RWJBarnabas Health is seeking a Division Chief for Pediatric Surgery (Department of Surgery)

Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) and RWJBarnabas Health System (RWJBH) are seeking a Division Chief and System Director for Pediatric Surgery. The candidate will be a board-certified pediatric general surgeon at the Associate or Professor level and expected to have responsibility and oversight for the operation and programmatic aspects of the division and to provide system-wide leadership to pediatric surgery. The individual will actively participate in medical student, resident and fellow education through didactic lectures, research activities, evaluation of programs, interviews, small group sessions and/or clinical supervision. In addition, the Division Chief/System Director will be expected to participate in all aspects of clinical care, including mentoring of junior faculty at all sites where care is administered.

The quaternary center for surgical care is at the Bristol Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital (BMSCH) at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. Pediatric surgery is also provided at 3 additional hospitals in the health system: Children’s Hospital of New Jersey at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Unterberg Children’s Hospital at Monmouth Medical Center and Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center. The right candidate will be considered for the position of Surgeon-in-Chief of BMSCH.

RWJBH is the largest health system in NJ, consisting of 12 acute care hospitals and serving a population of 5 million individuals across the state. The RWJBH’s Children’s Health Network, the largest provider of pediatric care in the state, includes four comprehensive acute care Children’s Hospitals/Centers, a pediatric rehabilitation and long-term care hospital, nearly 900 primary and specialty care providers, and the full array of tertiary and quaternary physical and mental health services for children. 

Rutgers University, a member of the Big 10 Conference, is the state university of NJ with a student enrollment exceeding 67,000. New Brunswick is located in central NJ, less than an hour commute to New York City, Philadelphia, as well as the Atlantic Ocean. The state is recognized for its outstanding public-school systems and quality of life.

Interested candidates should forward their CV to Patricia Hanas, Manager, Administrative Services Department of Surgery, Office of the Chairman at hanaspw@rwjms.rutgers.edu.

Founded in 1884, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) New Brunswick, is an academic medical center whose Centers of Excellence include cardiovascular care from minimally invasive heart surgery to transplantation, cancer care, stroke care, neuroscience, orthopedics, and women’s and children’s care, including The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital (BMSCH).

BMSCH serves as the focal point of New Brunswick’s growing children’s health campus, which includes the Child Health Institute of New Jersey, PSE&G Children’s Specialized Hospital, and Ronald McDonald House - New Brunswick. The free-standing, state-designated, acute care children’s hospital is a state-of-the-art facility that is specially designed to care for children. From pediatric surgery, urology, and cardiology to oncology, hematology, and pulmonology, BMSCH’s specialists and intensivists provide advanced care for children of all ages—from fragile newborns to adolescents.

As the flagship cancer hospital of Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and the principal teaching hospital of Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, RWJUH New Brunswick is an innovative leader in advancing state-of-the-art care. Featuring a Level 1 Trauma Center and the first Pediatric Trauma Center in the state, RWJUH’s New Brunswick campus serves as a national resource in its ground-breaking approaches to emergency preparedness.

RWJBarnabas Health is New Jersey’s largest integrated health care delivery system, providing treatment and services to more than three million patients each year. With 12 acute care hospitals, 3 children's hospitals, a growing number of our outpatient facilities and physician practices, our healthcare system is committed to providing the highest quality of patient care and health education to the community and region.

Our dedication to serving the people of New Jersey extends far beyond the care we provide within our hospital walls. We support programs that promote health and wellness in our communities and provide access to services that would otherwise be unavailable. We are committed to the ongoing improvement of the health, quality of life, and vitality of our communities. We strive to bring the best healthcare to meet the evolving needs of residents in New Jersey — whether that be enhancing the coordination for treating complex health conditions or improving community health through local programs and education.

Our partnership with Rutgers University creates the state’s largest academic healthcare system dedicated to providing high-quality patient care, leading-edge research, and world-class health and medical education, further advancing our mission of providing high-quality healthcare in New Jersey.

The new collaboration also aligns RWJBarnabas Health with Rutgers’ education, research, and clinical activities, including those at the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care.

RWJBarnabas Health is an equal opportunity employer.