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Posted: 16-Jun-26
Location: New Hyde Park, New York
Type: Full Time
Salary: Commensurate with Experience
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Internal Number: PEM CCMC
Seeking a Full Time Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician,
Cohen Children’s Medical Center
The Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children’s Medical Center (CCMC) of Northwell Health and the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell is recruiting a full-time Board-certified or Board-eligible Pediatric Emergency Medicine physician to join our family. Candidates with a research interest will be looked upon favorably.
Our Pediatric Emergency Medicine team consists of 30 PEM attendings, 4 general pediatricians, and 5 ACP’s. We are located on the Queens and Nassau County border. We are the busiest Pediatric Emergency Department in NY state with annual volume of just over 70,000 visits a year. Additionally, we are the busiest American College of Surgeons Pediatric Level 1 Trauma Center in NY state. Our pediatric transport system is extremely robust with approximately 3,000 ED transfers a year. We have a dedicated behavioral health area, as well as a behavioral health urgicenter. The department layout includes 33 individual patient exam rooms and 2 critical care/trauma bays. Our amazing and highly skilled nursing staff recently received the highest ranking in Magnet designation and were a recipient of the Lantern award from the Emergency Nurse’s Association. Amongst our staff are experts in Global Health, Child Abuse, Ultrasound, Emergency Management, Pediatric Transport, Trauma, Quality, Advocacy/Gun Violence Prevention, Simulation and Research.
Cohen Children’s Medical Center opened in 1983 as the New York metropolitan area’s only hospital designed exclusively for children. Today, it is the largest pediatric teaching hospital in the region, treating over 230,000 children per year and serving 1.8 million children in Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk counties. It is the tertiary pediatric medical center of the Northwell Health System and the only Level-1 Pediatric Trauma Center on Long Island. Cohen Children’s Medical Center is the top-rated children’s hospital in New York State and has earned top national rankings for exceptional care in nine pediatric specialties, according to US News & World Report’s 2024-2025 Best Children’s Hospitals. As the largest provider of pediatric health services in the state, Cohen Children’s has been ranked among the nation’s top children’s hospitals by US News for 15 consecutive years. Please find more information about the department of Pediatrics in this video: https://youtu.be/IqH03O4r0ZA
Northwell Health is New York State’s largest health care provider and private employer, with 28 hospitals and 1,050 outpatient facilities. We care for over two million people annually in the New York metro area and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Our 103,500 employees – 19,000+ nurses and 12,000+ credentialed physicians, including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners – are working to change health care for the better. We’re making breakthroughs in medicine at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. We're training the next generation of medical professionals at the visionary Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and the Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies. For information on our more than 100 medical specialties, visit Northwell.edu and follow us @NorthwellHealth on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.
Northwell is proud to offer a highly competitive salary and generous benefits package.
For further details and opportunities, please contact:
Dr. Joshua Rocker, Division Chief, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, jrocker@northwell.edu.
Rachel Podella, Senior Physician Recruiter, Northwell Health, OPR@northwell.edu
