| Position | Neonatology Medical Director |
| Credentials | MD, Neonatology BC/BE |
| Starting Date | Negotiable |
| Name | Glenda Church Smith |
| Title | Principal, Pediatric Search Partners |
| Organization | Department of Pediatrics and Mildred Stahlman Division of Neonatology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
| City | Nashville |
| State | TN |
| glenda@pediatricsearchpartners.com | |
| Phone | (877) 440-3832 |
The ideal candidate will be an experienced neonatologist who will support and drive Vanderbilt’s commitment to clinical excellence, quality improvement and education, as well as diversity, equity and inclusion. Academic rank, track and compensation will be dependent upon qualifications. Vanderbilt University Medical Center offers a generous benefits package to the faculty.
Ranked #1 in Tennessee and sharing first place in the Southeast region by U.S. News & World Report in 2023-24, Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt is consistently ranked among the nation’s best in Neonatology (#22). In fact, the hospital is one of only 23 hospitals in the nation ranked in 10 out of 10 pediatric specialty programs, and its NICU was one of the first hospital programs in the world to care specifically for preterm infants.
The hospital’s main Level IV NICU is a regional perinatal center for Tennessee, and the Division participates actively in the Tennessee Initiative for Quality Perinatal Care. The neonatologists work closely with their obstetric colleagues and the Tennessee Department of Health to promote access to care and outreach education to reduce preterm birth, maternal mortality and infant mortality.
In addition to the 119-bed NICU at the Mildred Stahlman Division of Neonatology at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital in Nashville, Tennova Healthcare Clarksville is one of three hospitals where Vanderbilt provides full-time neonatology services. The 12-bed Level II NICU is staffed 24 hours a day by in-house neonatal nurse practitioners supervised by three neonatologists who are on-call for after-hours needs. In addition, a busy labor and delivery service (with more than 2,000 deliveries a year) and a well-baby nursery (adjacent to the NICU) staffed by VUMC hospitalists are located on site. Specialists at VUMC are available for consultation, and the neonatal transport team can provide transfer of babies to the Level IV NICU at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt in Nashville when needed. The team also includes neonatal registered nurses certified by the American Heart Association’s Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP), respiratory therapists, international board-certified lactation consultants, registered dietitians and social workers.