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The Department of Pediatrics in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo (UB) and Golisano Children's Hospital (GCH) of Buffalo is actively recruiting for a Neonatologist to advance neonatal intensive care and expand the Complex Fetal Delivery Service and provide Perinatal Supportive Care Consultation at Golisano Children's Hospital of Buffalo.

This individual will provide direct expertise and a service line between maternal fetal medicine, pediatric subspecialties (surgery, cardiology, neurosurgery, otolaryngology, urology) and neonatology in coordinating timely and emergency prenatal consultations and delivery planning of infants with high-risk conditions needing multiple services involved in the delivery and stabilization period. This individual will work closely with our Fetal Interventional Surgery Team and our Comprehensive Fetal Treatment Program that is supported by Neonatology, Maternal-Fetal Medicine and multidisciplinary surgical and medical subspecialists.

The Golisano Children's Hospital of Buffalo's Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care unit (NICU) provides support and is referral center for multiple lower level NICUs throughout Western New York and has its own Neonatal Critical Care Transport Team and dedicated Neonatal Ambulance providing emergency stabilization and transport to our GCH Buffalo NICU.

The Maternal Fetal Medicine Center is a comprehensive maternal and newborn service line, assessing high-risk patients and/or those women who may be bearing a high-risk fetus, which will require a high level of specialized care, some of which are not available anywhere else in Western and Upstate New York. The Maternal Fetal Medicine Center at GCH Buffalo Outpatient Center allows for preconception counseling, genetic evaluation, prenatal cardiac evaluations, ultrasound screening (including 3D/4D), diagnosis and management of fetal anomalies (e.g. congenital diaphragmatic hernia, abdominal wall defects, lung lesions, Twin-Twin transfusion syndrome, skeletal dysplasia, congenital heart disease) and perform CVS/amniocentesis/PUBS/fetal transfusions. Maternity Services are maintained in GCH Buffalo which includes operating rooms and pre-post anesthesia rooms will full operative and imaging services and medical and surgical teams and are just a few floors away from the NICU.

Golisano Children's Hospital of Buffalo has achieved national recognition with US News and World Report ranking it among the top 20 pediatric hospitals in the country and ranked 5th in New York State (and first in Upstate NY). This modern pediatric acute and emergency care hospital provides diagnostic and treatment services to Western New York and is Upstate New York's only free-standing Children's Hospital. Golisano of Buffalo is a Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center and can accommodate 185 inpatients including medical/surgical, ICU and neonatal patients, and adult maternity patients. The hospital admits nearly 28,000 patients annually and treats 123,000 patients in the emergency department or one of its 45 specialty clinics. Golisano has 48 inpatient pediatric beds, a 20- bed pediatric intensive care unit, a 64 bed Level IV neonatal intensive care unit, dedicated bone marrow transplant and pediatric epilepsy beds and admits more than 1300 children per year.

Golisano Children's Hospital of Buffalo is on the city's medical campus, bridge connected to Buffalo General Hospital, the Gates Vascular Institute and Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center for children and adults and is across the street from the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and the Clinical and Translational Science Institute.

This candidate will partner with Kaleida Health's Maternal Fetal Medicine, Pediatric Critical Care, Cardiology and Surgical teams at Golisano Children's Hospital, and will help expand the Complex Delivery Service and Perinatal Supportive Care at Golisano Children's Hospital of Buffalo and will participate in strategic planning and execution of expansion of our Fetal Surgical and Perinatal Programs.

This candidate will be involved with focused education for neonatology and pediatric critical care fellows, pediatric residents and medical students from Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. Ideal candidates will have robust clinical experience and excellent clinical, teaching and communication skills, as well as interest in scholarly and quality improvement initiatives. Protected time and resources will be available to encourage academic productivity and pursuit of external funding.

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Why Buffalo?

UBMD Pediatrics
UBMD Pediatrics is one of 16 practice plans within UBMD Physicians' Group, the single largest medical group in Western New York. We provide premier health care to infants, children, adolescents and adults. In addition to primary care pediatrics, we have 15 pediatric subspecialties. Our physicians make up the academic teaching faculty within the Department of Pediatrics at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo and Golisano Children's Hospital.

About The University at Buffalo
The University at Buffalo (UB) #ubuffalo is one of America's leading public research universities and the largest, most comprehensive institution in the 64-campus State University of New York (SUNY) system, and a member institution of the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU). Over 30,000 undergraduate, masters and doctoral students are enrolled at UB across 13 colleges/schools. Visit our website to learn more about the University at Buffalo.

The successful applicant must share our unwavering commitment to excellence, integrity, collegiality, antiracism, and respect for the inclusion of individuals with diverse backgrounds.