Geisinger Health System is seeking a full-time BC/BE nephrologist to join the Department of Nephrology at Geisinger Medical Center, located in Danville, Pa. We are looking for an energetic individual committed to the delivery of clinical care and dedicated to teaching and medical education. Join a group of eight nephrologists and one nurse practitioner to participate in the department's expanding activities, which reflect broad programmatic and scholarly interests.The Department of Nephrology provides comprehensive inpatient and outpatient subspecialty services, including inpatient evaluation of AKI, critical care consultation, CCRT, acute and chronic dialysis, outpatient management of CKD, a comprehensive metabolic nephrolithiasis clinic, multidrug-resistant hypertension clinics, pretransplant kidney evaluations and postoperative/long-term management of kidney transplant recipients. Teaching and mentorship responsibilities include oversight of four nephrology fellows, residents from our internal medicine program and medical students from affiliated institutions.. Opportunities for clinical and translational investigation are available through on campus research centers. Geisinger Health System is an integrated health services organization widely recognized for its innovative use of the electronic health record and the development of innovative care delivery models such as ProvenHealth Navigator
® and ProvenCare
®. As one of the nation’s largest health service organizations, Geisinger serves more than 3 million residents throughout 45 counties in central, south-central and northeast Pennsylvania, and also in southern New Jersey with the addition of AtlantiCare, a National Malcolm Baldrige Award recipient. The physician-led system comprises approximately 30,000 employees, including nearly 1,600 employed physicians, 12 hospital campuses, 2 research centers and a 510,000-member health plan, all of which leverage an estimated $8.9 billion positive impact on the Pennsylvania economy. Geisinger has repeatedly garnered national accolades for integration, quality and service. In addition to fulfilling its patient care mission, Geisinger has a long-standing commitment to medical education, research and community service. Geisinger fosters an atmosphere of clinical and academic excellence while offering the best of life in small-town America: excellent schools, safe neighborhoods with affordable housing and a wealth of cultural and recreational activities. The surrounding natural beauty provides opportunities for fishing, skiing, canoeing, hiking and mountain biking. Larger cities are easily accessible, with New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., each just an afternoon's drive away. For more information, visit geisinger.org/careers or contact Evan Norfolk MD, director of Nephrology, c/o Kathy Kardisco, Department of Professional Staffing, at 800-845-7112 or
kkardisco@geisinger.edu **Does not qualify for J-1 waiver. We are an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and Minorities are Encouraged to Apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability or their protected veteran status.
