Pediatric Interventional Radiologist

Phoenix Children's Hospital is recruiting a full-time Pediatric Interventional Radiologist to join the Section of Pediatric Interventional Radiology. This is a physician-level position supporting a high-volume service line performing over 7,500 image-guided procedures annually.

Clinical Setting

Phoenix Children's is a freestanding 533-bed Level 1 children's hospital and the largest pediatric facility in the Southwest USA. The Section of Pediatric Interventional Radiology is currently staffed by 5 dedicated pediatric interventional radiologists supported by 5 IR-dedicated Advanced Practice Providers and a Care Navigator. The department includes two Philips DSA rooms (one with biplane capability), dedicated ultrasound in each room, an IR-only pre-procedure area, and a consult room. Expansion with an additional biplane DSA room is expected in 2026. A separate minor procedures room handles low-complexity procedures. Subspecialized pediatric anesthesiologists provide anesthesia services.

The Division of Radiology consists of 31 full-time radiologists subspecialized into Body, Neuro, and IR sections. The hospital includes multiple centers of excellence, including the Heart Center, Center for Cancer & Blood Disorders, and Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children's, as well as active solid organ and bone marrow transplant programs.

Responsibilities

Patient Care Services:

• Provide direct patient care services on an inpatient and outpatient basis for which you are clinically privileged
• Provide subspecialty consultations and follow-up care
• Provide diagnostic and therapeutic services and procedures
• Provide urgent and emergent care services as necessary
• Strive to achieve patient and family-centered care
• Support hospital patient satisfaction goals and divisional quality targets
• Adhere to divisional patient safety and quality of care standards
• Practice contemporary evidence-based medicine

Divisional Responsibilities:

• Establish and demonstrate effort to achieve annual physician goals and objectives
• Support medical education programs, including direct supervision of trainees and allied health care professionals
• Conduct teaching rounds, lectures, and conferences for trainees
• Participate in postgraduate continuing educational activities
• Support research endeavors of the division
• Support programmatic growth of the division
• Support satellite efforts when appropriate

Professionalism:

• Treat colleagues, employees, and customers with courtesy, dignity, and respect
• Promote a safe, cooperative, and professional health care environment
• Support the hospital's mission, vision, and values

Other Activities:

• Represent Phoenix Children's in the medical and business communities
• Perform after-hours or night call responsibilities as needed
• Work regularly scheduled work hours
• Conduct teaching rounds or conferences outside Phoenix Children's when supporting divisional clinical and teaching programs

Clinical Procedures

The Section performs a vast array of interventions, including:

• Vascular access procedures
• Treatment of vascular malformations
• Biliary procedures
• Enteral procedures
• Musculoskeletal procedures
• Angiography and embolization
• DVT/PE lysis
• Neurointerventional procedures

The Section participates in the multispecialty vascular anomalies clinic and is active in numerous multispecialty conferences.

Education and Research

Participation in research is encouraged and supported by a radiation physicist/imaging scientist, a dedicated research coordinator, and an ultrasound research technologist. Radiology faculty are eligible to hold appointments to the University of Arizona College of Medicine (Phoenix), Mayo Clinic, and Creighton University School of Medicine (Phoenix). The division maintains an active program of teaching and research including 3 ACGME-accredited Pediatric Radiology fellow positions, 2 additional non-accredited fellow positions (Neuro and PIR), and fellows, residents, and medical students from affiliated Radiology programs.

Required Qualifications

• MD or DO degree, or equivalent
• Completion of an ACGME-accredited diagnostic or interventional radiology residency
• Completion of ACGME-accredited Pediatric Radiology or Adult Interventional Radiology fellowship (if completed diagnostic radiology residency)
• ABR certified or eligible
• Eligible for licensure in Arizona

Preferred Qualifications

• Completion of a Pediatric Interventional Radiology fellowship (ideal, but fully negotiable; the last hire completed an ACGME IR/DR residency with no supplemental fellowship)

To Apply

Interested applicants should email their CVs to David Blaha, Physician Talent Acquisition Partner, at dblaha@phoenixchildrens.com.