Academic Geriatrician
- Employer
- Temple University
- Location
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Position Type
- Adjunct
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
The Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University is currently seeking a Geriatrician to join our team. The selected candidate will have outstanding clinical skills and must work independently and collaboratively with multi-disciplinary staff, management and other health care providers.
Our geriatricians provide comprehensive consultations to many services encompassing acute rehab patients, neurology patients, surgical patients, and general medicine patients. Additionally, our faculty geriatricians provide strong foundation for educational opportunities for our internal medical residents. Other potential initiatives include the establishment of an outpatient service and building relationships with rehab and nursing care facilities.
Applicants should be an M.D., D.O. or foreign equivalent with board certification or board eligibility in Internal Medicine and fellowship training in Geriatric Medicine. BC/BE in Geriatric Medicine also required. Rank and compensation will be commensurate with experience.
Temple Health, one of Philadelphia's leading academic medical centers, is home to more than 1,000 physicians and scientists who share the mission of bringing innovative treatments to patients. Giving our patients access to some of the world's most advanced therapies — and helping them achieve outcomes once thought impossible — is the driving force for all our clinical care, research, and medical education.
Interested candidates should submit a current curriculum vita using the following link: https://bit.ly/2ENFyOB
Please address all applications to: Karen Lin, MD, MPH, FACP, Section Chief, Section of General Internal Medicine, c/o Julie Brissett, Assistant Director, Department of Physician / Faculty Recruitment Email: Julie.Brissett@tuhs.temple.edu.
Temple University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and strongly encourages applications from women, minorities, veterans, and persons with disabilities.
Organization
One of the nation’s top urban public research universities, Temple University is a dynamic workplace in the heart of one of the nation’s most vibrant cities. Founded in 1884 as a night school for the working-class men and women of North Philadelphia, for 130 years Temple has retained its core mission of being a beacon of educational opportunity to students of every background, while adding a national and global reputation as a leader in education, research and real-world oriented instruction.
With nearly 39,000 students and 290,000 living alumni, Temple has a major impact on its region and on Philadelphia, the nation’s 5th largest city. One in seven college graduates in the Philadelphia area holds a Temple degree, and the university is the 4th largest provider of professional education in the nation (law, medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and podiatry). Temple offers 17 schools and colleges, 399 academic degree programs, 17 Division 1 intercollegiate men’s and women’s athletic teams, as well as nine campuses including international campuses in Italy and Rome.
Like the students the university serves, Temple’s approximately 8,000 employees are hardworking, diverse and energized by the vibrant and supportive work environments across the university, all aligned towards advancing the teaching, research and service missions of Temple University.
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