Nationally ranked Orlando Health is seeking a Gastroenterologist Hospitalist in sunny Central Florida!

Orlando Health Medical Group is seeking Board Eligible/Board Certified Gastroenterologist Hospitalist to join our Digestive Health Institute.  

As one of the nation’s most highly regarded digestive disease programs, the Orlando Health Digestive Health Institute offers comprehensive and coordinated care to evaluate, diagnose and treat a wide range of digestive diseases.  Subspecialty services offered include advanced endoscopy, medical pancreatology, hepatology, neurogastroenterology and motility and inflammatory bowel diseases. The institute’s team of globally respected physicians are leaders in clinical research and postgraduate medical education. The institute boasts a very vibrant clinical research program that conducts cutting-edge trials in endoscopic tumor resection, pancreatitis, pancreatic cancer, IBD and hemostasis.  The institute has recently secured ACGME approval for starting a gastroenterology fellowship and hosts several international symposiums throughout the year.   

The GI hospitalist will provide coverage at Health Central Hospital and Horizon West Hospital in Ocoee, Florida.

Role Requirements: 

• Fellowship Trained in Gastroenterology.  Residency in Internal Medicine 
• FL Medical License or ability to obtain FL Medical License. 

Practice Highlights: 

• Thriving physician-led, professionally managed healthcare system. 
• Excellent brand recognition, with new patients seeking out Orlando Health’s Digestive Health Institute for their care. 
• Integrated multidisciplinary and subspecialized practice environment. 
• Great pay-or mix with patients from top Orlando employers and Orlando Health team members. 
• Robust operational support and resources in a collaborative work environment. 
• Dynamic administration that fosters physician autonomy when it comes to clinical decision making and patient outcomes.
• Opportunity for growth and leadership development.
• Opportunity to expand an active research and innovation program. 

Financial Package:

• Excellent compensation package, opportunity to make more based-on productivity.
• Benefits package includes time away for vacations and conferences, health/vision/dental insurance along with full malpractice coverage, disability coverage, deferred compensation and retirement savings options.

• Generous sign-on bonus with eligibility for an annual bonus. 

Community Information:

• There is no state income tax. 
• Greater Orlando offers direct access to Florida’s world-famous theme parks and attractions.

• Our lifestyle options have something for everyone, from the downtown districts for those enjoying a trendy urban flair, to family-oriented communities with top rated public and private schools. 
• Ample outdoor activities including large public parks for kids and pets, hiking and biking trails, abundant lake access for kayaking, fishing and paddle-boarding, with Florida’s beautiful beaches only an hour away. 

Conveniently located in Ocoee, Orlando Health – Health Central Hospital is a 252-bed comprehensive medical and surgical acute-care facility serving the residents of west Orange County for more than 70 years.

Orlando Health – Health Central provides advanced technology and expertise in numerous areas of specialty, including diagnostic imaging, emergency services, heart and vascular care, neurosciences and stroke care, orthopedics, rehabilitation and minimally invasive robotic surgery. The hospital is home to Joint Commission-certified programs for hip and knee replacement, spine surgery and stroke and is accredited as a Comprehensive Center under the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP®).

Orlando Health – Health Central has earned numerous quality and safety recognitions over the years, including:

• High Performing Hospitals – U.S. News & World Report, 2023-2024
  • Recognized in three areas: diabetes, heart attack, heart failure
• Top General Hospital – The Leapfrog Group, 2023
• “A” Safety Grade – The Leapfrog Group, Fall 2023
• Get With the Guidelines®: Gold Plus Achievement - Stroke – American Heart Association, 2023
  • Target: Stroke™ Honor Roll
  • Target: Type 2 Diabetes™ Honor Roll
• Get With the Guidelines®: Silver Achievement - Heart Failure – American Heart Association, 2023
  • Target: Type 2 Diabetes™ Honor Roll
• Beacon Awards for Excellence – American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
  • Critical Care Unit – Gold
  • Intermediate Critical Care Unit – Gold
• Gold Seal of Approval/Accreditation, The Joint Commission:
  • Joint Replacement (Hip/Knee)
  • Spine Surgery
  • Stroke
• Bariatric Center of Excellence?accreditation – American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery

Orlando Health Digestive Health Institute is a national and international destination for care, offering comprehensive and coordinated services to evaluate, diagnose and treat a wide range of conditions affecting the digestive tract and gastrointestinal organs, including the most complex cases. Led by renowned specialists in digestive health, the institute has distinguished itself worldwide in offering many diagnostic and treatment options available only at the most advanced centers, including artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities that improve diagnosis, treatment and outcomes. The institute brings internationally recognized digestive disease care to a new state-of-the-art facility in downtown Orlando as well as several satellite sites conveniently located within the Orlando Health system. The institute’s scope of specialties and services include:

• Advanced Endoscopy
• General Gastroenterology
• Hepatology
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Motility
• Pancreatology
• Research and Physician Education

A few examples of what sets us apart include:

• A commitment to innovation, leading-edge research and global educational initiatives
• Among select facilities offering peroral endoscopic myotomy, extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) and NaviCam technology
• One of very few programs in the world to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) with endoscopic ultrasound procedures to improve performance
• Development of technology, together with industry partners, that integrates AI with endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) to reduce radiation exposure to patients and providers
• Collaboration with professional and industry partners to integrate AI in endoscopic technology to detect early cancer in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
• A team that includes authors of more than 2,000 peer-reviewed journals articles and the best-selling endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) textbook in the world, Endosonography

Future plans for the institute include:

• Developing an evidence-based protocol for the management of colon polyps utilizing leading-edge techniques and technologies
• Establishing a liver transplant program
• Becoming home to the most comprehensive motility unit in the southern United States
• Creating subspecialty fellowships in hepatology, motility and IBD, in addition to gastrointestinal and advanced endoscopy fellowships
• Hosting the largest institution-sponsored endoscopy/EUS congress in the United States