Description

The Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism at Nemours Childrens Health, Jacksonville is seeking applications for a talented Pediatric Endocrinologist Physician Scientist to join our faculty. Our program is the premier center for the care of children and adolescents with endocrine disorders and diabetes in northeast Florida and southeast Georgia and part of Nemours Childrens Health, a tertiary health care system for children and adolescents in different locales in Florida and Delaware, supported by the trust of Alfred I. Dupont.

Ours is an academic division with 9 endocrine faculty, 5 APRNs, 5 Endocrine nurses, 6 certified diabetes educators as well as a team of medical and administrative assistants, and administrators that assist us in the care of our patients. As the only providers of comprehensive endocrine care in the region we have unparalleled access to all types of endocrine pathology. Our pediatric diabetes program -~1200 patients to-date has a significant interest in advanced diabetes technology . We also have a 3-year Pediatric Endocrine fellowship program 1 fellow per year in collaboration with the University of Florida.

Our program has had a heavy emphasis on clinical research with 25+ years track record of successful studies on the complex interactions of nutrients and hormones, specifically focusing on disorders of growth, disorders of puberty and type 1 diabetes. We have had steady funding from NIH, private foundations and industry. Our program is integrated with Wolfson Childrens Hospital, our partner hospital, a state-of-the art 240 bed facility right next to our 11-story outpatient clinic on the banks of the beautiful St. Johns river in Jacksonville. The hospital has a well-staffed Clinical Research Center where complex physiological and interventional studies can be carried out in children. Nemours Jacksonville is affiliated with the Mayo Clinic/Mayo Foundation which has a very large campus located in town, and our faculty has full academic appointments conferred through the Mayo system. Jacksonville is the northernmost city on Floridas east coast, located on the ocean and sprawling on the banks of the river, with a beautiful temperate climate and ample access to water.

We are seeking a driven academician and innovator that can combine both clinical practice with translationally relevant clinical research. Package of support would be commensurate to the applicants qualifications. Interested candidates can contact us directly at the emails below with a CV and letter of interest.

Nelly Mauras, MD

Director of Research Nemours North Florida

Vice Chair of Pediatrics for Research

Nemours Children's Health, Jacksonville

Professor of Pediatrics

Mayo Medical School

[email protected]

Eric Sandler, MD

Chairman of Pediatrics

Nemours Childrens Health, Jacksonville

Professor of Pediatrics

Mayo Medical School

[email protected]

With a CC to:

Alexis Rodgers, Physician Recruiter

Nemours Children's Health

[email protected]

AACE2026

About Us

Nemours Children's Health is an internationally recognized pediatric health system serving more than 1.7 million patient encounters each year. We deliver care across six states through two freestanding childrens hospitals Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida along with a network of more than 80 primary, urgent, and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospital partnerships.

Backed by the Nemours Foundation and Alfred I. duPont Trust, our $1.7B nonprofit system is dedicated to improving children's health through clinical care, research, education, advocacy, and prevention. Our Whole Child Health approach focuses equally on prevention and treatment, partnering with communities to help every child thrive.

Inclusion and belonging guide our strategy and growth. We are committed to culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and fostering an environment where every associate, patient, and family feels supported and valued.

Learn more at Nemours.org.