Instructor in Pediatrics at CUMC

The Opportunity

This opportunity to join the Department of Pediatrics at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons at the rank of Instructor 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.

Key Responsibilites

The Department of Pediatrics at Columbia University Medical Center is seeking board-certified or board-eligible (BC/BE) Pediatricians, Pediatric Intensivists, Pediatric Cardiologists, and Pediatric Cardiac Intensivists for full-time faculty positions as Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (PCICU) Hospitalists. These positions are at the Instructor level, with appointments to Columbia University and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, effective July 1, 2025.

The successful candidates will join a highly dedicated team providing 24/7 coverage of the PCICU at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital and Columbia Irving Medical Center, home to one of the premier pediatric cardiac programs in New York and the nation. We deliver the highest-quality care to infants, children, and adolescents with complex congenital heart disease, heart failure, and pulmonary hypertension.

Key highlights of the pediatric cardiac program at NYP Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital include:

• Over 500 bypass cases annually, performed by four congenital cardiothoracic surgeons.
• More than 1,000 cardiac catheterizations per year.
• One of the largest Pediatric Heart Failure/Transplant programs in the country.
• A world-renowned Pulmonary Hypertension Center.
• Expertise in electrophysiology and a variety of non-invasive cardiac imaging modalities.

Our institution is also a high-volume ELSO Platinum Center of Excellence for ECMO and has extensive experience managing all types of pediatric ventricular assist devices, including the Berlin EXCOR, HeartMate 3, Total Artificial Heart, and Impella.

As a PCICU Hospitalist, you will provide first-line care for critically ill patients in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team of intensivists, cardiologists, surgeons, and other specialists.

• Must have a MD or DO degree and an active NYS Medical License
• Must be Board certification / or board Eligible in Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care, or Pediatric Cardiology.
• 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.

Commitemnet of Diversity

Columbia University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and Educator. The University is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse and pluralistic faculty and staff committed to teaching and working in a diverse environment, and strongly encourages applications from women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and veterans.

Columbia University welcomes applications from individuals who may have had nontraditional career paths, or who may have taken time off for family reasons (e.g. children, caring for disabled or elderly family), or who have achieved excellence in careers outside of academia (e.g., in professional or industry service). The University is responsive to the needs of dual career couples and is committed to supporting the work-life balance of its faculty. We are interested in candidates who have a record of success advising and mentoring individuals from groups underrepresented in higher education and is particularly interested in candidates who have research interests in subjects that will contribute to the understanding of diversity and equal opportunity.