Behavioral Pediatrics (Fellowship Not Required)

Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, located in beautiful Grand Rapids, MI, is seeking to add a full-time behavioral pediatrician to their flagship, multidisciplinary autism evaluation program.  The ideal candidate is an experienced, board certified pediatrician with a strong interest in autism evaluations, behavioral medicine, and building long term relationships with patients and families.  A fellowship in developmental-behavioral pediatrics is not required. 

Select Features of this Program and Position:

• Participate in Autism Assessment Clinic, which includes a multidisciplinary team of physicians, psychologists, speech language therapists, and social workers to conduct robust evaluations for children who have concerns for an ASD diagnosis (two hour visits per child)

• Extended pediatric behavioral medicine 90-minute new patient evaluations and 30-minute follow up visits

• Work closely with a full team of Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists, Pediatric Psychologists, and Psychotherapists

• Benefit from close partnerships with area organizations to fully connect patients to treatment and families to resources

• Excellent practice support

• Teaching opportunity with residents and medical students

• Salaried position

• Visa support is available

• Full benefits offered - Health, Dental, Vision, Retirement, CME Funds, Paid Time Off

About the area: Grand Rapids is the second largest city in Michigan with a growing metro area population of over 1 million people.  It has been recently identified by Forbes as the #1 best city to raise a family based on cost of living, housing affordability, commute and education.  In 2022, US News ranked Grand Rapids 16th best place to live in the United States out of 150 metro areas.

At Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, we fight for every child. With 350+ pediatric specialists and subspecialists, 12 years of U.S. News & World Report national rankings and innovations that draw patients from all over the world, we're driven to replace fear with hope, and doubt with answers. We believe in the possibility of every child's future.

HDVCH is proud to be recognized as one of U.S. News & World Report’s 2022-2023 Best Children’s Hospitals in the nation for four sub-specialties. HDVCH is a state-of-the-art, globally integrated, 234-bed free standing dedicated children’s hospital located on the campus of Corewell Health in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Annually, there are 8760 inpatient and 124,600 ambulatory visits, as well as over 55,185 children seen in the Pediatric Emergency Department (Level 1 Trauma rated). HDVCH also has one of the nation’s largest NICU’s (108-beds).