Sleep Medicine Physician, MUSC Health, Coastal Charleston, SC

Join a team that’s Changing What’s Possible – The Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy & Sleep Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) is seeking a board-certified sleep medicine clinician-educator to join their growing Sleep Medicine program in charming Charleston, SC. The chosen candidate will play a key role in educating future leaders in sleep medicine, as well as broadening access to diagnosis and treatment for patients with sleep disorders in Charleston and the surrounding areas.

We are seeking candidates with:

• Board certification in Sleep Medicine.
• Physicians dual boarded in Pulmonary Medicine are strongly encouraged to apply, and the position can be changed to accommodate a pulmonary medicine practice as well.
• Academic orientation, interest in teaching, and passion for outreach

About our opportunity:

• Involvement in the teaching of medical students, residents, and 2 sleep medicine fellows per year.
• Join a collegial team of sleep medicine physicians, APPs, and support staff who are excited about the growth and direction of the program.
• Schedule: 7 half-day clinics per week with 8 patients per clinic
• 16-bed outpatient sleep lab, increasing to 22 beds shortly with plans for more in the next year.  
• Statewide Telemedicine network, with 6 additional sleep labs across the state.
• Opportunities for research abound but there is no mandatory requirement.
• Opportunities to collaborate with MUSC’s Departments of Otolaryngology, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Pediatrics, Neurology, and the College of Dentistry. Renowned surgical program for sleep apnea including phase 1 and phase 2 surgeries and HGNS implantation. Obesity Medicine is practiced both within the Sleep Division and in co-ordination with Endocrinology.

MUSC’s Benefits:

• Clinical-track faculty position with academic rank and salary commensurate with qualifications, expertise, and accomplishments
• Relocation assistance
• Excellent retirement options, including a pension and optional tax deferred contributions
• Sovereign Immunity malpractice coverage
• 22 days of annual leave, 15 days of sick leave, and 13 paid holidays
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligibility
• Personalized student loan debt review and repayment optimization

Charleston, South Carolina, is a city where cobblestone streets weave between confection-colored antebellum mansions, and historic church steeples dot the skyline. It has been named the #1 city in the US multiple times by Conde Nast Traveler and Travel & Leisure magazine. More than four million people visit our city each year to experience 90 miles of pristine coastline, and to enjoy world-class shopping and culinary arts. Our region boasts a growing economy, top-ranked schools, year-round outdoor recreation, an international airport, and some of the friendliest people in the country. 

We invite you to join a team committed to changing what’s possible in healthcare, and to do so in one of the most exciting cities in the country. Your life in Charleston awaits!

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To learn more about this position, or to submit your CV for consideration, providerrecruitment@musc.edu recruitment contact Nikki Nickels.

Founded in 1824 in Charleston, MUSC is home to the oldest medical school in the South as well as the state's only integrated academic health system, with a unique charge to serve the state through education, research and patient care. Each year, MUSC educates and trains more than 3,000 students and 850 residents and fellows in six colleges: Dental Medicine, Graduate Studies, Health Professions, Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy. With $298 million in research funding in fiscal year 2022, the collaboration between faculty, staff, students, and our partners accelerates the movement of scientific discoveries that improve lives.

The Medical University of South Carolina's College of Medicine is leading the way in all areas of the MUSC mission – medical education, patient care, and biomedical research – at our main campus in downtown Charleston and across the state.

The College of Medicine is comprised of both clinical and basic science departments that are involved in education, clinical care, and research in the basic, translational and clinical sciences.

The largest and oldest academic medical center in South Carolina, we serve a diverse group of more than 740 medical students, 850 trainees in residency and fellowship programs, and patients throughout our state and beyond.

The medical University of South Carolina is a part of MUSC Health, as the clinical health system of the Medical University of South Carolina, MUSC Health is dedicated to delivering the highest quality and safe patient care while training generations of compassionate, competent health care providers to serve the people of South Carolina and beyond. Close to 25,000 care team members provide care for patients at 14 hospitals with approximately 2,500 beds and 5 additional hospital locations in development, more than 300 telehealth sites and nearly 750 care locations situated in the Lowcountry, Midlands, Pee Dee and Upstate regions of South Carolina. In 2022, for the eighth consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report named MUSC Health the No. 1 hospital in South Carolina.