Division Chief, Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics Opportunity

On behalf of Dr. Carolyn Milana, Chair, Department of Pediatrics at Stony Brook Children’s in Stony Brook, NY, CareerPhysician, LLC, the leader in academic pediatric executive search, has initiated a national search to identify a transformational thought leader on developmental and behavioral pediatrics to serve as the Division Chief of Developmental Pediatrics. The selected leader will be charged with developing strategies and innovative models of care and evaluation, coupled with multidisciplinary approaches to expand access for families throughout Long Island and Eastern NYC. 

Opportunity Highlights:

• The selected Chief will be charged with developing a vision and strategy that will foster a culture of collaboration and faculty development to impact all missions, with a focus on programmatic development and education of residents and ancillary staff to advance care and resources for children with developmental disorders.
• The DBP division is seeing patients in a new space with room to expand. The division moved into the Early Childhood Center (ECC) in 2023.
• Beyond meeting the demand for autism assessments and other DBP diagnoses, the incoming leader will have ample opportunity to expand services within the department of pediatrics and leverage the interest from partners in neonatal to support NICU follow-up, cardiology for cardiac neurodevelopmental care and adolescent medicine to provide support for help with autism evaluation in teens to grow the service line.
• Stony Brook Children’s has a history of funding success for Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) training program and hopes to expand on this relationship in the future to the benefit of both the university campus and the hospital.
• Collaborations with university colleagues through the LEND program and other health professions training will improve clinical services while advancing the educational mission more efficiently than hiring all full-time professionals.
• The ideal candidate for this position is an early- to mid-career person with a strong record of excellent care and, ideally, experience in quality improvement. Having a QI approach and mindset will be helpful in promoting and adapting new approaches and models of care. Resources for internal and/or external Executive leadership coaching and mentor programs are available.
• The department and institution are committed to developing an attractive package to support the incoming Chief’s vision for resources and staff to create a comprehensive service line that accounts for standards of care and innovation within the field. In addition, leadership at Stony Brook Children’s is unwavering in fiscal commitment to offering highly competitive compensation and benefits package for the selected leader.
• The Dean has a goal of increasing the research presence of the medical school in all departments including pediatrics, with support from the dean’s office for applicants with significant funding and requirements for research.

For more details about this opportunity, or if you would like to recommend an individual(s) who exemplifies the qualities we are seeking in a candidate, please contact Luke Millican. All interactions will remain confidential, and no inquiries will be made without the consent of the applicant.

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