Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
Academic Faculty Physician - Pediatric Pulmonary & Sleep Medicine
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, Winston Salem, North Carolina, United States, 27104
The Section of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine with Atrium Health Wake Forest School of Medicine and Brenner Children’s Hospital (BCH) is seeking candidates for a full-time faculty position in Pediatric Pulmonology/Pediatric Sleep Medicine. Candidates should be board certified in Pediatrics and board certified or board eligible in Sleep Medicine and Pediatric Pulmonology. Academic rank will be commensurate with experience. Provider will be required to rotate to satellite clinics (currently less than 30 miles away).
Pediatric Sleep/Pulmonology & Services Provided
Patients with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD)
Patients requiring chronic ventilation or non‑invasive ventilation
Neuromuscular respiratory weakness
Asthma
Cystic Fibrosis (CF)
Sleep disorders
Interstitial lung disease
Sickle cell lung disease
Pediatric Sleep
We currently have 3 sleep providers in our sleep clinic including one pediatric psychiatrist. We have 5 sleep center locations; Winston‑Salem (4 beds), Lexington Adult (4 beds), Lexington/Brenner Children’s (3 beds), High Point (4 beds), and Wilkes (2 beds), totaling 17 beds.
There is also a portable unit located on the main campus in Winston‑Salem for pediatric inpatients.
The sites operate with a 2:1 patient to tech ratio in the adult labs. Depending on the patient's age and severity, the pediatric staffing ratio may vary from 1:1 to 2:1.
We are in the process of transitioning to Compumedics and adding Somnoware.
Pediatric Pulmonary
Our team includes 5 pediatric pulmonologists, a dedicated CF physician, and 1 inpatient/outpatient PNP.
We are an accredited CF center and a member of the TDN with a fully staffed CF team (providers, nurse coordinator, psychologist, RT, social worker, dietician and pharmacist).
We run multidisciplinary clinics for patients with CF, ventilator‑dependence, neuromuscular diseases, Sickle Cell Disease, and Pediatric Sleep.
We perform both inpatient and outpatient bronchoscopy with on‑call bronchoscopy technicians (RTs) and have full lung function testing capabilities.
We work in a multidisciplinary fashion with our adult pulmonary colleagues, Pediatric ENT section, the NICU, PICU, our pediatric surgeons and pediatric subspecialists.
Pediatric Pulmonology has satellite clinics located in Clemmons and Hickory, NC.
Brenner Children’s Hospital Brenner Children’s Hospital is the focal point for pediatric healthcare at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist. The hospital includes 175 inpatient beds, 11 PICU beds, 79 NICU beds, and admits 4,500 children annually. Over 50,000 pediatric subspecialty visits occur at our outpatient clinics and over 36,000 children visit the emergency room each year. Brenner Children’s became the first Level I pediatric trauma center in the state in 2011 and has maintained its verification ever since. Currently it is the only Level I pediatric trauma center in the region and one of only three in North Carolina.
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Wake Forest School of Medicine, the academic core of Atrium Health Enterprise, is the medical education and research component of Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist. The academic health system is comprised of an 885‑bed tertiary‑care hospital in Winston‑Salem – that includes Brenner Children’s Hospital, five community hospitals, 300 plus primary and specialty care locations, more than 2,700 physicians and the Wake Forest School of Medicine. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist has been nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report in addition to Brenner Children’s Hospital.
Winston‑Salem, North Carolina Located in the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina, Winston‑Salem is the state’s fifth largest city and named one of the South’s Best Cities on the Rise 2021 by Southern Living. The area offers a moderate climate, a vibrant restaurant scene, strong public/private schools, and a close proximity to the Appalachian Mountains and Atlantic Coast beaches. The metro area celebrates its diversity through a variety of festivals and cuisines.
Atrium Health Wake Forest School of Medicine and Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist are an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer with a strong commitment to achieving diversity among its faculty and staff.
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Pediatric Sleep/Pulmonology & Services Provided
Patients with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD)
Patients requiring chronic ventilation or non‑invasive ventilation
Neuromuscular respiratory weakness
Asthma
Cystic Fibrosis (CF)
Sleep disorders
Interstitial lung disease
Sickle cell lung disease
Pediatric Sleep
We currently have 3 sleep providers in our sleep clinic including one pediatric psychiatrist. We have 5 sleep center locations; Winston‑Salem (4 beds), Lexington Adult (4 beds), Lexington/Brenner Children’s (3 beds), High Point (4 beds), and Wilkes (2 beds), totaling 17 beds.
There is also a portable unit located on the main campus in Winston‑Salem for pediatric inpatients.
The sites operate with a 2:1 patient to tech ratio in the adult labs. Depending on the patient's age and severity, the pediatric staffing ratio may vary from 1:1 to 2:1.
We are in the process of transitioning to Compumedics and adding Somnoware.
Pediatric Pulmonary
Our team includes 5 pediatric pulmonologists, a dedicated CF physician, and 1 inpatient/outpatient PNP.
We are an accredited CF center and a member of the TDN with a fully staffed CF team (providers, nurse coordinator, psychologist, RT, social worker, dietician and pharmacist).
We run multidisciplinary clinics for patients with CF, ventilator‑dependence, neuromuscular diseases, Sickle Cell Disease, and Pediatric Sleep.
We perform both inpatient and outpatient bronchoscopy with on‑call bronchoscopy technicians (RTs) and have full lung function testing capabilities.
We work in a multidisciplinary fashion with our adult pulmonary colleagues, Pediatric ENT section, the NICU, PICU, our pediatric surgeons and pediatric subspecialists.
Pediatric Pulmonology has satellite clinics located in Clemmons and Hickory, NC.
Brenner Children’s Hospital Brenner Children’s Hospital is the focal point for pediatric healthcare at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist. The hospital includes 175 inpatient beds, 11 PICU beds, 79 NICU beds, and admits 4,500 children annually. Over 50,000 pediatric subspecialty visits occur at our outpatient clinics and over 36,000 children visit the emergency room each year. Brenner Children’s became the first Level I pediatric trauma center in the state in 2011 and has maintained its verification ever since. Currently it is the only Level I pediatric trauma center in the region and one of only three in North Carolina.
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Wake Forest School of Medicine, the academic core of Atrium Health Enterprise, is the medical education and research component of Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist. The academic health system is comprised of an 885‑bed tertiary‑care hospital in Winston‑Salem – that includes Brenner Children’s Hospital, five community hospitals, 300 plus primary and specialty care locations, more than 2,700 physicians and the Wake Forest School of Medicine. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist has been nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report in addition to Brenner Children’s Hospital.
Winston‑Salem, North Carolina Located in the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina, Winston‑Salem is the state’s fifth largest city and named one of the South’s Best Cities on the Rise 2021 by Southern Living. The area offers a moderate climate, a vibrant restaurant scene, strong public/private schools, and a close proximity to the Appalachian Mountains and Atlantic Coast beaches. The metro area celebrates its diversity through a variety of festivals and cuisines.
Atrium Health Wake Forest School of Medicine and Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist are an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer with a strong commitment to achieving diversity among its faculty and staff.
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