PM&R Residency Program Director Opportunity in Greenville, NC-Academic Employment

ECU Health Physicians and The Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine, located in Greenville, North Carolina, are seeking a Physiatrist to serve as Program Director of its Residency Program.

The Program Director will provide strategic leadership for the residency, ensuring ACGME compliance, curriculum development, faculty and resident evaluation, NRMP recruitment, and advancement of scholarly activity, while also delivering patient care in CARF-accredited inpatient and/or outpatient clinical settings.

Fixed term or tenure track positions are available. New graduates are encouraged to apply.

The PM&R Department serves the rehabilitation needs of the 1.4 million people in a 29-county region of eastern North Carolina and is located within ECU Health Rehabilitation Center at ECU Health Medical Center with Spinal Cord, Brain Injury, General Rehab, and Pediatric Rehabilitation Units. The Medical Center's 75-bed inpatient unit is one of few rehabilitation facilities in the U.S. accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) in eleven or more specialty areas. The Center is also one of the five centers of excellence at ECU Health.

Job Highlights include:

• Employment by ECU Health Physicians - Academic Employment
• Privileges at ECU Health Medical Center, a 974-bed level 1 trauma center

• Growing 9-hospital physician led healthcare system
• Established 4 year integrated PM&R Residency Program with 5 Residents each year
• Established PM&R Division inclusive of 9 faculty members

• State of the art 75-bed inpatient rehabilitation unit
• Multiple outpatient clinical settings including pain clinic, sports medicine clinic, lifestyle medicine clinic, wound clinic, and neurosurgery clinic
• Participation in the training of residents, medical students, and other allied health students
• Research is supported and is a valued component of the position

• Additional leadership and teaching opportunities are also available depending on individual applicant interests.

• Comprehensive benefits including relocation assistance, vacation & sick PTO, CME days & reimbursement, malpractice (with tail), retirement benefits, state health plan health insurance, employer paid dependent health insurance, medical and dental reimbursements, employer paid AD&D, disability, and life insurance
• Additional supplemental insurance benefits options – Accident, AD&D, Cancer, Critical Illness, Dental, FSA for Healthcare and Dependent Care Expenses, Life, and Vision

For more information, please contact Steven Mitchell at 252-558-6751 or by email Steven.Mitchell@ecuhealth.org

ECU Health is a mission-driven, 1,708-bed academic health care system serving more than 1.4 million people in 29 eastern North Carolina counties. The not-for-profit system is comprised of more than 15,000 team members, nine hospitals, a children's hospital and a physician group that encompasses over 1,200 academic and community providers practicing in over 220 primary and specialty clinics located in more than 120 locations. The flagship ECU Health Medical Center and ECU Health’s Maynard Children’s Hospital – both Level I Trauma Centers – serve as the primary teaching hospitals for the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University.?ECU Health and the Brody School of Medicine share a combined academic mission to improve the health and well-being of eastern North Carolina through patient care, education and research. For more information, visit careers.ecuhealth.org.

ECU Health Physicians, the employed provider group of ECU Health, is comprised of over 1,200 physicians and advanced practice providers across more than 120 locations in eastern North Carolina. The group provides the infrastructure and leadership needed to manage a modern medical practice, including processes for billing and collection, group contracting, electronic medical records and other technologies.

ECU Health Medical Center, one of four academic medical centers in North Carolina, is the flagship hospital for ECU Health and serves as the teaching hospital for The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. ECU Health Medical Center is a 974-bed tertiary referral center providing acute, intermediate, rehabilitation and outpatient health services to a 29-county region that is home to more than 1.4 million people. In recognition of its nursing excellence and high-quality patient care, ECU Health Medical Center has been designated a Magnet® facility by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University has trained physicians for more than 50 years as the only allopathic medical school in North Carolina’s Atlantic Coastal Plain. The school’s mission is to increase the supply of primary care physicians to meet the state’s medical needs, especially in the east. It is consistently recognized as a Tier 1 institution for primary care and family medicine by U.S. News & World Report. Each year, Graduate Medical Education trains approximately 450 residents and fellows across three dozen programs. In 2021, the state of North Carolina appropriated $265 million for a new facility, the Brody Center for Medical Education, set to open in 2027. Visit medicine.ecu.edu to learn more.

Widely recognized as the thriving cultural, educational, economic and medical hub of eastern North Carolina, Greenville is the 11th largest city in the state with a metropolitan population of more than 95,000. Mild winter temperatures make it perfect for year-round golfing and park outings, while the summer months offer easy beach getaways with short drives to the picturesque Outer Banks and the stunning Crystal Coast. With an array of excellent restaurants, fascinating museums, charming art galleries, and unique antique shops, Greenville offers an exceptional quality of life that is hard to beat.

• Named one of Livability’s Top 100 Best Places to Live in 2025 and 2026
• Conveniently located 45 miles east of I-95, about an hour and half from Raleigh and from the pristine beaches of the Crystal Coast
• Home to East Carolina University (ECU) – a vibrant university with an annual enrollment of more than 24,000 students – and The Brody School of Medicine, one of the most diverse medical schools in the country
• Numerous waterways, parks and the Greenville Greenway System are perfect for boating, kayaking, fishing, hiking and camping
• Cost of living below the national average, diverse and affordable housing and excellent educational opportunities, both public and private
• Investment of more than $500 million in downtown Greenville’s revitalization bringing new restaurants, shops, businesses, and residents to the area

It is the goal of ECU Health and its entities to employ the most qualified individual who best matches the requirements for the vacant position. Offers of employment are subject to successful completion of all pre-employment screenings. We value diversity and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Decisions of employment are made based on business needs, job requirements and applicant’s qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, genetic information and testing, family and medical leave, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other status protected by law.