Pediatric Nephrology and Hypertension Faculty Position

Nationwide Children’s Hospital and the Department of Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine seek a Pediatric Nephrologist with a strong clinical interest in dialysis to join the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension and the Kidney and Urinary Tract Center.  

The Division of Nephrology currently includes 14 faculty members, 4 nurse practitioners, 2 research coordinators, and 3 PhD scientists.  The division provides a full range of outpatient services including an active transplant program, hospital-based dialysis unit, metabolic bone clinic, hypertension clinic, lupus clinic, glomerular disease clinic, and nephrology-urology clinic. Inpatient services include a neonatal nephrology service and acute care nephrology program. The Division has 7 funded basic, translational and clinical research investigators and an established ACGME accredited fellowship program with 6 fellows.  

We are seeking a faculty member who is committed to the care of children with end stage kidney disease and has interest in dialysis and program leadership. We welcome applicants with established experience in dialysis leadership, as well as those interested in developing their expertise and assuming a future leadership role. Depending on the candidate’s experience, opportunities exist to assume leadership around the time of appointment or to work closely with the current Dialysis Medical Director through a mentored transition over the next several years. Our dialysis program is supported by an experienced multidisciplinary team that includes a nurse practitioner, dietitian, social worker, psychologist, and child life specialists.

The successful applicant will spend their time providing clinical care at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and will also participate in the division’s inpatient, outpatient, and outreach clinics. Opportunities are available for involvement in quality improvement, clinical research, education, and program development based on the candidate’s interests.

Qualified applicants should be BC/BE in Pediatric Nephrology and eligible for academic appointment at the Clinical Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor level at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. Nationwide Children’s faculty are actively engaged in teaching, research, quality improvement, and other academic activities. Excellence in clinical care and in the education of medical students, residents, fellows, and members of the multidisciplinary team is expected.

Named to the Top 10 Honor Roll on U.S. News & World Report’s 2025-26 list of “Best Children’s Hospitals,” Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of America’s largest not-for-profit free-standing pediatric health care systems providing unique expertise in pediatric population health, behavioral health, genomics, and health equity as the next frontiers in pediatric medicine, leading to best outcomes for the health of the whole child. Integrated clinical and research programs, as well as prioritizing quality and safety, are part of what allows Nationwide Children’s to advance its unique model of care. Nationwide Children’s has a staff of more than 18,000 that provides state-of-the-art wellness, preventive and rehabilitative care and diagnostic treatment during more than 1.9 million patient visits annually. As home to the Department of Pediatrics of The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Nationwide Children’s physicians train the next generation of pediatricians and pediatric specialists. The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of the Top 10 National Institutes of Health-funded free-standing pediatric research facilities. More information is available at NationwideChildrens.org.