Physician - Hepatologist - Sioux Falls, SD

Sanford Health•Sioux Falls, SD

About The Position

Sanford Center for Digestive Health is seeking a board-eligible or board-certified hepatologist who has completed a hepatology fellowship to join its Gastroenterology and GI Hospitalist group. The physician will work with an experienced group of gastroenterologists, GI hospitalists, and hepatologists. The role has no call expectation and involves outpatient management of liver disease, with inpatient support from GI hospitalists. The center has an on-site reference laboratory with dedicated pathology support and highly experienced interventional radiology support. The role’s Gastroenterology Core Privileges include performing history and physical examinations, admitting patients where applicable, providing consultative services, and evaluating, diagnosing, and providing nonsurgical care to adolescent and adult patients with illnesses, injuries, and disorders of the stomach, intestines, esophagus, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas, including biopsies. The position requires an M.D. or D.O. and completion of an Internal Medicine residency and an accredited Gastroenterology fellowship. Applicants must meet the stated clinical activity and credentialing requirements, including demonstrating active involvement in 50 gastroenterology cases in the last 12 months through a fellowship log, quality profile, or other clinical activity documentation, as applicable. Board certification in the primary practice area is required, with an eligibility period for recently fellowship-trained applicants as specified in the posting. Sanford Health describes itself as the largest rural health system in the United States. The role is based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, a community described as having a strong economy, competitive cost of living, no state income tax, and amenities including dining, shopping, arts, sports, and nightlife.

Requirements

M.D. or D.O. degree.
Completion of an Internal Medicine residency program.
Completion of a Gastroenterology fellowship accredited by the ACGME, AOA, or Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada; other training may be considered through the stated waiver process.
Completion of a Hepatology Fellowship program.
Board eligibility or certification, with certification in the primary area of practice by the appropriate ABMS, AOA, or Royal College specialty/subspecialty board as applicable. Recently fellowship-trained applicants who are not certified at application may be eligible under the stated five-year certification timeframe.
Demonstrate active involvement in 50 gastroenterology cases in the last 12 months, with documentation appropriate to whether the applicant is applying directly after fellowship.
Provide a fellowship log if applying directly after fellowship, or a hospital quality profile or other documentation of clinical activity for the last 12 months if not applying directly after fellowship.
Meet applicable privileging documents and credentialing requirements.

Responsibilities

Manage liver disease in an outpatient setting.
Provide consultative services and evaluate, diagnose, and provide nonsurgical care to adolescent and adult patients with gastrointestinal and related disorders.
Perform history and physical examinations and admit patients where applicable to the setting.
Perform biopsies as part of the scope of Gastroenterology Core Privileges.