Breastfeeding and Lactation Physician

Clinician/Educator/Researcher

The Department of Pediatrics Breastfeeding and Lactation Medicine Division has an opening for a Faculty Assistant Professor position located at the University of Rochester. The University of Rochester is a major research university with a long history of clinical and laboratory investigations. Rochester is located on the southern shore of Lake Ontario just north of the breathtaking Finger Lakes region and boasts affordable living highly-ranked public schools outstanding cultural amenities and a vibrant metropolitan area.

UR Medicines Division of Breastfeeding & Lactation Medicine is one of the leading programs in the world. Breastfeeding & Lactation Medicine providers leverage their medical training to address complex problems facing lactating parents and their children. We are particularly interested in candidates who can demonstrate advanced interest in providing advanced lactation care to complex patients.

Your duties as a faculty member may include a combination of patient care teaching independent or sponsored research administrative duties community outreach and University related public service. This faculty member will be responsible for seeing patients for consults in the inpatient and outpatient areas answering management calls through the world-renowned Lactation Study Center and collaborating with other lactation medicine colleagues and lactation consultants. The clinician will be expected to organize and participate in breastfeeding and lactation teaching for medical and nursing students residents faculty and staff. They may also choose to be an active part of the Lactation Research Consortium at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) and seek funding to support their research efforts.

Job responsibilities will include:

1. Lactation Medicine Services

a. Inpatient consults

b. Outpatient and telemedicine visits in conjunction with lactation consultants or alone

c. Consult as needed anywhere in the URMC hospital/clinic network

d. Answering questions through the Lactation Study Center and Mother To Baby as they arise

e. Night and weekend remote call (shared between 5 providers)

2. Education

a. Develop and manage approach to learner education in BFLM across all learner categories

b. Regular education duties:

i. Each faculty member is expected to be involved in the training of lactation consultants nurses nurse practitioner or PA students staff etc

ii. Be available for ongoing education of nursing and other staff as needed

3. Research Advocacy or Administrative time

a. Faculty may engage with other breastfeeding and lactation projects through the NICU the BFLM Research Director or the Lactation Research Consortium

b. Faculty should seek funding to support their research

4. Quality Improvement (QI)

a. Each faculty member is expected to collaborate on at least 1 QI initiative to support breastfeeding

i. Ensuring the delivery of evidence-based care in all of our facilities

ii. Optimizing the continuity of experience between preconception prenatal hospital postpartum and pediatric care

5. Representative

a. Each faculty member is expected to be involved in community representation for Breastfeeding and Lactation Medicine including attendance for at least one community event and one routine ongoing meeting with community members

b. Work as needed with the community to support breastfeeding efforts in the Greater Rochester Area

6. Data Overview and Oversight:

a. Have an up to date understanding of breastfeeding statistics at University of Rochester Medical Center sites and affiliates

Minimum requirements:

MD/DO

Training and experience in medical management of complex breastfeeding and lactation problems

Preferred:

Fellowship-training in Breastfeeding and Lactation Medicine

FABM

NABBLM-C or IBCLC

Successful candidates will have shown outstanding promise and commitment to maternal neonatal and family care during breastfeeding and lactation. Candidates must have an advanced medical degree after residency such as MD DO DNP or be a practicing CNM or NP with a Masters in Nursing with experience in either Family Medicine Pediatrics OBGYN Preventative Medicine or Internal Medicine. NYS Provider license DEA required. IBCLC or NABBLM-C preferred. Additional training or CME as a provider to lactating parents/mothers and/or infants is desirable. Candidates should show excellence in mother/parent/infant histories and physical exams development of differential diagnosis care plans care of families in the postpartum period motivational interviewing and care of the patient in a sociodemographic context.

Review of the application will begin successful applicant would assume the position on or about July 1 2026 or earlier by mutual agreement.