Geriatrician - Multiple Teams

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 Milwaukee and greater Milwaukee area.  

Our geriatrics clinical practice spans geriatrics specialty care, memory care, and geriatrics primary care in the ambulatory, inpatient, and post-acute/long-term care setting. The 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).

Position Highlights:

• Academic position with a rich & flexible mix of teaching, patient care, research/scholarly activity, and administrative engagement tailored to the interests & career goals of the individual faculty
• Primarily a clinical role initially, with opportunities and a focus to expand academically with time
• Access to robust mentorship in memory care, including involvement with cutting-edge diagnostic & therapeutic approaches
• Evaluate & manage patients with memory disorders while helping advance the delivery of comprehensive, evidence-based care
• Exceptional opportunity for faculty eager to grow as clinician-educators & investigators while contributing to the rapidly evolving field of dementia care
• Opportunity to build new geriatrics community practice
• Extensive opportunities for mentorship & professional exploration including the potential for additional clinical training in neurologic memory disorders with potential of dedicating portion of on-campus clinical time to the Neurology clinic
• Outstanding nursing support in clinic

Schedule:

• Full time days
• Eight 1/2 days of clinic per week with dedicated academic time
• Night, weekend, & holiday call for Froedtert Hospital and the ZVAMC in rotation with other faculty: 5-6 weekends per year and ~1 holiday per year

Department/Division Highlights: 

• Expanding division with 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 with nurses, APPs, fellows, residents, students, social workers, and psychologists to deliver comprehensive, compassionate care
• Educationally innovative & highly efficient team
• 26 clinical faculty members and 11 APPs
• All clinical faculty are fellowship-trained and board-certified in Geriatrics and/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 with 2 trainees admitted each year
• As we continue to grow, we are excited to welcome a new olleague who shares our passion for innovation, education, and excellence in care for older adults and those nearing end of life
• Geriatric and Palliative Medicine | Medical College of Wisconsin

Qualifications: 

Preferred Experience:  

• Geriatric Medicine and Memory Care experience
• Palliative Medicine board certification/eligibility a plus, but not required

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​

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.

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