Nemours
Pediatric Endocrinologist, Physician Research Scientist
The role involves combining clinical practice with translationally relevant clinical research in pediatric endocrinology, focusing on endocrine disorders and diabetes in children and adolescents. The position supports advanced diabetes technology and clinical research on growth disorders, puberty disorders, and type 1 diabetes, within a collaborative academic and clinical environment.
Key Responsibilities
- • Combine clinical practice with translationally relevant clinical research
- • Care for children and adolescents with endocrine disorders and diabetes
- • Engage in clinical research focusing on complex interactions of nutrients and hormones, specifically disorders of growth, disorders of puberty, and type 1 diabetes
- • Participate in a pediatric diabetes program with significant interest in advanced diabetes technology
- • Collaborate with a team including endocrine faculty, APRNs, nurses, certified diabetes educators, medical and administrative assistants
- • Work within an academic division integrated with a partner hospital and affiliated with Mayo Clinic/Mayo Foundation
Preferred
- • Driven academician and innovator
- • Ability to combine clinical practice with translationally relevant clinical research
Job Description
The Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism at Nemours Children’s Health, Jacksonville is seeking applications for a talented Pediatric Endocrinologist Physician Scientist to join our faculty. Our program is the premier center for the care of children and adolescents with endocrine disorders and diabetes in northeast Florida and southeast Georgia and part of Nemours Children’s Health, a tertiary health care system for children and adolescents in different locales in Florida and Delaware, supported by the trust of Alfred I. Dupont.
Ours is an academic division with 9 endocrine faculty, 5 APRNs, 5 Endocrine nurses, 6 certified diabetes educators as well as a team of medical and administrative assistants, and administrators that assist us in the care of our patients. As the only providers of comprehensive endocrine care in the region we have unparalleled access to all types of endocrine pathology. Our pediatric diabetes program -~1200 patients to-date – has a significant interest in advanced diabetes technology . We also have a 3-year Pediatric Endocrine fellowship program – 1 fellow per year – in collaboration with the University of Florida.
Our program has had a heavy emphasis on clinical research with 25+ years track record of successful studies on the complex interactions of nutrients and hormones, specifically focusing on disorders of growth, disorders of puberty and type 1 diabetes. We have had steady funding from NIH, private foundations and industry. Our program is integrated with Wolfson Children’s Hospital, our partner hospital, a state-of-the art 240 bed facility right next to our 11-story outpatient clinic on the banks of the beautiful St. John’s river in Jacksonville. The hospital has a well-staffed Clinical Research Center where complex physiological and interventional studies can be carried out in children. Nemours Jacksonville is affiliated with the Mayo Clinic/Mayo Foundation which has a very large campus located in town, and our faculty has full academic appointments conferred through the Mayo system. Jacksonville is the northernmost city on Florida’s east coast, located on the ocean and sprawling on the banks of the river, with a beautiful temperate climate and ample access to water.
We are seeking a driven academician and innovator that can combine both clinical practice with translationally relevant clinical research. Package of support would be commensurate to the applicant’s qualifications. Interested candidates can contact us directly at the emails below with a CV and letter of interest.
Nelly Mauras, MD
Director of Research Nemours North Florida
Vice Chair of Pediatrics for Research
Nemours Children's Health, Jacksonville
Professor of Pediatrics
Mayo Medical School
nelly.mauras@nemours.org
Eric Sandler, MD
Chairman of Pediatrics
Nemours Children’s Health, Jacksonville
Professor of Pediatrics
Mayo Medical School
Eric.Sandler@nemours.org
With a CC To
Alexis Rodgers, Physician Recruiter
Nemours Children's Health
Alexis.Rodgers@nemours.org
About Us
Nemours Children’s Health is an internationally recognized children’s health system. With more than 1.7 million patient encounters annually, we provide medical care in five states through two freestanding state-of-the-art children’s hospitals — Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children’s Hospital, Florida. Our pediatric network includes 80 primary-urgent-and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospitalists serving 19 affiliated hospitals. We generate annual revenues of more than $1.7 billion derived from patient services, contributions from the Alfred I. DuPont Trust, as well as other income.
As one of the nation's premier pediatric health systems, we’re on a journey to discover better ways of approaching children’s health. Putting as much focus on prevention as cures and working hand in hand with the community to make every child’s world a place to thrive. It’s a journey that extends beyond our nationally recognized clinical treatment to an entire integrated spectrum of research, advocacy, education, and prevention, leading to the healthiest generations of children ever.
Inclusion and belonging guide our growth and strategy. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about, and committed to, leading efforts to provide culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and helping build an inclusive and supportive environment. All of our associates are expected to ensure that these philosophies are embedded in their day-to-day work with colleagues, patients and families.
To learn more about Nemours Children’s and how we go well beyond medicine, visit us at www.nemours.org .
About The Team
At Nemours Children’s, our providers and associates work together across specialties, clinics and hospitals, to give children care that's among the safest, most caring and compassionate. As part of a pediatric health system with both clinical and academic partnerships, we are 100% focused on ensuring a healthier future for children. We strive for excellent outcomes across all of our medical and surgical specialties - and we measure these outcomes in order to provide consistent, top-rated care.
We aspire to build a workforce of providers that support the needs of the communities we serve and create a sense of belonging for our patients and families. Nemours Children’s is committed to equal opportunity in welcoming candidates of all backgrounds to apply. Any preference or exclusion based on a protected characteristic is strictly prohibited. To learn more, click here .
The Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism at Nemours Children’s Health, Jacksonville is seeking applications for a talented Pediatric Endocrinologist Physician Scientist to join our faculty. Our program is the premier center for the care of children and adolescents with endocrine disorders and diabetes in northeast Florida and southeast Georgia and part of Nemours Children’s Health, a tertiary health care system for children and adolescents in different locales in Florida and Delaware, supported by the trust of Alfred I. Dupont.
Ours is an academic division with 9 endocrine faculty, 5 APRNs, 5 Endocrine nurses, 6 certified diabetes educators as well as a team of medical and administrative assistants, and administrators that assist us in the care of our patients. As the only providers of comprehensive endocrine care in the region we have unparalleled access to all types of endocrine pathology. Our pediatric diabetes program -~1200 patients to-date – has a significant interest in advanced diabetes technology . We also have a 3-year Pediatric Endocrine fellowship program – 1 fellow per year – in collaboration with the University of Florida.
Our program has had a heavy emphasis on clinical research with 25+ years track record of successful studies on the complex interactions of nutrients and hormones, specifically focusing on disorders of growth, disorders of puberty and type 1 diabetes. We have had steady funding from NIH, private foundations and industry. Our program is integrated with Wolfson Children’s Hospital, our partner hospital, a state-of-the art 240 bed facility right next to our 11-story outpatient clinic on the banks of the beautiful St. John’s river in Jacksonville. The hospital has a well-staffed Clinical Research Center where complex physiological and interventional studies can be carried out in children. Nemours Jacksonville is affiliated with the Mayo Clinic/Mayo Foundation which has a very large campus located in town, and our faculty has full academic appointments conferred through the Mayo system. Jacksonville is the northernmost city on Florida’s east coast, located on the ocean and sprawling on the banks of the river, with a beautiful temperate climate and ample access to water.
We are seeking a driven academician and innovator that can combine both clinical practice with translationally relevant clinical research. Package of support would be commensurate to the applicant’s qualifications. Interested candidates can contact us directly at the emails below with a CV and letter of interest.
Nelly Mauras, MD
Director of Research Nemours North Florida
Vice Chair of Pediatrics for Research
Nemours Children's Health, Jacksonville
Professor of Pediatrics
Mayo Medical School
nelly.mauras@nemours.org
Eric Sandler, MD
Chairman of Pediatrics
Nemours Children’s Health, Jacksonville
Professor of Pediatrics
Mayo Medical School
Eric.Sandler@nemours.org
With a CC To
Alexis Rodgers, Physician Recruiter
Nemours Children's Health
Alexis.Rodgers@nemours.org
About Us
Nemours Children’s Health is an internationally recognized children’s health system. With more than 1.7 million patient encounters annually, we provide medical care in five states through two freestanding state-of-the-art children’s hospitals — Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children’s Hospital, Florida. Our pediatric network includes 80 primary-urgent-and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospitalists serving 19 affiliated hospitals. We generate annual revenues of more than $1.7 billion derived from patient services, contributions from the Alfred I. DuPont Trust, as well as other income.
As one of the nation's premier pediatric health systems, we’re on a journey to discover better ways of approaching children’s health. Putting as much focus on prevention as cures and working hand in hand with the community to make every child’s world a place to thrive. It’s a journey that extends beyond our nationally recognized clinical treatment to an entire integrated spectrum of research, advocacy, education, and prevention, leading to the healthiest generations of children ever.
Inclusion and belonging guide our growth and strategy. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about, and committed to, leading efforts to provide culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and helping build an inclusive and supportive environment. All of our associates are expected to ensure that these philosophies are embedded in their day-to-day work with colleagues, patients and families.
To learn more about Nemours Children’s and how we go well beyond medicine, visit us at www.nemours.org .
About The Team
At Nemours Children’s, our providers and associates work together across specialties, clinics and hospitals, to give children care that's among the safest, most caring and compassionate. As part of a pediatric health system with both clinical and academic partnerships, we are 100% focused on ensuring a healthier future for children. We strive for excellent outcomes across all of our medical and surgical specialties - and we measure these outcomes in order to provide consistent, top-rated care.
We aspire to build a workforce of providers that support the needs of the communities we serve and create a sense of belonging for our patients and families. Nemours Children’s is committed to equal opportunity in welcoming candidates of all backgrounds to apply. Any preference or exclusion based on a protected characteristic is strictly prohibited. To learn more, click here .
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