Assistant/Associate Professor, Pediatric ID, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital
Assistant/Associate Professor, Pediatric ID, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital at Baylor College of Medicine — Houston, Texas, US
- Company: Baylor College of Medicine
- Location: Houston, Texas, US
- Employment type: FULL_TIME
- Posted: 2026-06-19
About this role
Assistant/Associate Professor, Pediatric ID, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital
The Division of Infectious Diseases in the Department of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) and Texas Children's Hospital (TCH) is seeking to recruit an outstanding pediatric infectious diseases academic clinician to join the Department of Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases Division as an Assistant or Associate Professor. The successful candidates must have an M.D. or equivalent degree, have completed at least three years of postdoctoral fellowship training, be board certified (if feasible) in Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Diseases and have Texas Medical Licensure by the starting date of their academic appointment. The major criteria for appointment for faculty are excellence in clinical care, teaching, scholarly activity that advances clinical medicine, and institutional service appropriate to the division's needs. Faculty rank and line will be determined by the qualifications and experience of the successful candidate.
The successful candidate will participate in the care of patients followed by the inpatient and outpatient Infectious Diseases Services, further the academic research of the division and be involved in teaching infectious diseases fellows and other learners.
The Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at BCM and TCH was established in 1967 and has produced many of the nation's leaders in the field over the past 50 years. With over 900 licensed beds spread across four campuses, a wildly diverse patient population, and the proximity to Latin America, practitioners are presented with a wide array of challenging clinical scenarios ranging from common diseases to life-threatening infections. The clinical cases that are encountered drive the academic career of many of the more than 30 members of the Division. The faculty conduct clinical, translational and basic science research as well as excel in educational scholarship and quality improvement initiatives. Two inpatient consults teams plus a separate transplant team provide care at the Medical Center campus while the West Campus, The Woodlands Campus, and Austin Campus hospitals each have their own infectious diseases teams. Current funding in the Division exceeds $2 million/year in grants and contracts. The Division has an ACGME approved fellowship program which matriculates up to 3 fellows per year and also supports a one-year subspecialty fellowship in pediatric transplant infectious diseases. Since 1978, more than 90 physicians have been trained in the fellowship program. Many former BCM/TCH pediatric infectious diseases fellows hold academic positions in more than 30 institutions throughout the United States and several other countries. The faculty have served in leadership positions of pediatric and infectious diseases professional societies as well as in advisory positions for the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health, and the Food and Drug Administration. Applications will be accepted immediately and until the position is filled. BCM/TCH and the Division welcomes applications from all who would bring additional dimensions to the research, teaching and clinical missions.
If you are interested in learning more about this position or have a referral, please reach out to Deb Palazzi, MD at dpalazzi@bcm.edu .