Assistant, Associate or Full Professor of Clinical Practice, UW Pediatrics Division of Rheumatology

University of Washington•Seattle, WA

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About The Position

The Division of Rheumatology, in the Department of Pediatrics, at the University of Washington, is seeking candidates for a full-time position at the level of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or full Professor of Clinical Practice. Specific rank will be commensurate with experience and qualifications as generally described in UW’s Faculty Code Section 24-34 . Position is available effective Winter 2026; specific start date is negotiable. In addition to clinical work, t eaching, scholarship, and service are integral to all Clinical Practice positions . The initial appointment period will be three years, at a minimum, with eligibility for renewal thereafter. Faculty on the clinical practice track hold multi-year appointments that align with a 12-month service period (July 1-June 30). Faculty with 12-month service periods are paid for 11 months of service over a 12-month period (July-June), meaning the equivalent of one month is available for paid time off. Clinical Practice track appointments are not eligible for tenure. All University of Washington faculty engage in teaching, research and service. The faculty member will engage in pediatric rheumatology clinical care in the outpatient, inpatient, and outreach settings, as well as immunosuppressive medication management and intraarticular aspirations/injections. The faculty member with appropriate qualification and interest, has the opportunity to serve as Associate Program Director (APD) of the rheumatology fellowship program. The successful candidate will spend 90% time in the clinical setting (80% if APD), up to 10% time in the role of APD, and 10% time in administrative and scholarly pursuit including teaching and mentoring. Clinical effort may be reduced, commensurate with grant funding. As the second largest Department in the UW School of Medicine, Pediatrics has twenty-one clinical divisions with approximately 1,400 academic appointments, including approximately 650 paid faculty members, 134 residents, 70 ACGME fellows, 230 staff employees and over 600 volunteer/affiliate faculty and continues to grow each year. The Department of Pediatrics is a close affiliate of Seattle Children's Hospital (SCH) and Seattle Children's Research Institute (SCRI). Faculty members appointed in the Department are located at various institutions (including Seattle Children’s, UW Medicine, and FHCRC), and are part of the Children’s University Medical Group (CUMG) clinical practice plan. The Division of Rheumatology, at Seattle Children’s Hospital and Research Institute and the University of Washington, is world-renowned as one of the oldest programs in the world and is the largest in the United States – with 13 physicians and 4 nurses that serve the states of Washington, Alaska, Idaho and Montana. Our diverse population of patients come primarily from these states, and represent a wide range of ethnicities and backgrounds as well as unique and rare diseases. The Division has an active research program at the University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Research Institute with a focus on autoimmune diseases and collaborates closely with Seattle Children’s Therapeutics, the Benaroya Research Institute, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and the Seattle area biotech industry. In addition to investigator-initiated studies, the division is actively involved in the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA) projects, is a member of Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Research Group (PRCSG) and participates in pharmaceutical clinical trials. Seattle Children’s serves as the Coordinating Center for the Pediatric Rheumatology Care and Outcomes Improvement Network (PR-COIN). The division has an outstanding fellowship training program which has been supported by an NIH T32 for decades.

Requirements

Requires an MD, DO, or MD/DO combined (or foreign equivalent)
Must be board certified or eligible in Pediatric Rheumatology
Must be eligible for medical licensure in state of Washington
In order to be eligible for University sponsorship for an H-1B visa, graduates of foreign (non-U.S.) medical schools must show successful completion of all three steps of the U.S. Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE), or equivalent as determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Responsibilities

Engage in pediatric rheumatology clinical care in the outpatient, inpatient, and outreach settings
Immunosuppressive medication management
Intraarticular aspirations/injections
Teaching and mentoring
Administrative and scholarly pursuit

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