Children’s Hospital Intensive Care Associates (CHICA) at Methodist Children’s Hospital of South Texas is seeking two BC/BE fellowship trained Pediatric Otolaryngologists to join their multi-specialty practice.  Due to growth in the community, this exciting opportunity offers a competitive salary, benefits package, and relocation assistance.

San Antonio offers big city assets with small town charm.  Now the seventh largest city in the United States, this diverse city has retained its sense of history and tradition, while carefully blending in cosmopolitan progress.  Located at the foothills of the beautiful Texas Hill Country, San Antonio has a population of 1.2 million and offers an excellent lifestyle.  The hill country gem is a favorite among antique shoppers and bed and breakfast enthusiasts from around the country.  The family-oriented community offers great schools, warm climate, and easy access to boating, fishing, golfing, hunting, and a variety of sports.  San Antonio offers arts, culture, recreation, adventure, and a thriving community.  Health care and Biosciences in San Antonio are the largest economic sector, with one out seven employed and contributing over $14 billion to the local economy.  San Antonio offers a low cost of living, and no state income tax!

The only hospital in San Antonio designed and built especially for children, Methodist Children’s Hospital is a 170-bed acute care facility that opened in 1998. This premier children’s facility features seventeen pediatric critical care beds and one of the largest private practice NICU care units in the city. There are seven dedicated pediatric operating suites and dedicated children’s imaging diagnostic services.

Specialized services of the hospital include: the region’s only blood and marrow stem cell transplant program offering hope for children with leukemia, sickle cell anemia and immunodeficiency syndromes; the Methodist Children’s Heart Institute featuring a multidisciplinary team including experienced board-certified pediatric cardiologists dedicated to complex congenital cardiac and thoracic diseases and a Pediatric Outpatient clinic that holds over fifteen specialty clinics including brain tumor, asthma and craniofacial/cleft lip and palate.

Being situated adjacent to Methodist Hospital, PACS digital imaging system is used throughout the Methodist Children’s Hospital.

The hospital is currently undergoing an expansion that includes a major increase in NICU space, more overall ICU beds and more space for the emergency department.