Chief - Pulmonary and Critical Care in Coastal Rhode Island

Lead a diverse service line consisting of ICU/critical care, sleep medicine and outpatient pulmonology practices with an expanding bronchoscopy program and nodule clinic at Kent Hospital in Warwick, Rhode Island. This service line currently consists of 6 physicians and 11 advanced practice clinicians, some of whom are also affiliated with the Pulmonology and Critical Care Division at Mass General Brigham.

About the Opportunity

• Lead the ongoing development of the service line including an intermediate care unit, structured consult service, ICU continuity and other program expansions
• Interface with the Hospitalist Team for Intermediate Care management.
• Collaborate with Thoracic Surgery team to coordinate Lung Cancer screening, Navigational bronchoscopy, and service line growth
• Clinical practice 75% and administration 25%.
• Support institutional teaching mission with ACGME accredited residency programs in Internal Medicine, as well as with medical students.
• Opportunity for faculty appointment at the Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University

About Kent Hospital

Located in Warwick, RI, serves the 300,000 residents in central and western Rhode Island communities.

• Largest community hospital in Rhode Island with just over 350 beds.
• 14 ICU Beds, 10 Step Down Beds
• Ion Navigational Bronchoscopy and EBUS to support a growing Interventional Pulmonology program
• Teaching affiliations with the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and the New England College of Osteopathic Medicine provide abundant teaching opportunities with medical students and residents
• Member of the Care New England Health System

Interested in learning more? Contact Joan White, joawhite@carene.org, 617.407.7266

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