Physician Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine - Competitive Salary
Company: Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
Location: Winston Salem
Posted on: February 12, 2026
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Job Description:
Job Description The Department of Pediatrics at Wake Forest
University School of Medicine (WFUSM)/ Brenner Children’s Hospital
is seeking a dynamic and energetic leader as Head of the Section of
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. Candidates must have a record of
proven health care leadership, excellence in research, clinical
care, education, and/or administrative accomplishments. Candidates
must be board certified in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, hold the
rank of Associate Professor or Professor, and have or be eligible
for a North Carolina medical license. Priorities for the Section
Head of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine include enhancing research
programs, developing innovative patient care programs,
collaborating with community physicians, mentoring and career
development of faculty and fellows in the section. The following
qualities are preferred: - Academic stature as an established
clinical investigator - Record of extramural grant funding and
scholarly productivity - Excellence in mentoring - Transparency and
a collaborative management style - Business skills including
budgeting and resource management The Department of Pediatrics is a
collegial department with 95 dedicated, top-notch faculty and
roughly $8 million in extramural funding. The Section is part of
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist’s Brenner Children’s Hospital
that manages infants in the Sisel Newborn Intensive Care Unit, a
79-bed state-of-the-art center opened in 2019. The Section has
active research focused on neonatal follow-up, neonatal opioid
withdrawal syndrome, ELGANS, clinical trials, Precision Medicine,
and fetal programming amongst others. The Level IV NICU serves as
the referral center for the more than 28,000 neonates born in
Northwest North Carolina’s Perinatal Region II with admissions
exceeding 950 annually. Wake Forest University School of Medicine
(WFUSM) is the education and research component of Atrium Health
Wake Forest Baptist, a fully integrated academic health care
system. WFUSM has 1,095 medical and science faculty members, 534
adjunct and clinical faculty in the community, and a budget of
$373M (excluding practice plan income). The Wake Forest University
School of Medicine (WFUSM) ranks among the top third of American
medical schools in total funding from the National Institutes of
Health, with approximately $251M in extramurally funded research.
The School of Medicine leverages its areas of strength and focus to
improve integration of its research programs with population
health, and to maximize multidisciplinary and translational
approaches. When faculty join Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist,
they are welcomed into an inclusive culture that celebrates and
respects the contributions a diverse team can make together.
Practice where your voice is valued, your passion for advancing
medicine is rewarded, and you get the resources and support you
need to thrive personally and professionally. In our
nationally-renowned integrated health system, you can work
alongside the most advanced minds in medicine to improve medicine,
elevate hope and advance healing—for all. Contact Information:
Stacy Peterson-Carmichael, MD – Professor of Pediatrics
(Pulmonology) & Search Chair- stapeter@wakehealth.edu Cherrie
Welch, MD – Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatology) -
cwelch@wakehealth.edu Jackie Aubert – Sr. HR Talent Acquisition
Consultant - jaubert@wakehealth.edu
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