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Neonatologist, El Camino Hospital

NeonatologyFull-Time

Listed compensation

$306k-$432k

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Job Description

The Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics at Stanford University School of Medicine/ Stanford Medicine Children’s Health is recruiting a neonatologist with strong clinical skills to join our team.

The successful candidate will be appointed to one of the following: Clinical Assistant Professor, Clinical Associate Professor, or Clinical Professor in the Clinician Educator (CE) line.

The major criteria for appointment as Clinician Educators is excellence in clinical care and medical education, as well as participation in administrative and/or scholarly work depending on programmatic need.

Academic rank will be commensurate with the successful candidate’s qualifications and experience.

This CE faculty position will include clinical responsibilities as an attending neonatologist in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, California.

The El Camino Hospital (ECH) NICU is a world class, Stanford affiliated, Community Level III NICU that provides high level neonatal intensive care services to the South Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area.

El Camino Hospital has an average of 5000 deliveries per year, including those that require high risk perinatal obstetrical/ maternal fetal medicine services.

Our Stanford neonatology team at El Camino also provides prenatal and pediatric consultation services to the well baby nursery, the emergency department, and the community. Medical students, general pediatrics residents, and specialty fellows from Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital rotate through ECH.

The El Camino NICU collaborates closely with the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital (LPCH) Stanford Level IV NICU and the Johnson Center Fetal and Pregnancy Health Program at Stanford. The El Camino NICU provides exceptionally high-quality Level III critical care with in house coverage 24 hours/day.

The ECH Family Centered Care committee is nationally recognized for its leadership in patient and family engagement. Neonatologists at El Camino Hospital have access to phone consultation services with subspecialists at LPCH and a full complement of ancillary services is available on site.

Patients requiring surgery, ECMO, or more complex care are stabilized and transported to the LPCH NICU, and may return to the El Camino NICU prior to discharge home.

The Stanford faculty at El Camino also participate in staff education, peer review and other hospital committees, quality improvement efforts, NICU policy and procedure creation and updates, and Perinatal Morbidity and Mortality conferences at El Camino.

Additionally, divisional research and teaching conferences are conducted virtually, and teaching opportunities at LPCH are possible with medical students, residents, and fellows.

Our Center for Advanced Pediatric and Perinatal Education provides opportunities to become and teach as an NRP instructor and to maintain clinical skills through high-fidelity simulation.

Requirements for This Position Include

  • Eligibility for a medical license in the state of California.
  • Board certified or board eligible in neonatal-perinatal medicine.
  • Experience working in clinical settings with critically ill, preterm neonates including proficiency with related procedures.

The Stanford Department of Pediatrics is committed to advancing the health of infants, children, and adolescents through innovative medical care, research, education, training, and advocacy.

With over 500 pediatricians and pediatric subspecialties, our department is one of the largest in the Stanford University School of Medicine. Stanford Children’s is ranked in all US News and World Report pediatric specialties, and our LPCH NICU has consistently ranked in the top 10 each of the last 8 years.

The Department of Pediatrics is a dynamic, stimulating place to work and because we are focused on growth and improved excellence, our faculty and staff have particularly challenging and rewarding roles.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Stanford is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Stanford also welcomes applications from all who would bring additional dimensions to the University’s research, teaching and clinical missions.

Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities.

Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should contact disability.access@stanford.edu [disability.access@stanford.edu].

The university’s central functions of research and education depend on freedom of thought, and expression.

The Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, and Stanford University value faculty who will help foster an open and respectful academic environment for colleagues, students, and staff with a wide range of backgrounds, identities, and perspectives.

Candidates may choose to include as part of their research and teaching statements a brief discussion about how their work and experience will further these values.

How to Apply

Please submit a CV and cover letter with an optional discussion of how your work and experience fosters additional dimensions to the university’s mission and values.

The expected base pay range for this position is:

Clinical Assistant Professor: $306,000 - 318,000

Clinical Associate Professor: $344,000 - 359,000

Clinical Professor: $401,000 - 432,000

This pay range reflects base pay, which is based on faculty rank and years in rank. It does not include all components of the School of Medicine’s faculty compensation program or pay from participation in departmental incentive compensation programs. For more information about compensation and our wide-range of benefits, including housing assistance, please contact the hiring department.

Stanford University has provided a pay range representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for the position upon hire. The pay offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on factors including (but not limited to) the experience and qualifications of the selected candidate including equivalent years in rank, training, and field or discipline; internal equity; and external market pay for comparable jobs.

For Questions, Please Contact

Christine Johnson, MD, MS

Clinical Associate Professor

Co-Chair, Search Committee

Tabitha Solomon, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Co-Chair, Search Committee

Malathi Balasundaram, MD

Clinical Professor

Co-Chair, Search Committee

C/O Mariam Abdelghani: melghani@stanford.edu [melghani@stanford.edu]

To learn more about the Department of Pediatrics, please visit:

med.stanford.edu

Key Responsibilities

The neonatologist will provide high-quality clinical care as an attending physician in the NICU at El Camino Hospital. Responsibilities also include medical education for students and residents, participation in hospital committees, and quality improvement initiatives.

Requirements

Candidates must be board certified or board eligible in neonatal-perinatal medicine and eligible for a California medical license. Experience in clinical settings with critically ill, preterm neonates and proficiency in related procedures is required.

Qualifications

Experience
10+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Perinatal consultationNRP instructionPatient engagementClinical researchAdministrative leadership

Neonatology — Physician Career Context

Of the 50 active Neonatology listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 62% have no call, 60% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$369k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $333k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Neonatology by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$306k–$432kNeonatology median $270k (middle half $256k–$279k)20 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$333k in purchasing powerCalifornia index 110.7 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Neonatology listings in California21 active—live on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
All neonatology listings in California2,692 active22,591 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 2% remote · 62% no call · 60% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedCalifornia physician listings (all specialties): 31% state a sign-on bonus (median $95k) · 30% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026
New Neonatology listings56 in the last 30 days54 the 30 days before (+4%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page. California figures use all neonatologys: too few California Neonatology postings state pay.

Top Neonatology Jobs

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Salary Distribution

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

17 jobs · 11 employers
401k / retirement match
94% this job
CME allowance
71% this job
Sign-on bonus
35%
Relocation assistance
35%
Loan repayment
29%

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Work-life snapshot

median 1.5this job 1.5
Better work-life than 50% of Neonatology listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 82 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Stanford

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$2.80M≈ 9.2× annual pay
Median resident rent
$1,976/mo≈ 8% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
15 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
110.4
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.