One of our premier hospitals in scenic Chattanooga has an employment option to share patient care responsibilities with another BC pulmonary/critical care physician.  This 296-bed acute care hospital has a 12-bed MICU and 12-bed SICU units.  It is not designated as a Trauma Center.  Practice averages 18-20 patient office visits daily, 20-25 hospitalized patients with 5-6 ICU consultations weekly.  Interpret pulmonary function tests, pulmonary rehab on site with convenient office location on site as well.  Employed model, with fringe: health/malpractice insurance, retirement planning, fees/dues, malpractice, travel allowance, CME/Vacation, relocation, practice start-up assistance, marketing.  Concentrate on rendering quality patient care and leave the daily burden of office management behind.

 Known as “The Scenic City’, Chattanooga is nestled where the mountainous regions of southeast Tennessee and northern Georgia converge, two hours of Atlanta/Nashville with a MSA of 479,435 population.  This vibrant city blends “Big City” amenities with an ease of a smaller city offering: a friendly/safe atmosphere in which to live, easy commuting (excellent transportation infrastructure), moderate housing costs, University town/stellar private schools, $120 million revitalized riverfront, very active Arts programming and an extensive greenway system.  Chattanoogans have made their home a hub for successful business enterprise, a regional tourism center, and a gracious place to live.  The city has been dubbed by Southern Business & Development magazine as one of the “Top 10 Southern Mid-Markets with Highly Diverse Economies” as well as accolades by U.S. News and World Report  highlighting Chattanooga as “Smartest Cities in the World”.  All this amongst the majestic beauty of the mountains.  Area residents take advantage of the city’s unsurpassed recreational amenities: Nickajack and Chickamauga Lakes, white-water rafting/kayaking the Great Ocoee River (host to the 1997 Summer Olympics), repelling/spelunking down area cliffs/caves, hang gliding,  numerous area golf courses (Chattanooga plays host to the Provident Classic, a PGA event), horseback-riding or hiking area parks.

¨        HCA Parkridge Medical Center -296 beds located in downtown CHATTANOOGA, TN.  Supportive medical staff of 230 affiliated physicians (50 primary care referring) 

¨        Chattanooga is within a day’s drive to almost 1/3 of the major U.S. market areas – two hours of Atlanta and Nashville.  The city limits represents 165k population with 479,000 service area population;

                         

¨        Chattanooga - sited among the top 100 cities for its’ quality of living and business climate by “America’s Top-Rated Cities: A Statistical Handbook, 2002”.  Also, named by Outside Magazine as a top 10 city in which to live and play (Fall of 2001);

¨       Abundant Outdoor activities ranging from hang-gliding off Lookout Mountain, to floating down the Sequatchie River, to biking and horseback riding through the scenic countryside.  Two beautiful lakes amongst the forested backdrop of Mountain ranges of Tennessee, northern Georgia.  The city played host to the 1997 Summer Olympics as the Great Ocoee River flows south of town.  Also home to an active Arts venue;
                        

¨        Home to The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga offering a wide range of majors in undergraduate and graduate courses, medical training;

¨        NO State Personal Income Tax, moderate cost of living, low property taxes.

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