Physician

About Us: We’re Maimonides Health, Brooklyn’s largest healthcare system, serving over 250,000 patients each year through the system’s 3 hospitals, 1800 physicians and healthcare professionals, more than 80 community-based practices and outpatient centers. At Maimonides Health, our core values H.E.A.R.T drives everything we do. We uphold and maintain Honesty, Empathy, Accountability, Respect, and Teamwork to empower our talented team, engage our respective communities and adhere to Planetree's philosophy of patient-centered care. The system is anchored by Maimonides Medical Center, one of the nation’s largest independent teaching hospitals and home to centers of excellence in numerous specialties; Maimonides Midwood Community Hospital (formerly New York Community Hospital), a 130-bed adult medical-surgical hospital; and Maimonides Children's Hospital, Brooklyn's only children's hospital and only pediatric trauma center. Maimonides' clincal progams rank among the best in the country for patient outcomes, including its Heart and Vascular Institute, Neuroscience Institute, Boneand Joint Center, and Cancer Center. Maimonides is an affiliate of Northwell Health and a major clinical training site for SUNY Downstate College of Medicine. Overview:

We currently seek a full-time attending physician to join as core faculty in the division of geriatrics to provide primary care to older adults and to provide supervision and education for medical residents and geriatrics fellows.

Responsibilities:

• Provide direct clinical care to Brooklyn’s diverse older adult population in a newly-constructed multispecialty outpatient pavilion (https://maimo.org/mdp) directly adjacent to the main hospital
• Serve as core faculty for the geriatrics fellowship program
• Provide geriatrics-specific education for internal medicine residents and geriatrics fellows
• Participate in efforts to improve clinical geriatric care delivery throughout the medical enterprise
• Participate in quality improvement efforts, morbidity and mortality conferences, and hospital initiatives
• Pursue academic projects guided by one’s own clinical questions and interests
• Opportunity to engage in clinical research
• Opportunity for faculty appointment at SUNY Downstate

Qualifications:

• Graduate of an accredited medical school (MD/DO)
• Fellowship training in geriatric medicine
• BE/BC in related field (e.g., internal medicine, family medicine) and BE/BC in geriatrics; BE physicians are required to sit for and pass their boards at the earliest date possible
• Unrestricted New York State medical license and valid DEA license
• ACLS/BLS certification
• Experience working on an interdisciplinary team, with excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent English written and verbal communication skills
• Outstanding teaching skills
• Interest in working with a wide range of stakeholders and disciplines to improve geriatric care delivery

Pay Range: USD $240,000.00 - USD $258,000.00 /Yr. Equal Employment Opportunity Employer: Maimonides Medical Center (MMC) is an equal opportunity employer.