Chapel Hill, North Carolina
La Jolla, California
Posted: 25-Jan-23
Location: New York City / Queens, New York
Type: Full Time
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Preferred Education:
Internal Number: Physiatrist – NYC/Queens
Physiatrist – NYC/Queens
The Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Northwell Health and the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine is seeking a BC/BE Cancer Rehabilitation fellowship trained Physiatrist to join our outpatient practice in New York City/Queens.
This position will have a focus on management of patients with cancer in an outpatient setting. Management will include pain, various neurologic and musculoskeletal impairments secondary to cancer treatments, fatigue, orthotics/bracing along with prescribing additional services such as physical, occupational and speech therapies, nutrition, and counseling services.
Highlights include:
- Join a team of over thirty Board Certified PM&R physicians.
- Play a key role in conjunction with the Northwell Cancer Institute.
- The Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Residency program is comprised of twelve residents. In addition, medical students at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine all rotate through PM&R.
- Collaborative research opportunities are present at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
We continually recruit a diverse physician workforce to meet the needs of the diverse patients we seek to serve; as a result, our Health System is proudly ranked Diversity Inc’s #1 Hospital and Health System. We fully understand that diversity is integral for our institutional excellence and a means to attaining health equity. As a result, our diversity and inclusion efforts are a part of everything we do, from education, to clinical care, to research, to physician well-being. For more information and resources regarding our initiatives, please visit our Center for Equity of Care, https://www.northwell.edu/education-and-resources/community-engagement/center-for-equity-of-care
Northwell Health is New York State’s largest health care provider and private employer, with 23 hospitals, 830 outpatient facilities and more than 16,600 affiliated physicians. We care for over two million people annually in the New York metro area and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Our 76,000 employees – 18,900 nurses and 4,800 employed doctors, including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners – are working to change health care for the better. We’re making breakthroughs in medicine at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. We're training the next generation of medical professionals at the visionary Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and the Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies. For information on our more than 100 medical specialties, visit Northwell.edu and follow us @NorthwellHealth on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn
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For additional information, please contact Nicholas Franzini nfranzini@northwell.edu
