Posting Note: Pediatric Neuropathologist
The Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Phoenix Children’s is seeking a Pediatric Neuropathologist to join a rapidly expanding division of 18 faculty members within a nationally recognized pediatric healthcare system. The successful candidate will provide expertise in pediatric neuropathology while contributing to a collaborative academic and clinical environment dedicated to advancing pediatric patient care, education, and research.

The successful candidate will serve as a clinical attending in pediatric neuropathology, supporting an active and growing pathology service that evaluates more than 200 neurological cases and nearly 500 neuropathology specimens annually. Clinical responsibilities include interpretation of pediatric central nervous system tumors, neuromuscular pathology specimens, epilepsy-related resections, and other complex neuropathologic disorders. The position offers close collaboration with nationally recognized pediatric neurosciences and neuro-oncology programs at Phoenix Children’s, including multidisciplinary programs in pediatric brain tumors, epilepsy surgery, neuromuscular disease, neurogenetics, and developmental neuroscience.

Phoenix Children’s maintains a strong and expanding partnership with the Barrow Neurological Institute, one of the world’s premier neuroscience centers, creating unique opportunities for collaboration in clinical care, translational research, and education across the greater Phoenix academic medical community. The successful candidate will interact with pediatric neurologists, neurosurgeons, neuroradiologists, oncologists, and physician-scientists engaged in advanced neuro-oncology, precision medicine, molecular diagnostics, and investigational therapeutics. The broader Phoenix academic environment includes growing collaborations among Phoenix Children’s, Barrow Neurological Institute, Mayo Clinic Arizona, the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, Creighton University School of Medicine, and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), fostering an increasingly vibrant regional ecosystem for neuroscience research and innovation.

There is unique potential for customization of this role commensurate with experience and interest. Candidates may elect to focus primarily on pediatric neuropathology or expand their scope to include adult neuropathology, and pediatric surgical pathology. The position offers a range of opportunities for teaching, translational and clinical research, biobanking and molecular neuropathology initiatives, program development, and leadership within the Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. Candidates with interests in pediatric neuro-oncology, molecular diagnostics, digital pathology, AI-enabled image analysis, or neuroscience-focused translational investigation will find substantial opportunities for collaboration and growth within the Phoenix Children’s and greater Phoenix neuroscience community.

Faculty appointments with the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, Mayo Clinic Arizona, and Creighton University School of Medicine are encouraged. Rank is commensurate with the candidate’s qualifications.

Successful candidates will possess an MD or DO degree and be board certified or board eligible in Anatomic Pathology and Neuropathology. Completion of fellowship training in Neuropathology is required, with additional expertise or interest in pediatric neuropathology preferred. Pediatric pathology fellowship training is desirable but not required. Candidates must be licensed or eligible for licensure in the state of Arizona. Strong diagnostic skills, excellent interpersonal communication, and the ability to collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary clinical teams, trainees, and researchers are essential.

About Phoenix Children’s
Nationally recognized as a premier destination for pediatric medical care, research, and medical education, Phoenix Children’s provides care to the fourth-largest pediatric market in the fifth-largest city in the United States, serving the Phoenix/Scottsdale/Tempe metropolitan area and beyond. The Phoenix Children’s healthcare system is rapidly growing to facilitate patient access, including multiple ambulatory buildings and the scheduled opening of additional satellite hospitals throughout the region.
Phoenix Children’s Thomas Campus, located in the heart of Phoenix, is a full-service, freestanding, tertiary medical center offering more than 500 licensed beds, with more than 550 beds across the healthcare system. Our campus features Arizona’s only Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center and a comprehensive range of pediatric specialty services, including neurosciences, orthopedics, cardiovascular medicine, neonatology, and cancer and blood disorders. Phoenix Children’s has a staff of more than 8,000 and over 900 employed physicians and advanced practice providers.

Phoenix Children’s is a teaching hospital committed to training the next generation of pediatric providers through residency programs and fellowships and is actively involved in clinical research, dedicating approximately $10 million annually to support research activities. Phoenix Children’s is Arizona’s only children’s hospital recognized by U.S. News & World Report Best Children’s Hospitals and consistently ranks among Becker’s Hospital Review’s Top Places to Work in Healthcare.

Please submit inquiries with CV, a cover letter describing clinical and research interests, along with three references to:
David Blaha
Physician Talent Acquisition Partner
Email: dblaha@phoenixchildrens.com

Dr. Dennis Dietzen
Division Chief, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Email: ddietzen@phoenixchildrens.com

The staff physician shall provide patient care services and will support the Phoenix Children's mission of providing hope, healing and the best health care for children and their families.

• Patient Care Services
  
  1) Provide patient care services for which he/she is clinically privileged, including but not limited to:
       a) Provide direct patient care services on an inpatient and outpatient basis
       b) Provide subspecialty consultations and follow-up.
       c) Provide diagnostic and therapeutic services/procedures
       d) Provide these services for urgent/ emergent care as necessary
  2) Strive to achieve the best patient and family centered care
  3) Support Hospital’s patient satisfaction goals as well as division’s specific targets
  4) Support and adhere to divisional patient safety and quality of care standards
  5) Practices Contemporary Evidence based medicine or latest experience based medicine
• Divisional Responsibilities
  
  1) Establish and demonstrate effort to achieve annual physician goals and objectives (e.g. individual, division, hospital)
  2) Support the medical education programs and activities of the Division, including but not limited to:
       a) Provide direct supervision of trainees and allied health care professionals for the delivery of inpatient and outpatient services when applicable
       b) Conduct teaching rounds, lectures and conference for trainees
       c) Participate in the teaching and supervision of trainees and allied health care professionals assigned to the division
       d) Participate in the postgraduate continuing educational activities of the division
  3) Support the research endeavors of the division including the research initiatives by other members of the division
  4) Support programmatic growth of division
  5) Support satellite efforts of division when appropriate
• Professionalism
  
  1) Treat colleagues, Phoenix Children's employees and customers with courtesy, dignity and respect
  2) Promote safe, cooperative and professional health care environment
  3) Support Phoenix Children's mission, vision and values, including family centered care, excellence in clinical care, leadership, collaboration, and accountability
• Other activities
  
  1) Physician shall support the Division Chief in his/her role as liaison to the professional community and general public as requested by the Division Chief
  2) Physician may conduct teaching rounds or conferences outside of Phoenix Children's, particularly if these activities support divisional clinical and teaching programs/ initiatives.
  3) Physician shall represent Phoenix Children's in the medical and business communities and before the general public in a professional manner
  4) The following physical and mental skills are essential to the physician’s ability to successfully perform the foregoing duties and responsibilities:
       a) The ability to communicate by telephone, computer or other communication devices
       b) The ability to perform after hours or night call responsibilities as needed
       c) The ability to work regularly scheduled work hours
• Performs miscellaneous job related duties as requested.
  
   

To advance hope, healing and the best healthcare for children and their families

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• Offering the most comprehensive care across ages, communities and specialties
• Investing in innovative research, including emerging treatments, tools and technologies
• Advancing education and training to shape the next generation of clinical leaders
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• We deliver exceptional care, every day and in every way
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