Academic Internal Medicine - Primary Care or Hybrid with Inpatient Responsibilities

The Division of General Internal Medicine (DGIM) has an opening for a board certified or eligible physician interested in primary care or hybrid primary care and inpatient work to join the faculty which includes more than 40 full time faculty and over 100 clinical/part-time faculty across Rhode Island Hospital (Primary Site) and The Miriam Hospital.  The DGIM provides comprehensive and compassionate patient care to all without exception; we lead by teaching and mentoring the physicians of tomorrow and by advancing medical knowledge and medical education with meaningful research and scholarship.

About the Job

• Schedule can vary with teaching, inpatient rounding and dedicated patient panel
• Choose between an anticipated weekly schedule of 6 clinical sessions, 2 sessions precepting in resident clinic or, a hybrid schedule that would include 6-8 weeks of inpatient rounding per year
• Traditional outpatient primary care or hybrid position with inpatient rounding
• Inpatient ward attending responsibilities – care for 13+/- 3 patients with assistance of residents and medical student, no codes or rapids, procedures are optional
• Clinical schedule – 45 minutes for new patients, 30 minutes for hospital follow ups and patients >80, 15 minutes for general follow up and sick visits
• Structured mentor program for new attendings
• Brown Academic appointment with the opportunity to teach medical students and residents, lecture and participate in research
• EMR with a commitment to ongoing optimization
• Approx 10 patients per clinical block
• Diverse patient population (culturally and economically)
• A dedicated medical assistant per provider
• Work in a team-oriented environment with RNs, Care Managers, Pharmacists, primary care behavioral health psychologists and Advance Practice Providers
• Leadership opportunities
• H1-B visa friendly
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligible

About the benefits

• $170K-$230K
• Additional work RVU and quality program participation compensation
• Team with very low turnover
• Dynamic leadership team
• 1 week CME + $5,000 allowance
• 5 Weeks PTO
• Excellent benefits

Formed in 1994, Brown University Health is a not-for-profit health system based in Providence, RI comprising three teaching hospitals of The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University: Rhode Island Hospital and its Hasbro Children's; The Miriam Hospital; and Bradley Hospital, the nation’s first psychiatric hospital for children; Newport Hospital, Saint Anne's Hospital and Morton Hospital, community hospitals offering a broad range of health services; Gateway Healthcare, the state’s largest provider of community behavioral health care; and Brown Health Medical Group, the largest multi-specialty practice in Rhode Island.

Brown University Health teaching hospitals are among the country’s top recipients of research funding from the US National Institutes of Health. The hospitals received $145 million in external research funding in fiscal 2023. All Brown University Health hospitals are charitable organizations that depend on support from the community to provide programs and services.