Baylor College of Medicine and Department Summary:

Texas Children's Hospital | The Woodlands

Texas Children's Hospital in The Woodlands is a tertiary care community-based hospital.  The team consists of 7 full time MD/DO clinicians and 1 full time APP who provide outpatient and inpatient clinical care primarily at The Woodlands campus.   GI outpatient care is provided in the ambulatory clinic building with >30 other subspecialty services.  This is a busy GI clinic with comprehensive nursing and administrative support and averages >700 patient visits per month.  Dedicated GI Registered Dietitians, hospital-based Infusion Center and Radiology Department including Interventional Radiology all support the needs of outpatient care.  GI faculty lead and participate in several multidisciplinary clinics that interdigitate with programs based in The Texas Medical Center including the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program with Pediatric Surgery, Aerodigestive Clinic, Eosinophilic GI Disease Clinic and Multidisciplinary Feeding Clinic. The Woodlands campus has a high volume of GI procedures with an average of 600 GI procedures per year.  Procedures include diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopies performed in a dedicated procedural suite housed within the hospital operating room and supported by Pediatric Anesthesia.  Faculty also frequently participate in complex combination procedures with Pediatric ENT, Surgery and Pulmonology physicians.  GI Faculty provides inpatient coverage at the hospital which is comprised of 46 Acute Care beds, 14 NICU beds, 14 PICU beds and 25 EC beds with an average of >3,000 hospital admissions per year.  In-patient gastroenterology service is consultative with primary clinical care responsibilities managed by the pediatric hospitalist medicine team.

Greater Houston is the most ethnically diverse metropolitan area in the US, with more than 145 different languages spoken and is considered one of the best culinary cities in the country with a thriving arts and professional sports scene. The Woodlands is a scenic, wooded area in North Houston that is family friendly with excellent public schools. The Woodlands community has been ranked as America's #1 Best City to Buy a House for three straight years, while proudly maintaining its position among the nation's top three Best Cities to Live and Raise a Family for over six consecutive years by Niche.com (https://www.niche.com/places-to-live/the-woodlands-montgomery-tx/).

Summary

The Department of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine in partnership with Texas Children's Hospital is recruiting a pediatric gastroenterologist for an exciting position in the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at Texas Children's Hospital | The Woodlands located in The Woodlands, TX (https://www.visitthewoodlands.com/).

This position will primarily provide out-patient clinical care, and in-patient consultation at the Texas Children's Hospital Woodlands Campus. Responsibilities may include an active out-patient program with approximately 7 half-day sessions per week, one half-day procedure session and currently 1:7 coverage of the in-patient and emergency room consultation services. The ideal candidate would have an interest in participating in multidisciplinary IBD care.

Minimum Qualifications

Candidates must have active American Board of Pediatric certification in Pediatric Gastroenterology, be eligible for licensure by the Texas Medical Board and have US Citizenship or a relevant approved work visa.  This position is open at the level of Assistant or Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics.

 Interested and qualified candidates are invited to submit a statement of interest along with their CV to Benjamin Shneider MD, George Peterkin Endowed Chair, Head of Division and Chief of Service, at Benjamin.Shneider@bcm.edu