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NORTON CHILDREN’S SURGERY, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine, and a part of Norton Children’s Medical Group, is seeking a board-certified, fellowship-trained pediatric surgeon interested in a leadership role in pediatric surgery. This surgeon will join a team of expert clinicians that includes six board-certified pediatric surgeons, five nurse practitioners and multiple skilled providers caring for pediatric surgery patients from birth through adolescence. The selected candidate will have the opportunity to develop leadership and administrative skills through participation in our American College of Surgeons (ACS) verification programs for children’s surgery and trauma care. 

This opportunity will provide a career focus on quality and process improvement. The ideal candidate should be appropriate for the rank of associate professor or professor.

 All of our pediatric surgeons perform a broad spectrum of pediatric operations. They also serve as faculty in the UofL School of Medicine Department of Surgery, and educate the next generation of surgeons through our involvement in the General Surgery Residency Program and Pediatric Surgery Fellowship. The team has led Norton Children’s Hospital’s efforts in achieving the highest level of certification (Level I) through both the ACS Children’s Surgery Verification Program and the ACS Trauma Verification Program.

 About the position:

• Collaborate with neonatologists, pediatric critical care specialists, emergency medicine specialists, pediatric hospitalists, pediatricians, gastroenterologists, all surgical subspecialists and adult surgeons.
• Perform the entire spectrum of pediatric surgery from prenatal/neonatal consultation through adolescence.
• Opportunities with the pediatric surgery fellowship training program, multidisciplinary clinics for congenital diaphragmatic hernia, aerodigestive diseases, and nutrition/feeding/gastrostomy issues
• Participate in a robust patient safety and quality improvement program.
• Inpatient and outpatient surgery at Norton Children’s Hospital, outpatient surgery at Norton Children’s Medical Center and Norton Women’s & Children’s Hospital
• Opportunities for basic science and clinical research
• Expected involvement in the process improvement and patient safety initiatives
• Potential leadership of ACS programs within Norton Children’s Hospital

*To discuss this opportunity please contact Dr. Cynthia Downard at cynthia.downard@louisville.edu 

 Why Norton Healthcare for your career:

• Integrated academic clinical care model focused on translating clinical research to state-of-the-art bedside care
• Comprehensive research support services provided across all pediatric services lines through Norton Children’s Research Institute, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine
• Market share leader in the region
• Strong history rooted in robust training programs for medical students, residents and fellows
• Named 2021’s Top Workplace in the region by the Louisville Courier- Journal
• Named No. 10 on Healthiest Employers’ 2021 list of Healthiest 100 Workplaces in America and the No. 1 extra-large employer in Kentucky

About Norton Children’s Medical Group

Norton Children’s Medical Group, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine, is the pediatric provider division of Norton Medical Group. Norton Children’s Medical Group employs more than 400 medical providers who work in over 170 locations in Kentucky and Southern Indiana. To support the community’s need for expanded care, Norton Children’s Medical Group encompasses all pediatric care, including inpatient, outpatient, specialty and primary care. Patients have access to multidisciplinary resources through Norton Medical Group’s extensive network of primary and specialty care practices, as well as Norton Children’s Hospital, Norton Women’s & Children’s Hospital, Norton Children’s Medical Center and the Novak Center for Children’s Health. More information is available at NortonChildrens.com.

About the Novak Center for Children’s Health

The 176,000-square-foot Novak Center for Children’s Health opened in 2018. It was designed to create a better way to deliver health care for the children of Kentucky and the surrounding region. Located in the heart of the UofL Health Sciences campus and close to Norton Children’s Hospital in downtown Louisville, the center is one of the largest and most technically advanced pediatric outpatient centers in the country. It provides the resources and space necessary to offer an integrated health care model, serving as the home of UofL Physicians pediatric specialty clinical practices, lab and radiology services, medical education conference rooms, multidisciplinary spaces and more. Families are able to have their children receive care in an environment that is designed to put children at ease, while having access to some of the region’s top pediatric specialists, all in one convenient outpatient care location. The Novak Center for Children’s Health features interactive art displays and special events with musicians and other artists. Most important, it is home to cutting-edge medical treatments designed specifically to address the health care needs of children.

 About Norton Children’s

The Norton Children’s name stands for expert pediatric care across a spectrum of specialties and locations throughout Kentucky and Southern Indiana. Comprising two hospitals, a medical center, regional outpatient centers, and primary and specialty care physician practices, Norton Children’s is a comprehensive network of highly trained pediatric specialists and support services providing care for children of all ages. As the need for expert pediatric care has grown in our region, so has the footprint of Norton Children’s. Our medical facilities currently serve more than 185,000 patients each year.

 Located in downtown Louisville, the 300-bed Norton Children’s Hospital is the region’s only full-service, free-standing pediatric hospital, the only Level I Pediatric Trauma Center in Louisville and serves as the primary pediatric teaching facility for the University of Louisville School of Medicine. Norton Children’s Hospital provides a complete range of services for children, including pediatric intensive care and one of the nation’s largest Level IV neonatal intensive care units.

 Norton Children’s Medical Center in northeastern Jefferson County is the only pediatric outpatient center of its type in Kentucky, offering 365-day-a-year pediatric emergency services, a full complement of pediatric diagnostic imaging services, a full-service laboratory and a wide range of pediatric outpatient surgery services.

 Norton Women’s & Children’s Hospital in St. Matthews offers pediatric emergency services, pediatric surgery, inpatient care and a neonatal intensive care unit.

 For more information, visit NortonChildrens.com.