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Physician-Pediatric Physiatrist

Employer
WMCHealth Network
Location
Valhalla, NY
Posted Date
Sep 20, 2022
Reference
27648

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Specialty
Pediatrics, General, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Position Type
Permanent
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Job Details

Job Details:
Attending Pediatric Physiatrist Department of Rehabilitation Medicine Westchester Medical Center
  • Clinical
  • Provide inpatient pediatric rehabilitation medicine consultative services.
  • Establish an outpatient pediatric rehabilitation medicine practice including specialty clinics as appropriate based on the needs of the system's pediatric patient population.
  • Educate clinical departments and other potential referral sources on pediatric rehabilitation services through grand rounds presentations, outreach to physician practice groups, and community education.
  • Teaching
    • As a pediatric physiatrist you will serve on the faculty of the New York Medical College School of Medicine and be eligible for a primary academic appointment in the School's Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the assistant or associate professor level (Clinician-Educator or Educator Track) depending on qualifications. This appointment will be granted by the Dean of the School of Medicine at the recommendation of the Department Chair pending approval by the Promotions and Tenure Committee. As a member of the faculty, you will be expected to perform the following:
    • Provide instruction and supervision of 3rd and 4th year medical students rotating through the rehabilitation medicine service.
    • Participate in the medical student rehab medicine didactics series.
    • Mentor medical students interested in PM&R.
    • Attend Department grand rounds, journal clubs, and faculty meetings.
    • Participate in Department of Rehabilitation Medicine committees as requested.
    • Assist with the establishment of a PM&R Residency Training Program at WMC.
    • Supervise and train residents assigned to the pediatric rehabilitation medicine service.
    • Examine the feasibility of establishing a pediatric rehabilitation medicine fellowship training program at WMC.
    • You may opt to participate in more formalized teaching opportunities at the School of Medicine. Some options will include serving as a small group preceptor for the Fundamentals of Clinical Medicine courses (FCM-1 or FCM-2), present clinical lectures to 1st and 2nd year medical students, and participate in the 3rd year students' longitudinal instruction curriculum.
  • Administrative
  • Serve as director of the NYMC 3rd year student clerkship in PM&R and participate in the School of Medicine's clerkship and curriculum restructuring.
  • Promote strategic pediatric rehabilitation program development at WMC in collaboration with the Director of Rehabilitation Medicine and hospital administration.
  • Identify potential areas of growth in pediatric rehabilitative services including multidisciplinary specialty clinics, prosthetics/orthotics/ seating, cognitive/behavioral services etc.
  • Establish and maintain close communication and collaboration with the acute pediatric services, the Maria Fareri Children's Hospital, and other related disciplines.
  • Participate in hospital-wide committees as assigned.
  • Meet and maintain all hospital credentialing requirements.


    • About Us:

    WMC Advanced Physician Services PC

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    About Westchester Medical Center Health Network
    The Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) is a 1,700-bed healthcare system headquartered in Valhalla, NY, with 10 hospitals on eight campuses spanning 6,200 square miles of the Hudson Valley. WMCHealth employs more than 12,000 and has nearly 3,000 attending physicians. With Level 1, Level 2 and pediatric trauma centers, the region’s only acute-care children’s hospital, an academic medical center, several community hospitals, dozens of specialized institutes and centers, skilled nursing, assisted-living facilities, homecare services and one of the largest mental-health systems in New York State, WMCHealth is the pre-eminent provider of integrated healthcare in the Hudson Valley. For more information, visit WMCHealth.org.

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