Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Allergy, and Immunology in Miami, Florida

The Division of Pediatric Allergy, and Immunology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine is seeking a full-time faculty member specializing in pediatric allergy/immunology. Candidates will be at the assistant professor level of the clinical educator track.

The Department of Pediatric has an active pediatric allergy/immunology program treating a range of allergenic and immune system disorders and provides services including:

• Allergy skin testing
• Allergy shots (immunotherapy)
• Asthma management and collaboration with pediatric pulmonary specialists for asthmatic patients
• Eczema management
• Food allergy evaluation and management
• Oral food challenges
• Penicillin skin testing
• Evaluation and diagnosis of primary immunodeficiencies including CVID, X-linked agammaglobulinemia, chronic granulomatous disease, severe combined immunodeficiency, and DiGeorge syndrome
• Immune globulin replacement therapy (IVIG and SCIG)
• Educating fellows, residents, and medical students

In addition, our Pediatric Allergy/Immunology program is the only?Jeffrey Modell Diagnostic Center for Primary Immunodeficiency?in the state of Florida, providing state-of-the-art diagnostic, research, and therapeutic modalities for children and adolescents with primary immune deficiency including:

• Infusion services for?IGIV
• Bone marrow transplantation services
• Investigational therapies
• Genetic testing

Desired Qualifications:

• MD/DO required
• Board Eligible in Allergy and Immunology
• Strong interest in clinical and/or translational research

The position requires development and participation in original research for which extramural funding should be sought. The allergy/immunology program is currently involved in research related to stem cell transplantation and works closely with UM’s growing Bone Marrow Transplant

program.

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