Mount Sinai Health System is seeking a board-certified/board-eligible Neonatologist to join their academic division. This role involves providing high-acuity clinical care in both Level III and Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs), with a primary focus on the Level IV NICU at Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital. The position offers opportunities for teaching, mentorship, and participation in academic initiatives within a leading academic medical system.
Practice Info
- Primary clinical responsibility in the 46-bed, Level IV NICU at Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital
- Supports one of the busiest obstetric and maternal-fetal medicine programs in Manhattan, with over 8,000 deliveries annually
- Additional clinical opportunities in the Level III non-surgical NICU at Mount Sinai West
- Additional clinical opportunities in the NICU Developmental Follow-Up Clinic
Responsibilities
- Provide clinical care coverage for Level III and Level IV NICUs including overnight call
- Manage critically ill neonates, including extremely preterm infants and those requiring advanced life-sustaining therapies
- Attend and lead high-risk deliveries, including complex maternal-fetal cases
- Perform neonatal resuscitation and oversee stabilization of critically ill newborns
- Direct management of advanced respiratory support, including conventional and high-frequency ventilation
- Manage complex neonatal conditions requiring therapeutic hypothermia, inhaled nitric oxide, and advanced hemodynamic monitoring
- Perform and supervise procedures (e.g., intubation, UAC/UVC placement, chest tubes)
- Supervise and teach residents, fellows, APPs, and provide real-time bedside teaching and overnight clinical mentorship
Compensation
- Competitive academic salary
- Compensation range from $225,000 to $350,000 (not including bonuses / incentive compensation or benefits)
Benefits
- Faculty appointment with associated academic benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package, including retirement plans and CME support
- Malpractice coverage
Requirements
- MD or DO from an accredited institution
- Board Certified or Board Eligible in Pediatrics and Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
- Completion of an ACGME-accredited Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine fellowship
- Eligible for academic appointment at the Assistant/Associate Professor level (rank commensurate with experience) to the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Active (or eligible for) New York State medical license
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification