Academic Generalist Position Chicago, IL

The Department of Pediatrics at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center in Chicago is seeking pediatricians for academic positions in the Division of General Pediatrics. Responsibilities include patient care, teaching and research. Competitive salary and compensation benefits are available.

Please send CV and inquiries to:

Samuel P. Gotoff, M.D.; Chairman of Pediatrics; Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center; 1653 W. Congress Parkway; Chicago, IL 60612; (312) 942-8928

KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is inviting applications for the position of

CHAIRMAN, DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS

The hospital is a 544 bed tertiary care referral center. It is a model for modern medical care in Saudi Arabia with outstanding international staff and state-of-the-art equipment. The staff of the Department of Pediatrics includes 22 Consultants, 1 Associate Consultant, 3 Assistant Physicians, 20 Fellows and 25-30 Residents operating in eleven subspecialities: Allergy/Immunology, Endocrinology/Genetics, Gastroenterology/Hepatology, General Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases, Intensive Care, Metabolic Diseases, Nephrology, Neonatology, Pulmonology and Rheumatology. The Department operates approximately 100 beds including a separate pediatric intensive care unit, a neonatal intensive care unit, in addition to cardiology and oncology beds in affiliation with the Departments of Cardiovascular Diseases and Oncology. There is an active Training Program, and the Department is expanding the role of pediatrics in the Medical Outreach Program.

The candidate will be a qualified physician with a record of accomplishments in the field of Pediatrics, along with demonstrated capabilities in administration. The Chairman is responsible for providing strong leadership, for high quality patient care, and administrative functions of the Department. Candidates with academic backgrounds are preferred.

There is an excellent benefit package, including a tax free salary, free fully furnished accommodation with all utilities paid, 60 days of paid holidays and professional leave, First Class annual airfares for family, free medical care and financial support for education of dependent children.

Candidates are invited to send a curriculum vitae with full biographical information, record of professional experience and bibliography to:

Harb A. Harfi, M.D., Chairman, Search Committee; King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre; P.O. Box 3354, MBC-58; Riyadh 11211, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Fax: +966-1-442-4491; E-mail:harb@kfshrc.edu.sa

Deadline for applications: December 1, 1996

Associate Director Division of Child Development and Rehabilitation

The Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), and the Children's Seashore House (CSH) are recruiting for a Professor, tenured, to serve as Associate Director of the Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Center, CSH and as Associate Chief of the Division of Child Development and Rehabilitation Medicine (CHOP). Individual would also serve as Director of Research at CSH. Candidates should be Board certified in Pediatrics, specialities in metabolism, neurology or developmental pediatrics. Should have NIH funding for research in the area of brain metabolism; preference towards the use of mass spectrometry. The University of Pennsylvania, CHOP and CSH are equal opportunity, affirmative action employers.

Send CV to:

Mark Batshaw, M.D.; Children's Seashore House; 3405 Civic Center Blvd.; Philadelphia, PA 19104

Meetings

Symposium on Hormones and Growth Factors in Milk

The 5th International Symposium on Hormones and Growth Factors of Milk will be held October 7-12, 1996 at the Smolenice Castle near Bratislava, Slovak Republic. The program will include invited and regular papers on hormones and growth factors in milk of all species and their effects upon neonates. Specific program and meeting information is available on the World Wide Web(http://www-das.cas.psu.edu/milkhor.htm). Application and submission of abstracts for platform or poster sessions are encouraged and are available via the www or by contacting one of the conference chairmen; In Europe, Vladimir Strbak in Slovakia, Phone: (42-7) 372709, Fax: (42-7) 274247, E-mail: UEENSTRB@SAVBA.SAVBA.SK or in the U.S.A., Craig R. Baumrucker, Phone: (814) 863-0712, Fax: (814) 863-6042, E-mail: CRB@PSUVM.PSU.EDU

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RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY

Seed Monies For Multicentered Clinical Studies Program

Call for Applications

The Society for Pediatric Research and the American Pediatric Society invite submissions of applications for the Multicenter Clinical Studies Program.

Many of the clinical practices that are routinely done in pediatrics, indeed in all of medicine, are empirical rather than based on information derived from well-controlled studies. To help improve upon this situation, the Societies will consider any proposal which addresses important clinical questions which are pertinent to children.

The purpose of the initiative is to help provide the impetus needed to get studies underway by allowing the necessary number of investigators to get together to work out a multicentered study protocol.

This initiative is designed to promote and expedite well-controlled multicentered studies by providing no more than $5,000 seed monies and a site(Pediatric Academic Societies' Annual Meeting) for interested investigators to meet.

Allowable costs are restricted to transportation and lodging for potential participants who are not APS/SPR members and who would not otherwise be attending the meeting (e.g., a statistician who will be involved in the design and analysis of the study) and communications (phone, fax and postage).

Priority will be given to multicollaborative groups that are in the developmental phases (have not done prior clinical studies as a multicenter group). The primary institution must be located in North America.

FOR INFORMATION AND APPLICATIONS CONTACT:

American Pediatric Society; Society for Pediatric Research; Multicenter Clinical Studies Program; 141 Northwest Point Blvd., P.O. Box 675; Elk Grove Village, IL 60009-0675; Tel: (847) 427-0205 Fax: (847) 427-1305

The receipt deadline for proposals is September 6, 1996