Academic Infectious Disease Physician - Tufts Medical Center - Boston, MA

Tufts Medical Center Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Disease is seeking an Academic Infectious Disease Physician interested in General and/or Transplant Infectious Diseases to join our growing team of outstanding physicians.

Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Disease Overview:

Exceptional Healthcare: Tufts Medical Center is a full-service quaternary-care academic medical center supporting an extensive community referral network and serving patients from throughout New England.

Clinical Partners: The Tufts Medical Center’s Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Disease is a dynamic, inclusive, and expanding collaborative team of nationally and internationally respected infectious disease physicians. The Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Disease is experiencing growth across many programs including infections in immunocompromised hosts, infection prevention, antimicrobial and diagnostic stewardship, outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy, medical microbiology, travel medicine, care for people with substance use related infections, HIV care, and care for people with tick borne illnesses.

Faculty: The Division offers a thriving environment of faculty scholarship in quality, medical education and research for the purpose of improving patient care. The Medical Center is known for its expertise in complex subspecialty care, basic, translational, and clinical science research, and expertise in health policy. Our mission of advancing knowledge and training diverse students to become future expert clinicians and investigators drives us forward to quickly turn innovative research into pioneering equitable care.

Responsibilities:

The Academic Infectious Disease Physician will support patients with a wide range of complex infectious disease in inpatient and outpatient settings.

• You may provide infectious disease support through our Heart ID program to the largest orthotopic heart transplantation program in New England, as well as to our hematopoietic stem cell, growing renal and newly launched liver transplant programs.

• Participate in new and exciting clinical research to help pave the way for improved patient care.

• Experience the intellectual stimulation of working at a medical center that is in the top 10 percent of independent institutions receiving federal research funding.

• Work at the main teaching hospital of Tufts University School of Medicine where a priority is placed on teaching and mentoring outstanding medical students, residents, and infectious disease fellows.

• Benefit from career development by participating in faculty development programs for leadership, medical education, clinical research, and other mentoring opportunities offered by Tufts University School of Medicine and Tufts Medical Center.

• You may be interested in Gen ID, stewardship, HIV, Mycobacterial infections, transplant ID, or tick-borne illnesses

• Research opportunities include collaborating with our partners at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital, Lowell General Hospital and the Tufts Medicine Integrated network consisting of 2,300 employed and independent outpatient physicians.

Work shift 

Full time role

Requirements: 

• M.D. degree, Infectious disease board eligible or certified, with experience appropriate to your career level.

• Passionate about teaching and supportive of the academic mission

• A champion for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives

• Interested in building collaborative and interdisciplinary work

• A team player who is excited to work cooperatively with a wide range of stakeholders and disciplines to champion world-class research innovation

Compensation:

Tufts Medicine offers a competitive salary commensurate with academic training and practice experience. A Tufts University School of Medicine appointment will be offered commensurate with academic qualifications. You will also receive Substantive 401A retirement plan, CME Funds and Time Away, Generous Vacation and Holiday Policy 

Tufts Medicine is a leading integrated health system bringing together the best of academic and community healthcare to deliver exceptional, connected and accessible care experiences to consumers across Massachusetts. Comprised of Tufts Medical Center, Lowell General Hospital, MelroseWakefield Hospital, Lawrence Memorial Hospital of Medford, Care at Home - an expansive home care network, and large integrated physician network.

Apply: Please submit application/CV via this job post or email CV directly to Alexa Landa at alexa.landa@tuftsmedicine.org.