Job Description

Location: Chicago, IL

Hospital: RUSH University Medical Center

Department: Internal Medicine - Endocrinology

Work Type: Full Time

Endocrinology - Clinical Faculty

Rush University Medical Center

Chicago, IL

Rush University Medical Center , a nationally recognized clinical and academic institution, and the teaching hospital for Rush Medical and Nursing Colleges, located in downtown Chicago, invites applications for the position of Endocrinology Faculty in the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology. The successful candidate will have a special interest in thyroid cancer, endocrine cancers, and endocrine complications of cancer therapies.

Rush University Medical Center is a leading academic medical center in Chicago, home to an established Endocrinology Division with 6 current faculty as well as a team of 6 advanced practice providers. The Division is dedicated to extensive teaching efforts for its students, residents and fellow; the endocrinology fellowship program is a collaboration between Rush and neighboring John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County.

The practice includes outpatient clinics as well as two inpatient consultative services, one for general endocrinology and diabetes, and a second for calcium disorders. The calcium service is also a Fracture Liaison Service dedicated to improving the bone health of Rush patients presenting with fractures.

The candidate would see diabetes, osteoporosis, and general endocrinology patients in clinic, with a flexible percentage (25% target) being cancer center-referred patients with endocrine complications arising during their treatments (e.g. checkpoint inhibitor endocrinopathies), while also seeing patients with thyroid cancer and other endocrine cancers (ideally up to 25%, also flexible). The candidate would attend for the consult services proportionally with the other general endocrinology attendings (7-9 weeks and weekends per year, approximately).

Qualified applicants must have demonstrated excellent qualifications in clinical care and education. Experience with thyroid cancer management would be valued, but mentorship would be available for the ideal candidate with interest. Candidates must be MD/DO physician trained and be board certified or board eligible in Endocrinology. This position offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits and an academic appointment commensurate with experience.

Rush University System for Health (RUSH) is an academic health system whose mission is to improve the health of the individuals and the diverse communities it serves through the integration of outstanding patient care, education, research and community partnerships.

RUSH includes RUSH University Medical Center, RUSH University, RUSH Copley Medical Center and RUSH Oak Park Hospital, as well as numerous outpatient care facilities. RUSH University, with more than 2,500 students, is a health sciences university that comprises RUSH Medical College, the College of Nursing, the College of Health Sciences and the Graduate College.

RUSH is an elite medical community recognized yearly for excellence in patient care, medical discovery and clinical expertise. We’re proud to have received Vizient’s Quality and Accountability Study, ranking second among 99 academic medical centers across the country. All three RUSH hospitals have earned the LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Leader designation in the Healthcare Equality Index. Our physicians, advanced practitioners, nurses and staff are the heartbeat of our health system’s ongoing success. We know how important it is to recruit and retain exceptional staff and faculty to execute our mission.

Join RUSH and become part of one of the nation’s best healthcare systems.

Rush is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.

Position Physician - Internal Medicine - Endocrinology (Thyroid)

Location US:IL:Chicago

Req ID 9381