Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Physician in Lawrence, KS

Physician Opportunity

If you have a passion for building a pulmonology practice while you build your home in one of the most vibrant communities in the Heartland, Lawrence Pulmonary Specialists may be your perfect fit.

LMH Health is located in Lawrence, Kansas, and serves the surrounding communities through four rural health clinics. It is a four-star hospital focused on being the best healthcare system in which to give and receive care.

You’ll have the chance to work with a great team including board-certified pulmonary & critical care physicians providing outpatient and inpatient call/consult coverage at one location.  Opportunities to grow include the potential to add sleep studies or collaborate with an oncology team for lung cancer to build a practice that incorporates the newest insights woven into the timeless approach to caring for the people in our community. Our values are People First, Integrity Matters and Better Together. If those values are important to you, maybe this is the place you can make a difference.

Our Pulmonology practice includes treating clinic patients, general pulmonology procedures including EBUS, guiding treatment of our open-ICU hospital patients and providing pulmonology consults.  The call is shared with the other three physicians while clinic is shared with the physicians and two APPs. This physician will be required to perform EBUS procedures. 

Emergency room physicians and hospitalists manage patients and provide assistance. LMH has an open ICU where hospitalists manage patient care.

We’re a partner for lifelong health — serving our community for 100+ years with high-quality, patient-centered care.

Our system includes:

• A 174-bed not-for-profit hospital
• LMH Health West Campus outpatient facility
• 28 primary and specialty care clinics
• 1,800+ staff and 380 providers

We’re known for clinical excellence, physician expertise and innovative care.

Recognition & Accreditations

We’re proud to be nationally and regionally recognized for quality care:

• CMS 5-Star Hospital Rating (2025) — the highest possible
• Commission on Cancer Accreditation — multidisciplinary cancer care
• NAPBC Accreditation (2022) — excellence in breast disease treatment
• ACC Heart Failure Accreditation (2024) — expert cardiac care
• Joint Commission Certifications — stroke, hip & knee replacement
• Digital Health’s Most Wired — tech-forward care delivery
• Blue Distinction Center+ for Maternity Care — honored in 2018, 2020, 2024
• High 5 for Mom & Baby Premier Recognition (2020)
• Best Nursing Home for Short-Term Rehab — U.S. News, 2023 & 2024

Located 45 miles from Kansas City and MCI Airport, Lawrence is the county seat of Douglas County (pop. 112,000+). It’s a vibrant city known for arts, culture, and history — plus 50+ parks and Clinton Lake State Park for boating, hiking, biking, and more.

Lawrence USD 497 ranks in the top 20 districts statewide and is the 7th largest in Kansas. The city is home to the University of Kansas and Haskell Indian Nations University, with several other colleges within 60 miles.