary care management of pediatric patients. IUSM Pediatric Hospitalists have a strong commitment to evidence-based medicine with the specific aim of delivering the highest quality, safest and most efficient care. Pediatric Hospitalists have a reputation for implementing change and pursuing excellence through hospital administration and community outreach.
The Division Chief will be responsible for:
· Advancing the clinical, educational, and research efforts and capabilities of the Division
· Promoting the academic careers of Pediatric Hospitalist faculty and fellows
· Directing the continued delivery of state-of-the-art pediatric hospitalist consultation and care to the children of Indiana and in the Midwest region
· Championing an innovative, team-based approach to clinical care and consultation through development of systems and value-based care
· Providing leadership to support ongoing collaboration and growth of the Pediatric Hospitalist Program
· Strengthening and supporting further development of the Pediatric Hospitalist Fellowship
· Promoting and championing Pediatric Hospital Medicine research, quality improvement, and clinical advances in the field
Opportunities for Collaboration and Research:
• Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health is one of the nation’s best children’s hospitals and, with 456 beds, is the only hospital in Indiana that is nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report’s Best Children’s Hospitals. An inpatient tower was completed in 2010, and a comprehensive mother-baby tower was completed in 2021.
• The addition of a Pediatric Care Center provides a centralized location for the Divisions of General Pediatrics, Developmental Pediatrics, Adolescent Medicine, Child Development, Pediatric Psychiatry, and the LEND program.
• IU School of Medicine is the home of the Indiana Clinical Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI), a robust resource for clinical research, junior faculty, graduate students, and post-doctoral research support. The Indiana CTSI has research partnerships with Indiana University, Purdue University, the University of Notre Dame, and Regenstrief Institute and has strong ties to many non-academic partners, including community, health care, governmental, and corporate stakeholders across the state. Furthermore, the Indiana CTSI engages with the public at every level of research, from basic science to patient care and community health. The grant is Co-led by a faculty member in the Department of Pediatrics (Dr. Sarah Wiehe).
• Regenstrief Institute is an internationally respected non-profit medical research organization associated with Indiana University. Regenstrief’s Informaticians have created the Indiana Network for Patient Care (INPC), a state-wide health information exchange that allows investigators to identify all inpatient hospitalizations and emergency room visits by individual patient and disease state. This is a unique resource. Faculty from multiple divisions in pediatrics have secondary appointments in this institute.
• Indiana Biosciences Research Institute (IBRI) is an independent, nonprofit discovery science and applied research institute focused on innovation targeting diabetes, pediatric orphan diseases, and Alzheimer’s. IBRI brings together life sciences companies and research universities to effectively pursue research to improve human health. They have significant strengths in medicinal chemistry, target discovery, and high throughput screening. Multiple collaborative projects are ongoing between IBRI and pediatric faculty.
• Biocrossroads Pediatric Biodevice Alliance. This is a recently established collaboration between the Department of Pediatrics at IUSM, Purdue Biomedical Engineering, and Cooke Biomedical. This collaboration builds on the large patient population at Riley Hospital for Children, Purdue being a top 5 school of biomedical engineering (US News, Wall Street Journal), and Cook being the largest private biomedical device company in the world and with a long-standing interest in childhood conditions.
• Medical Genomics. The Center for Medical Genomics at Indiana University School of Medicine is a state-of-the-art technology center that provides medical scientists with affordable access to high-quality high-throughput genomics services. The center has advanced genomics technologies, including next-generation sequencing, single-cell analytics, and spatial transcriptomics.
IU School of Medicine is committed to being a welcoming campus community and we seek candidates whose research, teaching, and community engagement efforts contribute to robust learning and working environments for all students, staff, and faculty. We invite individuals who will join us in our mission to improve health equity and well-being for all throughout the state of Indiana.
Doctorate or terminal degree:
Doctorate or terminal degree required (MD, DO or MD-PhD)
BC or BE in Pediatric Hospital Medicine preferred
Candidates must be eligible for medical licensure in the state of Indiana
A minimum of 5 years’ experience in clinical, educational, or research excellence in pediatric hospital medicine
Progressive leadership experience in academic medicine
Experience in basic, clinical, translational, public health research or quality improvement
Academic credentials appropriate for an appointment for Associate Professor or Professor on the clinical-educator or tenure track preferred
IU School of Medicine located in Indianapolis, has nine campuses across the state, educating the largest medical student body in the United States. Preparing healers, transforming health. We believe collaboration is what sparks creativity and innovation in health care.
