THE OPPORTUNITY
This opportunity to join the Department of Pediatrics at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons at the rank of Assistant Professor 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.
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and New York-Presbyterian Hospital are recruiting for a full-time academic pediatric faculty member in the Division of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, and Stem Cell Transplantation at the Assistant Professor level on the non-tenure track. This position will be focused on clinical care of pediatric patients with bone marrow failure disorders. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to collaborate with the outstanding clinical and research faculty within the division and at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center, the NCI-designated Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Mailman School of Public Health, and the Columbia Initiative in Cell Engineering and Therapy (CICET).
Founded in 1959, The Division of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, and Stem Cell Transplant at Columbia Children’s Health, New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital (MSCH) is one of the oldest and most comprehensive centers in the country focused on treating children with cancer and blood disorders. MSCH has 202 inpatient pediatric beds, including a 54-bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and 10 operating rooms. Our division is currently composed of 3 sections (Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation) with 22 full-time faculty, 6 research RN/NP’s, 10 clinical research associates, and 3 regulatory specialists and includes an ACGME-accredited Fellowship Program and a FACT-accredited stem cell transplant program. The division is one of 21 institutions to serve as a core sire of the Children’s Oncology Group Pediatric Early Phase Clinical Trials Network (PEP-CTN). It is also a member of the Therapeutic Advances in Childhood Leukemia and Lymphoma (TACL) Consortium.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
This opportunity to join the Department of Pediatrics represents a strategic expansion of the Division of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, and Stem Cell Transplantation. The Division currently lacks a dedicated physician expert in inherited and acquired bone marrow failure syndromes in the specialized area of pediatric hematology. Patients with bone marrow failure syndromes require complex, multidisciplinary care including advanced genomic diagnostics, novel therapeutics, and allogeneic stem cell transplantation.
Administrative responsibilities will include expansion and oversight of the Pediatric Bone Marrow failure program, including its clinical operations, as well as development of SOP’s and clinical guidelines. There will also be opportunities to participate in and lead clinical research related to bone marrow failure and other pediatric hematologic disorders. The successful candidate will also play a key role in expanding Columbia’s expertise in genetic predisposition to hematologic malignancies and pediatric cancer predisposition syndromes, working collaboratively with the Division of Genetics to deliver comprehensive, coordinated care.
Specific responsibilities will include:
- Serving as a physician lead with clinical expertise in inherited and acquired bone marrow failure syndromes, providing advanced diagnostic evaluation and longitudinal care.
- Collaborating with the Stem Cell Transplantation program to manage patients requiring cellular therapies or hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
- Providing expertise in genetic predisposition to hematologic malignancies and pediatric cancer predisposition syndromes in collaboration with the Division of Genetics.
- Providing care to general pediatric hematology patients.
- Participating in teaching, mentorship, and scholarly activity.