Medical Director Jobs in Virginia

INTRODUCTION

Children’s Specialty Group (CSG) at Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters (CHKD) in Norfolk, Virginia is seeking a medical director of a new pediatric cardiac intensive care unit (CICU) service line. A successful candidate must exhibit strong leadership and administrative skills along with excellent clinical acumen. The cardiac surgery program at CHKD is rapidly growing. As such, the successful candidate must illustrate a vision to develop a multidisciplinary team and infrastructure providing comprehensive care for children with congenital heart disease.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

To be eligible for consideration, the candidate must hold one of the following; Board-certification in Pediatric Critical Care, dual boarded in both Pediatric Critical Care and Cardiology or Board-certification in Pediatric Cardiology. Candidates must be currently practicing full time and have a minimum of five (5) years of experience working in a Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU).

Currently, cardiac patients are managed in the pediatric intensive care unit at CHKD, the only free-standing and independent children’s hospital in the Commonwealth of Virginia, consisting of 32 beds with an average daily census of 19. Averaging 1200 admissions per year with a nearly 50/50 split between medical and surgical patients, we care for the full spectrum of severely ill and injured children using a multidisciplinary approach. Together with Eastern Virginia Medical School, CSG and CHKD operate the largest pediatric residency training program in Virginia. Our team consists of dedicated residents, clinical pharmacists, nutritionists, social workers, chaplains, child life specialists, discharge coordinators, respiratory therapists, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physicians. The current critical care coverage model consists of two daytime teams (general critical care and cardiac intensive care), 8 FTE Board-certified/eligible pediatric intensivists, and 4 APPs. The cardiology division has the largest practice in the state of Virginia. Furthermore, this group has subspecialty cardiologists in interventional cardiology (2), electrophysiology (1), fetal (2), adult congenital heart disease (2), advanced imaging (1), and pulmonary hypertension (1).

CHKD’s cardiac surgery program is part of a regional collaborative between CHKD and the University of Virginia (UVA), referred to as the Virginia Congenital Cardiac Collaborative. The CHKD program is supported by surgeons with over 50 years of experience, in Dr. Umar Boston (Chief of Cardiac Surgery, CHKD) and Dr. Phillip Smith (Surgical Director of the Fetal Care Center). Currently, 100 index cardiac surgery cases are performed each year. The planned growth with the new CICU service line is to achieve approximately 200 cases per year. CHKD has committed to establishing a dedicated CICU service line. This commitment also includes the building of a new CICU in the 1st quarter of 2026. The successful candidate will join an established group of surgeons, cardiologists, intensivists, physician extenders, nurses, pharmacists, nutritionists, and other health care providers to provide comprehensive care with the shared goal of creating a center of excellence.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Board-certification in one of the following categories of certification:
• Pediatric Critical Care
• Pediatric Critical Care and Pediatric Cardiology
• Pediatric Cardiology
• Currently practicing full time in a CICU
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience working in a CICU.

QUALITY OF LIFE

Enjoy a high quality of life in coastal Virginia! The successful candidate will have easy access to the beaches of Virginia Beach and Norfolk, the Eastern Shore, North Carolina’s Outer Banks, and the Blue Ridge Mountains. Our area has wonderful public and private school options as well as several of the country’s greatest in-state colleges including UVA, Virginia Tech, William & Mary, James Madison, and Old Dominion University. Coastal Virginia boasts a reasonable cost of living throughout the region and is home to the world’s largest naval base. Virginia Beach has been voted one of the most desirable and safest places to live in the USA.

If you are interested, please send CV and cover letter to Thomas Cholis MD, Division Chief, Thomas.Cholis@CHKD.ORG or 757-668-7331.

Children’s Specialty Group, PLLC (CSG)

CSG is a physician-owned partnership comprised of over 230 Board-certified or Board-eligible physicians and 130 advanced practice providers to care for children and adolescents from southeastern Virginia, northeastern North Carolina, and beyond. We are the sole provider of medical specialty care at CHKD, which is the only independent freestanding Children’s Hospital in Virginia. CSG provides over 600,000 annual patient contacts with a mission to provide direct high-quality healthcare to children and adolescents, train future physicians, and conduct research to improve Children’s Health.