Adolescent Medicine Specialist
Company: UNC-Chapel Hill
Location: Chapel Hill
Posted on: April 1, 2026
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Job Description:
Position Summary The Department of Pediatrics seeks to hire an
Adolescent Medicine specialist to join the Adolescent Medicine
Section in the Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent
Medicine ( GPAM ) at the University of North Carolina. Applicants
should be board-certified or board-eligible in Adolescent Medicine.
This position is an open-rank, fixed term faculty position
appointed in the School of Medicine at UNC Chapel Hill. As a
faculty member, this person will join a program that includes board
certified Adolescent Medicine specialists, nurse practitioners,
LCSWs, and other physicians with interest in adolescent health. The
specialist will provide outpatient care at Raleigh and/or Chapel
Hill clinical settings. Additionally, the Adolescent Program
provides medical care at a youth detention center, youth
psychiatric inpatient facility, and a hematology-adolescent
medicine clinic for menstrual disorders as well as sickle cell
disease. The Adolescent Program also works collaboratively with an
eating disorder treatment center, a gender wellness Clinic, and a
diagnostic clinic with a high proportion of adolescents with
functional syndromes. Opportunities to expand to the outpatient
specialty collaborative clinics as well as offer inpatient
consultative care at UNC Children’s Hospital. In addition to
clinical programs, the division and institution have important
research activities and medical education in adolescent health.
Research interests in the adolescent medicine section include
evaluation of the impact of telehealth services on adolescent
consent and confidentiality, use of adolescent-friendly
decision-making tools related to contraceptive options and
evaluation of factors impacting reproductive health autonomy in
adolescents. GPAM’s division-wide research areas include the impact
of social and contextual factors on health, childhood adversity,
and health inequities. The Gillings School of Public Health and the
Sheps Center for Health Services Research also offer opportunities
for broader adolescent health research. Faculty may also have
medical education efforts, such as teaching, curriculum oversight
and rotation supervision. The GPAM division is one of the largest
divisions in the Department of Pediatrics and in addition to
Adolescent Medicine includes Primary Care, Developmental Behavioral
health, and Child Abuse pediatrics. The division has a
nationally-known and productive research program and faculty in
addition to a long record of teaching excellence. The
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area of North Carolina is an attractive
place to live and work with great climate, schools, and both
mountains and beach within a day drive. GPAM Division Mission: We
will transform health, well-being, and health care delivery for
children, adolescents, and young adults as a leader in whole-person
care. We will provide and increase access to high quality,
interdisciplinary, and comprehensive patient- and family-centered
care that optimizes the development, safety, and well-being of
children and adolescents. Our innovative teaching, groundbreaking
research, and advocacy to improve policy will lead to greater
health equity for children and adolescents. Preferred
Qualifications, Competencies, And Experience Experience in medical
education and/or contributions to academic scholarship.
Keywords: UNC-Chapel Hill, Burlington , Adolescent Medicine Specialist, Healthcare , Chapel Hill, North Carolina
