Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Faculty Member 25-26
Position overview
Application Window
Open date: October 16, 2025
Next review date: Sunday, Nov 2, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.
Final date: Tuesday, Jun 30, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.
Position description
Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Faculty Position
UC Davis Children’s Hospital
UC Davis School of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
The Department of Pediatrics at the University of California, Davis is seeking to recruit one full-time academic Pediatric Cardiac Intensivist to join our division of 19 Pediatric Critical Care Medicine faculty. The UC Davis Children’s Hospital is the only nationally ranked children’s hospital in the Sacramento region. We have a state of the art 24 bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit with an average of 1500 admissions annually. We have a well-established cardiac surgery program with two full time cardiothoracic surgeons as well as rapidly growing programs in interventional cardiology and electrophysiology. We have the region’s only fetal care and treatment center and are an Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) recognized Center of Excellence for extracorporeal life support. UC Davis Children’s hospital is the Central Valley’s only Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center and the first American College of Surgery (ACS) verified Children's Surgery Center in California. We have a growing Pediatric Critical Care Medicine fellowship, now matching two fellows per training year.
The UC Davis Children’s Hospital is located on the UC Davis Health System campus in Sacramento, California and serves a population of over 1 million children in the Northern California, Central Valley, and Western Nevada regions. With over 30 pediatric subspecialty services, UC Davis offers comprehensive pediatric care. We have an active critical care transport team. UC Davis is also home to one of the largest telemedicine programs in the country providing state of the art access to many community hospitals in Northern California.
Sacramento is an easily accessible, family-oriented city in close proximity to the San Francisco Bay area, Lake Tahoe, the Sierra Nevada Mountains, the California coast, and Napa Valley.
This position is open at the Assistant/Associate/Professor rank (commensurate with credentials) in either the Clinical X or Health Science Clinical Professor series.
The candidate will be expected to participate in clinical care in the PICU/PCICU, teaching of medical students, residents and fellows, and research activities for the Department of Pediatrics and serve on departmental committees. The ideal applicant should have a healthy interest in academic medicine with a preference for advanced training in cardiac intensive care or significant research training and experience.
Candidates should submit their application online at: https://recruit.ucdavis.edu/apply/JPF07340
Qualifications
• M.D. or D.O.
• Board certification/eligibility in Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care
• Fellowship training in Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Medicine OR at least 2 years’ experience primarily attending in a Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
• Eligibility for a California Medical License
• Ability to foster collegiality and work collaboratively in a diverse environment
Application Requirements
Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.
Cover Letter
Statement of Research
Statement of Teaching
Authorization to Release Information Form - This form is required for all applicants applying to academic recruitments. Please see the Employment Disclosure Requirements webpage for more information. Download, complete, sign, and upload the form.
- 3-5 required (contact information only)
Help contact: abdupar@ucdavis.edu
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