Arkansas Children's Northwest is seeking a Pediatric Pulmonologist

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Arkansas Children’s Northwest (ACNW) is seeking a Board Certified/Board Eligible Pediatric Pulmonologist to join our dynamic, mission-driven pulmonology team serving the children of Northwest Arkansas and beyond. This is an exceptional opportunity to be part of an established, collaborative practice providing expert care to a rapidly growing community.

You will work alongside another pulmonologist, advanced practice providers, respiratory therapists and a full complement of pediatric subspecialists and allied health professionals, supported by a nationally recognized children’s health system.

Position Highlights:

• Join a busy, expanding Pediatric Pulmonology practice in one of the country’s most desirable and affordable locations.
• Outpatient Clinics serving Northwest Arkansas and the surrounding areas of Oklahoma and Missouri.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package, including paid parental leave.
• Section of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine includes specialty clinics including: Cystic Fibrosis, Aerodigestive, Neuromuscular, Severe Asthma, Sickle Cell, and Sleep Medicine.
• Robust faculty mentoring program for promotion and tenure.
• Collaboration in multidisciplinary programs such as pulmonary hypertension, asthma, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, chronic ventilation, and more.
• Participate in innovative home ventilator program shared between Arkansas Children’s Northwest and Arkansas Children’s Hospital.
• Leadership, outreach, and research opportunities available.
• Engagement with state-wide asthma program and the only accredited Cystic Fibrosis, PCD, and Pediatric Sleep Disorders Centers in Arkansas.

About Arkansas Children’s Northwest

Arkansas Children’s Northwest is the region’s only pediatric hospital and part of the Arkansas Children’s Healthcare System. We provide emergency, primary, and specialty care for thousands of children close to home. Our services include:

• 24/7 pediatric emergency room
• 20+ subspecialty clinics
• Primary care
• Imaging and surgical services
• 28-bed inpatient unit with expansion to 40-beds in 2026
• Infusion and physical therapy services …and more — with new programs expanding every year to meet the needs of our community.

Why Northwest Arkansas?

Northwest Arkansas is one of the fastest-growing and most affordable regions in the U.S., named to the U.S. News & World Report Best Places to Live 2024–25. The area offers:

• Scenic trails, lakes, and outdoor recreation
• Thriving arts and cultural scene
• Excellent public and private schools
• Six unique, welcoming communities
• Home to major corporations like Walmart, J.B. Hunt, and Tyson Foods

Enjoy a balanced lifestyle in a vibrant, generous community while making a meaningful impact at ACNW.

Qualifications

• MD or DO
• Eligible for Arkansas medical licensure
• Board certification in Pediatrics and Pediatric Pulmonology (or eligibility)

About Arkansas Children's

About Arkansas Children's

Arkansas Children's is the only health care system in the state solely dedicated to caring for Arkansas' 850,000 children. The private, non-profit organization includes two pediatric hospitals with 361 licensed beds, a pediatric research institute and USDA nutrition center, a philanthropic foundation, a nursery alliance, statewide clinics, and many education and outreach programs — all focused on fulfilling a promise to define and deliver unprecedented child health.

Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH) is a Magnet-recognized facility in Little Rock operating the state’s only Level I pediatric trauma center; the state's only burn center; the state's only Level IV neonatal intensive care unit; the state's only pediatric intensive care unit; the state’s only pediatric surgery program with Level 1 verification from the American College of Surgeons (ACS); and the state's only nationally recognized pediatric transport program. Arkansas Children’s is nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report in seven pediatric subspecialties (2025-2026): Cancer, Cardiology & Heart Surgery, Nephrology, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology & Lung Surgery and Urology.

Arkansas Children’s Northwest (ACNW), the first and only pediatric hospital in the northwest Arkansas region, is a Level IV pediatric trauma center. ACNW operates an inpatient unit that will expand in 2026; a surgical unit with five operating rooms; outpatient clinics offering over 20 subspecialties; diagnostic services; imaging capabilities; occupational therapy services; and northwest Arkansas' only pediatric emergency department. Generous philanthropic and volunteer engagement has sustained Arkansas Children's since it began as an orphanage in 1912, and today ensures the system can deliver on its promise of unprecedented child health.

To learn more, visit archildrens.org.