Pediatric Endocrinologist

Cook Childrens Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas, has a full time opportunity for a BC / BE pediatric endocrinologist. This is an opportunity to concentrate primarily on clinical care in a hospital based setting.  Involvement in clinical research and teaching are not required but plentiful opportunities are available as are adjunct affiliations with local medical schools (TCU and UNT). Our endocrinology team, led by medical director, Dr. Paul Thornton, is comprised of 13 board certified pediatric endocrinologists, 5 advanced practice providers (4 certified pediatric nurse practitioners and 1 physician assistant), CDCES, psychologists, dieticians and social work.   One of the world's most respected congenital hyperinsulinism centers is right here at Cook Children's. The department also includes a world-renowned lipid clinic and a CAH comprehensive care center in addition to 7 other multispecialty clinics.  We have 3 health care system Endowed chairs.

Cook Childrens primary service region includes Collin, Denton, Hood, Johnson, Parker, Tarrant and Wise counties.  The primary service area includes a population of over 3M people and approximately 900,000 children under the age of 18.  The integrated system has more than 60 primary, specialty and urgent care offices throughout Texas and has served hundreds of international patients, as well as those from all 50 states.  Our endocrinologists provide patient care in 6 local and 3 regional clinics, and our new medical center in Prosper, Texas.

Cook Childrens Medical Center is a non-academic, tertiary care 443-bed pediatric hospital.  Cook Childrens physicians enjoy a collegial relationship with more than 800 specialty and primary care pediatric providers. Cook Childrens Physician Network is the employed physician component of Cook Childrens Health Care System, a pediatric system of care where physician leadership is fostered and physicians actively participate in the strategic goals as well as the mission of the organization.

Knowing that every child's life is sacred, it is the promise of Cook Children's to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease and injury.

Qualifications : Candidates must be board certified / board eligible in pediatric endocrinology and eligible to secure an unrestricted Texas Medical License.