Join a dynamic pediatric critical care team helping to grow a dedicated pediatric cardiac ICU within a 32-bed PICU. The Children’s Specialty Group at Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters (CHKD), seeks a full-time BC/BE Pediatric Critical Care Physician passionate about collaboration and innovation. In this role, you will care for general PICU and cardiac patients at Virginia’s only freestanding, independent children’s hospital in Norfolk, Virginia and work with a physician owned multi-specialty group. 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.

Opportunity Highlights

- Practice at a 206-bed teaching, freestanding children’s hospital within an integrated pediatric system
- Join a physician-owned group with 230+ physicians and 130+ advanced practice providers (APPs)
- Help shape and grow a dedicated pediatric cardiac ICU (PCICU) within the PICU
- Bring strong collaboration and communication skills to a multidisciplinary PICU team
- Benefit from strong institutional commitment and resources to expand the PCICU
- Align with CHKD’s vision to lead the region in children’s health services
- Embrace CHKD’s mission of Health, Healing, and Hope for All Children
- Practice in a 32-bed PICU at Virginia’s only freestanding independent children’s hospital
- Care for approximately 1,200 annual PICU admissions with mixed general and cardiac patients
- Work alongside PICU physicians and advanced practice providers (APPs)
- Engage in teaching and mentoring within Virginia’s largest pediatric residency training program
- Tailor academic involvement to your interests with no research requirement

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 reasonable cost of living throughout the region and is home to the world’s largest naval base.

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.