Academic Transplant Hepatologist | Montefiore Einstein Center for Transplantation

Montefiore Health System•New York, NY

About The Position

The Montefiore Einstein Center for Transplantation and the Division of Hepatology/Department of Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine are seeking a dedicated Transplant Hepatologist to join our growing multidisciplinary team. We offer a high-volume, collegial environment serving a diverse patient population with complex liver disease and transplant needs. The position is currently open to candidates at the assistant, associate and professor of medicine levels, depending on experience and qualifications. Join a committed team of transplant and academic hepatologists supported by a comprehensive staff of NPs, PAs, RNs, and experienced administrators. Montefiore-Einstein As a premier academic medical center, our mission is to heal, to teach, to discover and to advance the health of the communities and populations we serve in the New York region, across the country and around the world, through highly specialized, coordinated care, cutting-edge research and groundbreaking technology. Montefiore Medical Center is a large university hospital in Bronx, New York, with an extensive liver disease practice, including liver transplantation and liver cancer programs. Our liver transplantation program delivers comprehensive care to adult and pediatric patients, encompassing living donor transplantation and multi-organ transplantation in collaboration with the institution’s heart, lung, and kidney transplant programs. We are proud to have developed a successful integrated care clinic for patients with alcohol-related liver disease and offer Spanish-language, culturally competent clinics for Hispanic patients with advanced liver disease and/or alcohol-related liver disease. Our liver disease and transplant program is a multidisciplinary clinical practice which includes transplant/hepatobiliary surgery and hepatology within a single administrative structure. The hepatology and hepatobiliary practices operate in close conjunction with oncology, interventional radiology, radiation oncology to provide outstanding multidisciplinary care for patients with liver cancer.

Requirements

Completion of Fellowship training in GI and Transplant Hepatology from an ACGME-accredited program (or equivalent).
Board Eligible or Certified in both Gastroenterology and Transplant Hepatology
Eligible for NY state licensure
Demonstrated excellence in academic medicine and education

Responsibilities

Comprehensive care for patients with liver diseases, including those undergoing liver transplantation
Oversee an inpatient service of patients with advanced liver disease, pre- and post-liver transplantation, including supervision and teaching of internal medicine residents and gastroenterology/transplant hepatology fellows
Perform hepatology consultation at Montefiore Moses and/or Weiler campuses
Opportunity to perform endoscopy if desired
Sustainable call rotation consisting of 6 weekends/year
Maintain an academic appointment within the Division of Hepatology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Engage in clinical research as aligned with the candidate's areas of interest
Participate in the education and mentorship of medical students, residents and fellows through lectures, conferences, and clinical teaching
Opportunities for collaboration with the NIH-funded Marion Bessin Liver Research Center as well as the Cancer Center are available
Participate in initiatives for clinical quality, patient safety, and program growth within the Montefiore-Einstein Center for Transplantation
Potential for leadership roles in specialized areas depending on the candidate’s expertise and interests, especially in quality improvement, use of innovative technologies, and care pathways in transplant hepatology