OU Health - Adolescent Medicine Physician

Job Description

Adolescent Medicine Physician

Faculty Appointment – Division of Adolescent Medicine

Position Overview

The Division of Adolescent Medicine at OU Health is seeking a dedicated and collaborative physician to join our faculty. This position offers a dynamic mix of outpatient and inpatient clinical care, multidisciplinary collaboration, and academic involvement, with opportunities to tailor clinical interests within adolescent-focused populations.

Representative Duties

1. Outpatient Clinics

· Provide appropriate diagnostic assessment and treatment plans as an Adolescent Medicine subspecialist in a consultation-only clinic.

· Patient panel to include the management of eating disorder patients, medical gynecology, advanced mental health, young men’s health, or any other adolescent-health focused population at the provider’s discretion.

• Opportunities for school-based and transition medicine clinics available.
• Provide timely documentation and communication with referring providers.
• Urgent clinic visits may be scheduled as necessary and appropriate while the provider is on inpatient service.
• Cover other Adolescent clinic providers’ panels as appropriate (planned vacation, sick leave, urgent patient needs, etc.).

· May elect to collaborate with advanced practice providers in clinic duties and patient management.

2. Inpatient Duties

• Provide appropriate intervention and management of patients admitted to the Adolescent Medicine service for inpatient eating disorder treatment.
• Provide inpatient consultations to Pediatric Hospitalists and other primary inpatient services for adolescent-specific questions, as deemed appropriate by the Adolescent Medicine specialist.
• Role includes timely documentation, communication with other team members, and multidisciplinary collaboration.
• Inpatient time requirement to be split amongst providers available within the section.
• Expectation of 1 in 4 weeks and weekends at minimum but may be adjusted based on collective agreement of providers within the division.
• Weekend rounding and home-call to be either incorporated in clinical FTE expectations or paid at the standard moonlighting rate per OU Health.

3. Multidisciplinary Involvement

A collaborative approach with other team members (advanced practice providers, dietitians, therapists, and psychologists) is expected.

Participation in interdisciplinary meetings regarding eating disorder patients is required.

Engagement with other specialties in novel collaboration based upon the representative’s interests is welcome and encouraged.

4. Scholarly Responsibilities

Provide supervision of trainees on rotation in Adolescent Medicine, including Pediatrics, Internal Medicine–Pediatrics, and Psychiatry residents.

May also elect to supervise medical students or other learners, as desired.

Presentation of didactics or other formalized educational sessions will be required.

Involvement in research projects within the division is expected; however, level of engagement is at the representative’s discretion.

Requirements

Board-certified or Board-eligible in Adolescent Medicine

Board-certified in Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, or Family Medicine

Experience

Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor ranks accepted

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

Prior exposure to medical management of patients with eating disorders is welcome but not required

About Oklahoma City

Oklahoma offers an exceptional balance of career opportunity, affordability, and quality of life. Oklahoma City was named the No. 1 Best Big City to Live in U.S. News & World Report’s 2025–2026 rankings, reflecting its strong job market, low cost of living, and growing cultural scene.

Residents enjoy short commutes, diverse neighborhoods, professional sports, outdoor recreation, and an expanding arts and culinary community. Physician compensation in Oklahoma remains highly competitive when adjusted for cost of living, making it an attractive destination for long-term career growth and lifestyle balance.

Specialty: PediatricsSub-Specialty: Adolescent MedicinePractice Setting: Inpatient / Outpatient