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Lee Health is seeking a Pediatric Nephrologist to join its Golisano Children's Hospital in Fort Myers, Florida. This role supports comprehensive nephrology services with a team-oriented approach, emphasizing patient care and collaboration with community practitioners. Exceptional benefits and a competitive salary await the right candidate in a region known for its beautiful weather and recreational opportunities.
Lee Health - Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida is seeking a Pediatric Nephrologist!
Located near Southwest Florida's beaches, Golisano Children's Hospital is a state-of-the-art pediatric facility providing vital care for children and their families throughout the region. This 135-bed hospital cares for children across five counties and is the only children's hospital between Tampa and Miami. It offers specialized services including emergency care, behavioral health, surgery, critical care, orthopedics, cancer treatment, and cardiology. The hospital features a 16-bed PICU and a 70-bed NICU with 24-hour Neonatology coverage.
Lee Health is a non-profit organization with over 100 practice locations throughout Southwest Florida, employing over 16,000 staff, 4,500 volunteers, and more than 1,100 primary and specialty care providers. Our health system includes four acute care hospitals and two specialty hospitals with 1,812 beds.
Position Description:
Lee Physician Group & Golisano Children’s Hospital seeks a full-time or part-time fellowship-trained, board-certified or eligible Pediatric Nephrologist to join our team. This role involves inpatient and outpatient nephrology services in Fort Myers and two outreach clinics.
Services include acute and chronic kidney replacement therapy, post-kidney transplant follow-up, inpatient consultations, and all modalities of dialysis care. Outpatient services include general nephrology clinics, dialysis, combined nephrology-urology clinics, and prenatal consultations in collaboration with maternal-fetal medicine. Our outpatient team is supported by a kidney dietitian, pediatric psychologist, social worker, and other staff.
Our practices are designed to complement community pediatricians and family practitioners, emphasizing team-based care.
Benefits Summary:
This is ExceptionalLee!
Golisano Children’s Hospital has been named a Top Children’s Hospital by The Leapfrog Group four times. It is home to Southwest Florida’s only Regional Perinatal Intensive Care Center and a Level III NICU. It is recognized as an Asthma Friendly Hospital and a Certified Autism Center—the second hospital in the U.S. and first in Florida to receive this designation.
The hospital and other Lee Health facilities have earned top safety grades, been listed among America’s Best-in-State Employers by Forbes, received the Pinnacle of EHR Experience Award from KLAS, and been honored as Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report. Lee Health is also the first in Florida to receive the Governor’s Sterling Award for performance excellence.
Lee County, Florida:
Lee County offers warm weather year-round, outdoor activities, cultural events, and easy access to airports and nearby islands. Fort Myers is minutes from Sanibel Island, Captiva, and Naples, and centrally located between Orlando, Tampa, and Miami.
If interested, please email your CV to physicianrecruitment@leehealth.org.