Infectious Disease Physician - Westchester Medical Center

Job Summary:

Advanced Physician Services a part of WMCHealth is seeking an Infectious Disease Physician in the Valhalla campus to join the Infectious Diseases Division at WMC and New York Medical College.The new faculty member will consult on the management of a wide variety of infectious illnesses, working with Infectious Diseases fellows and medical residents and medical students. Direct patient care will also be provided in the outpatient setting with supervision of the fellow’s clinic from time to time. The faculty member will have the opportunity to mentor and teach medical students and residents. Opportunities to join and eventually lead clinical research studies are also available onsite. This position requires a full time strong commitment to patient care, teaching and research.

Qualifications / Requirements:

MD or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, ABIM Board certified or board eligible in Infectious Diseases. Licensed, or eligible, by the New York State Board of Medical Examiners.

Facility Info:

WMCHealth is the pre-eminent provider of integrated healthcare in the Hudson Valley with a 1,900-bed healthcare system headquartered in Valhalla, New York, with 10 hospitals on seven campuses spanning 6,200 square miles of the Hudson Valley. WMCHealth employs more than 12,000 people and has nearly 3,000 attending physicians.

About Us:

Westchester Medical Center is the premier provider of advanced medical care in New York’s Hudson Valley. The flagship of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network, this 895-bed academic hospital in Valhalla, NY, provides local residents with acute-care services — Level I trauma and burn care, organ transplants and advanced neurovascular procedures and more — found nowhere else in the region. Westchester Medical Center is the primary referral facility for other Hudson Valley hospitals and serves as a lifeline for more than 3 million.In partnership with New York Medical College our division is a leading site for clinical research in tick borne diseases in the region. The Division is also participating in a pharmaceutical clinical trial using a novel therapy for Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and is seeking other clinical trials to treat patients living with HIV.

About WMC Health Network

The Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) is a 1,700-bed healthcare system headquartered in Valhalla, New York, with 10 hospitals on eight campuses spanning 6,200 square miles of the Hudson Valley. WMCHealth employs more than 12,000 people and has nearly 3,000 attending physicians. From Level 1, Level 2 and Pediatric Trauma Centers, the region’s only acute care children’s hospital, an academic medical center, several community hospitals, dozens of specialized institutes and centers, skilled nursing, assisted living facilities, homecare services and one of the largest mental health systems in New York State, today WMCHealth is the pre-eminent provider of integrated healthcare in the Hudson Valley.