Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator, Pediatric Emergency Medicine

University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine's Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine in Philadelphia invites applications for an Assistant Professor in the non-tenure clinician educator track. Candidates must hold an MD or equivalent and be board-certified, or board-eligible, in Pediatric Emergency Medicine.

Clinical duties include working in an ED in Philadelphia with high patient volume; teaching medical students, residents and fellows; mentoring trainees and supervising

Qualifications

• MD or equivalent degree required.
• Board-certified in Pediatric Emergency Medicine or board-eligible.
• Academic medicine experience and teaching expected.
• Eligibility for faculty appointment in the clinician educator track.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical care in a high-volume ED in Philadelphia.
• Participate in teaching medical students, residents and fellows.
• Mentor trainees and supervise research staff.
• Lead or contribute to pediatric emergency medicine research.

Skills

Teaching

Mentoring

Research

Clinical care

Education

MD or equivalent

Board-certified in Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Job description

University of Pennsylvania: Perelman School of Medicine: Perelman School of Medicine - Pediatrics: Perelman School of Medicine - Pediatrics - Emergency Medicine

Location

Philadelphia, PA

Open Date

Jul 08, 2026

Deadline

Jul 08, 2028 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time

Description

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Division of Emergency Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania seek candidates for an Assistant Professor position in the non-tenure clinician educator track. Applicants must have an M.D. or equivalent degree and be board-certified in Pediatric Emergency Medicine, or board-eligible.

Teaching responsibilities may include participating in the clinical education of medical students, residents and fellows as a member of the Division of Emergency Medicine, mentoring of trainees (including fellows and graduate students) in area of applicant’s interest and mentoring of postdoctoral fellows, students, and fellows and supervision of research staff.

Clinical responsibilities may include providing direct patient care in an Emergency Department in Philadelphia, PA that has an annual volume of over 100,000 visits. Clinical employment opportunities in Pediatric Emergency Medicine are also being offered at our clinical affiliate institutions; Virtua Voorhees, in Southern New Jersey, King of Prussia Pediatric Hospital in King of Prussia, PA and Christiana Care Health System in Newark, DE.

Research or scholarship responsibilities may include include knowledge of current ED studies and participate in patient enrollment, as needed. Additional research responsibilities include establishing a portfolio of collaborative and independent research related to identified field of interest within Pediatric Emergency Medicine, serving as primary author and co-author for reports and manuscripts, serving as principal investigator and co-investigator on federal, state, and foundation grant efforts.