Mission Children’s Hospital – Pediatric Gastroenterologist – Asheville, NC

A well-established team of pediatric subspecialists in Asheville, NC is currently recruiting a Pediatric Gastroenterologist at Mission Children’s Hospital, Western North Carolina’s only children’s hospital.

Program/Position Highlights:
 Strong support within a comprehensive pediatric subspecialist team, including pediatric hospitalists, nutrition, multidisciplinary feeding team and pediatric surgeons.

 Support services including GI pathology, pediatric radiology and pediatric anesthesiology

 130 dedicated pediatric beds

 Endoscopy Suite

 Part of a Thompson Reuter Top 15 Health System serving 18 counties

Position Requirements:
BC/BE by the American Board of Pediatrics with specialty certification in pediatric gastroenterology

Licensed or eligible for medical licensure in North Carolina

About Mission Children's Hospital:
We are the only Children's Hospital in Western North Carolina. We have over 60 pediatric subspecialists in 23 different disciplines providing expert care in the childhood diseases, disorders and conditions they treat.

Mission Children's Hospital has an average of 3,000 patient admissions to our pediatric inpatient units, including an 8-bed PICU, 4,500 pediatric surgeries, and 14,000 pediatric visits to our Emergency Department. Each year approximately 700 ill and premature newborns receive life-saving care in our level III 51-bed Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Mission is a level II trauma center serving the 18 counties of western NC.

Mission Hospitals has been caring for and treating children in this area for over 120 years. As our facilities, staff and medical technologies have grown, so has our commitment to providing children with compassionate medical care. Today, Mission Children’s Hospital provides the most comprehensive, specialized pediatric care in the region and beyond, treating patients with complex illnesses such as cancer and cystic fibrosis. We are the region’s first and only pediatric intensive care unit, the region’s only state-designated neonatal intensive care unit with 18 Mission-employed subspecialists and 20+ community partners. The Reuter Center for Mission Children’s not only houses the pediatric gastroenterology clinic but is also home to a full service laboratory, radiology (including ultrasound, fluoroscopy and MRI) as well as other Mission Children’s specialists in endocrinology, pulmonology, neurology, NICU follow up, surgery, orthopedics, several ancillary services and the Olson Huff Center for Child Development, providing ongoing therapy and medical services for children with developmental delays. Other Mission pediatric specialists in hematology/oncology and cardiology are located nearby.