Gastroenterology Hospitalist - Cleveland, OH, United States - Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Description

The Cleveland Clinic (CC) is recruiting for a pediatric gastroenterologist with specific expertise in nutritional management to join the Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at Cleveland Clinic Childrens.

The ideal applicant is board certified/board eligible in pediatric gastroenterology with additional training/qualifications in nutrition.

Our well-established, highly collegial, and nationally recognized team of fifteen pediatric gastroenterologists and an NIH - funded nutrition-gut microbiome focused translational researcher, care for pediatric and young adult patients with gastrointestinal disorders on the GI service at the main tertiary/quaternary care inpatient care hospital in Cleveland, provide consultation expertise for patients and Pediatric Hospital Medicine or Neonatology colleagues at 2 community-based secondary inpatient care hospitals and the pediatric-dedicated CC Childrens Hospital for Rehabilitation, as well as outpatient campuses in Cleveland as well as several satellite locations and family health centers serving the region.

We have designated disease - specific nurse care coordinators and ambulatory nurses along with dietitians and an incredible, supportive administrative team within our department.

In addition, we partner closely with a GI psychologist and pediatric social worker team.

Our department includes five board - certified pediatric transplant hepatologists along with an additional pediatric gastroenterologist focused on the care of children with hepatobiliary disorders including fatty liver disease.

Primary nutritional programs include intestinal rehabilitation and nutritional support (with an established multidisciplinary care team).

Other established multidisciplinary programs include clinics focused on metabolic/glycogen storage diseases, IBD, eosinophilic esophagitis, aerodigestive care (PCAVS), neurogastrointestinal/motility, and pancreaticobiliary diseases.

Our Childrens Hospital has a state-of-the-art endoscopy suite and motility lab featuring high resolution equipment within the Pediatric Outpatient Center.

In addition to clinical care responsibilities, members of the Department are involved in research (clinical, basic science, and translational research), quality and patient safety initiatives, and medical school and residency education.

Cleveland Clinic Childrens research infrastructure supports both investigator-initiated and industry-funded research, and the department researchers are supported with a variety of funding sources including internal grants, corporate partners, and external foundation and NIH awards.

Our highly competitive fellowship program graduates two fellows each year. Academic faculty and teaching appointments are available with Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University.

We actively collaborate with digestive disease and microbiome interested researchers at the internationally recognized Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute (LRI) and within the Digestive Disease Surgery Institute.

Cleveland Clinic Childrens is consistently ranked as one of the best childrens hospitals by U.News & World Report and has 329 staffed beds, located at the main campus, and 3 other satellite hospitals across Northeast Ohio.

Our staff includes more than 300 physicians in 55 pediatric medical and surgical specialties providing over 1 million outpatient visits, 20,000 +inpatient admissions, 12,700 surgeries, and accepting over 1,640 transports per year.

The Cleveland Clinic healthcare system was recently ranked 2nd in the nation by U.News & World Report and is a world leader in patient safety and patient experience.

Cleveland Clinic Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition is recently ranked 13th in the nation, 3rd in Ohio and best in Northeast Ohio.

Cleveland Clinic Childrens physicians enjoy a highly collegial work environment within the framework of a large academic group practice, a competitive salary enhanced by an excellent benefits package, and the opportunity to live in one of the nations great cities, Cleveland.

The melting-pot culture that has helped establish Cleveland as a vibrant and versatile metropolitan area adds a unique flair to the lifestyle here.

Sandra Kim (Chair, Department of Pediatric GI, Hepatology and Nutrition - .

Cleveland Clinic is pleased to be an equal employment/affirmative action employer:
Women/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.