Geriatrician- Geriatric Primary Care/Consultative Memory Care- Faculty | Career Growth + Access to Robust Mentorship

The Medical College of Wisconsin’s Division of Geriatric & Palliative Medicine is seeking a Faculty Geriatrician to provide geriatric primary care & consultative memory care. This position will be located in the greater Milwaukee area.

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Our clinical practice spans geriatrics specialty care, memory care, and geriatrics primary care in the ambulatory, inpatient, and post-acute/long-term care setting. Focus will be on providing comprehensive, longitudinal care to older adults in 2 ambulatory settings: the MCW Geriatrics Memory Disorders Clinic (on-campus), and one of Froedtert & MCW's clinics in the greater Milwaukee area (off-campus).

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Position Highlights:

• Academic position with a rich & flexible mix of teaching, patient care, research/scholarly activity, & administrative engagement tailored to interests & career goals of the individual faculty
• Primarily a clinical role initially, w/ opportunities & a focus to expand academically w/ time
• Access to robust mentorship in memory care, including involvement with cutting-edge diagnostic & therapeutic approaches
• Evaluate & manage patients w/ memory disorders while helping advance the delivery of comprehensive, evidence-based care
• Exceptional opportunity for faculty eager to grow as clinician-educators while contributing to the field of dementia care
• Opportunity to build new geriatrics community practice
• Extensive opportunities for mentorship & professional exploration including potential for additional clinical training in neurologic memory disorders w/ potential of dedicating portion of on-campus clinical time to the Neurology clinic
• Outstanding clinic nursing support
• Schedule:
• Full time days
• Eight 1/2 days of clinic per week w/ dedicated academic time
• Night, weekend, & holiday call for Froedtert Hospital & the ZVAMC in rotation with other faculty: 5-6 weekends per year & ~1 holiday per year
• Department/Division Highlights:
• Expanding division w/ highly collaborative & mission-driven faculty
• Faculty enjoy a diverse & rewarding patient population, supported by strong infrastructure & a true team-based model of care
• Deeply committed to improving the lives of older adults & patients facing advanced or life threatening illness, and their caregivers while creating outstanding educational experiences for medical students, residents, & fellows
• Pride ourselves on a collegial, respectful, supportive, & interprofessional culture- working side-by-side w/ nurses, APPs, fellows, residents, students, social workers, & psychologists to deliver comprehensive, compassionate care
• Educationally innovative & highly efficient team
• 26 clinical faculty members & 11 APPs
• All clinical faculty are fellowship-trained & board-certified in Geriatrics &/or Palliative Medicine
• Long-standing, combined Medicine Residency/Geriatric Fellowship Program, which was the first of its kind in the US- a 4-year program w/ 2 trainees admitted each year
• As we continue to grow, we are excited to welcome a new colleague who shares our passion for innovation, education, & excellence in care for older adults and those nearing end of life

Preferred Experience:

• Geriatric Medicine & Memory Care experience
• Palliative Medicine board certification/eligibility a plus

Minimum Education:

• MD or DO
• Completion of Internal Medicine residency
• Completion of Geriatrics fellowship

Minimum Requirements:

• Wisconsin MD or DO License 
• ABIM- Internal Medicine board certification/eligibility
• ABIM- Geriatric Medicine board certification/eligibility
• DEA

About Medical College of Wisconsin

The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) is the state’s only private medical school and health sciences graduate school. MCW consists of a School of Medicine with campuses in Milwaukee, Green Bay and Central Wisconsin, a School of Graduate Studies, and a School of Pharmacy. MCW is a major national research center ranking in the top third of U.S. medical schools in NIH funding and is the second largest research institution in Wisconsin. Academic medicine is at the core of everything we do at MCW, bringing together scientists, clinicians, students and community members to solve the most complex challenges in health and society. MCW is a diverse group of thought leaders collaborating to pioneer pathways to a healthier world. Every study we conduct and every patient we see leads to new learning and a continuous cycle of life-changing knowledge and innovation.

Approximately 1,780 MCW physicians and approximately 905 advanced practice providers care for more than 484,000 patients of all ages annually at Froedtert Hospital, Zablocki VA Medical Center, Children’s Wisconsin, and many other hospitals and clinics throughout eastern Wisconsin, representing more than 5.1 million patient visits annually.

The beautiful, safe and modern campus of the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center (MRMC) houses Froedtert Hospital, Children’s Wisconsin, Curative Care Network, Versiti Blood Research Institute and the Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Division. These member entities share a common mission of excellence in patient care, medical education, biomedical research and community service.