Chair, Department of Pediatrics Staten Island University Hospital

Position Mission
Northwell Health’s Department of Pediatrics is seeking a full-time, board-certified pediatrician to chair the Department of Pediatrics at Staten Island University Hospital (SIUH). We are seeking applicants with outstanding clinical and administrative skills who have a passion for leading and developing an academic pediatrics center of excellence.

The Chair will be responsible for oversight of hospital and ambulatory services at SIUH. The Chair will work collaboratively with hospital and health system leaders to develop and execute the department’s strategy to advance our clinical and academic missions. As such, the Chair will report both to hospital leadership, and the Northwell pediatrics service line. Responsibilities include clinician recruitment, education, supervision, strategic development, quality and process improvement initiatives.

As a leader, you will work to develop and expand comprehensive pediatric health services on Staten Island. As an innovator, you will identify and develop new clinical programs consistent with national best practices and care models, patient and community need and financial feasibility.

As an educator and mentor, you will support faculty career development and scholarship and create a culture and learning environment that supports the education programs. In addition, you will work with the Program Director to help the residency training program to set and achieve near- and long-term goals.

Pediatrics at Northwell Health

Pediatrics at Staten Island University Hospital

Staten Island offers the best in pediatric health care in a safe and collaborative environment. Our department includes physicians with extensive experience in a broad range of specialties, including pulmonary, cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, and more. Our department partners with pediatric services including pediatric surgery, otolaryngology, anesthesiology, orthopedics, and neurology. Additionally, we work hand in hand with our obstetricians to care for the over 3,000 newborn deliveries at SIUH each year.

We offer streamlined communication between our hospital and community settings which ensures our entire team has full understanding of the patients' needs at all times. Our settings include:

• Children's emergency center
• Intensive care units
• Inpatient unit  
• Nursery
• Various ambulatory sites

Our care at a glance

• Pediatric inpatient admissions - Over 1,700/year
• Annual births - Over 3,000/year
• Emergency department pediatric visits - 20,000/year
• Inpatient beds - 20
  • Close communication with community pediatricians
  •  Hospitalist service
  • Newly renovated unit
• Pediatric ICU beds - 4
  • Conventional and high frequency ventilation
  • Pediatric trauma
  • Complex medical and surgical admissions
  • Video EEG
• Neonatal ICU beds - 11
  • Conventional and high frequency ventilation
  • Inhaled nitric acid
  • Multichannel breathing disorders; apnea, gastroesophageal reflux, ALTE
  • Family centered care
• State-of-the-art care in clinical subspecialties
  • Gastrointestinal and Nutrition
  • Endocrinology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Pulmonary Medicine
  • Pediatric Neurology
  • Pediatric Urology
  • Pediatric ENT
  • Behavioral/Developmental
  • Pediatric Surgery
  • Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
  • Pediatric Cardiology

Education & Training at SIUH

The Zucker School of Medicine Pediatric Residency Program at Staten Island University Hospital enables residents to pursue their passion in pediatrics while developing outstanding clinical, academic and leadership skills. We strive to train residents to become excellent pediatricians. The curriculum and goals of the program are based on the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Competencies and newly developed pediatric milestones.

About Staten Island University Hospital

Founded in 1861, Staten Island University Hospital is a 714-bed, specialized teaching hospital located in New York City’s fastest growing borough. Occupying two large campuses, plus a number of community- based health centers and labs, the hospital provides quality care to people on Staten Island, the New York metropolitan region, and to patients from around the world. Staten Island University Hospital has also been recognized as best regional hospitals in the New York Metro 2023-2024 by U.S. News & World Report.

Nationally Recognized Research Institute

The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research are composed of more than 1,500 clinicians, scientists and staff who work in laboratories and clinical research programs in collaboration with clinicians and patients throughout the many facilities of Northwell Health. Every year, more than 15,000 patients and volunteers participate in over 2,000 research studies. Our state-of-the-art laboratories provide the infrastructure needed to conduct groundbreaking, disease-oriented research. It also houses the largest genotyping facility in the state of New York. The Feinstein Institute ranks in the top 6th percentile of all National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants awarded to research centers. The Feinstein Institute has produced more than 200 patents in 80 distinct technologies and has generated a dozen successful biotech start-ups.

Unwavering Commitment to Innovation

At Northwell Health, we like to say, we see health care differently. That’s because we are driven by innovation, a commitment that is as unique as it is organic. It is as likely to be found in our environmental services department as it is on our patient floors or in our research labs. It is a way of thinking, acting and believing that, when it comes to health care, we can find a better way. Our goal has always been to be better today than we were yesterday, better tomorrow than we are today. It is a singular focus. It is the Northwell Way. The following pages offer a summary of the role we are seeking to fill. We hope you will be among the chosen to give the best of their energy and skill to dreaming the impossible and making it possible.

Candidate Qualifications

The successful candidate will ideally possess the following qualifications and experience:

Education and Experience

• M.D. or D.O. degree, or equivalent, from an accredited institution (ACGME or foreign program that is similarly appropriately accredited)
• Completion of a Residency in Pediatrics with Board Certification
• Minimum of five (5) years of clinical practice in pediatric medicine and previous leadership experience  
• Must be licensed as a physician in the New York State
• Experience in a leadership role in a Hospital department, preferably in a major medical center or health system, required
• Understanding of inpatient and outpatient services
• Continue to build and develop strong educational and training programs in pediatrics and its related disciplines while expanding knowledge in the behavioral health sciences through clinical research

Capabilities

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to establish credibility quickly, build rapport, and easily interact with clinical and administrative leadership, as well as physicians and staff throughout Northwell Health
• Proven ability to cultivate strong relationships with various stakeholders and create an environment that fosters collaboration and trust
• Exceptional presentation skills and a high degree of poise when interacting with internal and external senior leaders
• Expertise in the latest evidence-based clinical guidelines and technological advances  
• Genuine enthusiasm for working in an environment of constant change and growth  
• Desire to train the next generation of physicians

Personal Characteristics

• Strategic and critical thinker
• Integrity and accountability
• Visionary and innovative
• Decisive and results-oriented
• Credibility and presence

Responsibilities and First-Year Aspirations

The newly appointed Chair will be expected to achieve the following goals in the first twelve months of his or her tenure:

• Earn the trust and confidence of the regional players and hospital leaders, administrators at each ambulatory location, physicians and staff throughout Northwell Health
• Ensure high quality patient care through development and standardization of care processes and protocols, educational seminars, metrics, outcome measures and process improvement initiatives
• Actively participate in physician recruitment and the development of growth opportunities
• Identify growth opportunities and generate plans for departmental development
• Participate in research projects (basic/clinical/applied) and advise fellows and house staff

Please send your resume and referrals to:
Lindsay Appelman
Office of Physician Recruitment
OPR@Northwell.edu