These are full-time academic positions which are ideally suited to the clinician scholar who wishes to be instrumental in program development in the only academic pediatric medical facility in the region. We currently have 20 faculty members, all of whom are subspecialists. The Department is dynamic and growing. We are particularly interested in faculty who are capable of developing warm and caring relationships with patients and their families and who enjoy working closely with referring physicians. Although our program is heavily slanted toward medical student education and patient care, excellent resources for clinical research are available and funded by the Department.
Many faculty members are heavily involved in such research endeavors.
This is a unique opportunity to be a part of a major program development that is having a tangible impact on the health care of children in our region. Sioux Falls is a growing community of 115,000 people with a referral base of 600,000. The strength of its economy and family oriented quality of life have recently earned it national recognition as the number one city in which to live. Compensation is quite competitive and a comprehensive benefits package is offfered. Lawrence J. Fenton, M.D. Professor and Chairman Department of Pediatrics USD School of Medicine 1100 South Euclid Ave.