Division Chief, Comfort and Palliative Care Associate or Professor of Clinical Pediatrics-CHLA

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The Keck School of Medicine (KSOM) of the University of Southern California (USC) Department of Pediatrics and the Department of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine (ACCM) at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) are actively seeking a full-time board-certified physician leader for the position of Division Chief of Comfort and Palliative Care at CHLA .

The academic rank of the successful candidate will be as an Associate or Full Professor of Pediatrics, dependent on individual experience.

CHLA is one of the nation’s leading academic medical centers devoted to children. At the forefront of pediatric medicine, CHLA is home to renowned experts who work together across disciplines to deliver exceptional care, drive advances in pediatric medicine and help set standards of care across the nation and around the globe.

Driven by a culture of innovation, the hospital’s principles of research and discovery are embedded in every aspect of care.

The best and brightest come to work at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles because they are deeply dedicated to providing life-changing, lifesaving care for a truly diverse population of children including many from underserved communities all in a culturally sensitive and family-friendly environment.

World-Class Clinical and Research Impact

The impact of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles spans more than a century. Founded in 1, CHLA has the highest number of pediatric discharges in the state of California.

The hospital and six regional specialty care centers are vital resources for children throughout the nation’s most populous county;

CHLA is also a regional referral center and a care destination for children from all states and more than countries. CHLA’s expertise spans the entire pediatric care continuum, from everyday preventive medicine to the most complex surgical interventions such as double organ transplants, treating every child as an individual while demonstrating a commitment to contributing to overall healthier communities.

With more than specialty programs and services, CHLA has more than 7, team members and nearly 1, medical staff members. Through more than , patient visits and more than , inpatient discharges in its most recent year, CHLA cares for a broad and clinically complex population.

CHLA consistently achieves impressive patient and family experience scores, far outperforming pediatric benchmarks.

CHLA pediatric specialists deliver a level of care that is consistently recognized among the best in the world. Newsweek magazine ranks CHLA among the top 8 hospitals in the world specializing in pediatrics, and the 4th in the nation.

U.S. News & World Report ranks CHLA among the top children’s hospitals in the country every year, including No. 1 in California and No.

1 in the Pacific U.S. region. CHLA is also one of the very few hospitals to have been continuously designated a Magnet hospital since 8, with its most recent designation process being accelerated during the pandemic.

CHLA is home to The Saban Research Institute (the Saban) where scientific inquiry is combined with clinical care devoted exclusively to children.

Investigators at the Saban conduct basic, translational and clinical research, and are involved in collaborative projects with academic institutions worldwide.

Two research buildings on the main campus comprise over , square feet for wet lab and dry lab research activities.

Department of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine (ACCM)

The Department is unique in that it spans the Divisions of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, Pain Medicine and Palliative Care Medicine.

Leaders from the department oversee care delivery in the pediatric Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit (CTICU) and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and support anesthesiology care delivery for more than , surgical cases per year.

The Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine provides the following clinical services :

• Anesthesiology and sedation services for the main operating room, ambulatory surgery center, radiology, cardiology, catheterization lab, and elsewhere.
• Critical care medicine for the -bed pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) (inclusive of a -bed PICU and a 6-bed PICU staffed as a single unit), the -bed cardiothoracic intensive care unit (CTICU), Level I trauma unit, procedural sedation, and offsite PICU locations.
• Acute, post-op and chronic pain management inpatient and outpatient services, including non-pharmacologic treatments such as dog therapy, acupuncture, biofeedback, etc.
• Palliative care and other comfort services providing physical, emotional, physical and spiritual support to children and teens with life threatening illnesses, and their families.
• Treatment in our ambulatory clinic at our Pain and Palliative Care Center.

The core pillars of research strength in ACCM currently are in respiratory physiology, informatics, outcomes and participation in multicenter clinical trials (primarily in the ICUs).

Current clinical providers include approximately FTE anesthesiologists and FTE critical care medicine physicians.

The department operates the largest training program at CHLA, teaching nearly trainees per year, including residents, student registered nurse anesthetists (SRNA), and anesthesia technicians who rotate from other schools (USC, UCLA, Kaiser, and others).

Programs accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) include :

• Critical care ( fellows)
• Pediatric anesthesiology ( to fellows)
• Palliative care (1 fellow)

Non-ACGME-accredited programs include :

• Pain management (1 to 2 fellows)
• Cardiac critical care (2 fellows)
• Cardiac anesthesia (1 to 2 fellows)
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