Surgical Vitreoretinal Specialist
Company: Beth Israel Lahey Health
Location: Burlington
Posted on: October 19, 2024
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Job Description:
We are looking for an enthusiastic, superb retina surgeon
focused on taking the best care of their patients to join our team
of six retina doctors at Lahey. We have a collegial practice with
excellent support providing outstanding care to local, national,
and international patients, while also training fellows and
residents.The successful applicant will join a dynamic and busy
ophthalmology service with 16 comprehensive and subspecialty
ophthalmologists and 8 optometrists. The retina team consists of
five retina surgeons, one medical retina physician, as well as a
uveitis specialist. We have two retina fellows (one per year) in
our AUPO-compliant fellowship and we are looking for a colleague
who is dedicated to teaching. As a teaching hospital, our
physicians qualify for academic appointments at UMass Chan School
of Medicine and adjunct academic appointments at Tufts University
School of Medicine, through which our physicians participate in the
Tufts/New England Eye Center Ophthalmology Residency program. Our
physicians see patients at two main clinics (Burlington and
Peabody) as well as at surrounding private practices for whom we
provide retina care. All surgeries are done at our in-house
ambulatory operating room in Peabody, which is fully stocked with
state of the art equipment. Burlington and Peabody are suburbs
north of Boston and the area provides excellent school systems,
abundant cultural activities, and convenient access to Boston, the
mountains, and seacoast. There is support for
investigator-sponsored and pharma-sponsored clinical research as
well as for CME and attending meetings. Lahey has a commitment to
global health and our retina doctors have travelled to Turkey,
Egypt, and Tanzania for teaching and medical outreach.Lahey
Hospital and Medical Center (a founding member of the Beth Israel
Lahey Health system) is a physician-led, multi-disciplinary group
practice of more than 600 doctors offering tertiary and quaternary
level care. Lahey is a regional campus of UMass Chan School of
Medicine and we teach medical students from UMass. Beth Israel
Lahey Health is a health care system that brings together academic
medical centers and teaching hospitals, community and specialty
hospitals, more than 4,800 physicians and 36,000 employees in a
shared mission to expand access to great care and advance the
science and practice of medicine through groundbreaking research
and education.Lahey is an equal opportunity employer, with
competitive salary and benefits.Interest in uveitis is a plus, but
not necessary.Interested candidates should send a CV and brief
cover letter to both:Jeffrey Chang, MDVice Chair of
OphthalmologyandRenee CastroPhysician Recruiter
Keywords: Beth Israel Lahey Health, Revere , Surgical Vitreoretinal Specialist, Healthcare , Burlington, Massachusetts
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