Palliative Medicine/Geriatrics, Queens
As a Palliative Care Physician, you are not just managing symptoms; you're transforming lives by providing compassionate care across the continuum. This well-established multi-disciplinary team consists of palliative medicine trained physicians, social workers, a nurse practitioner and a nurse coordinator. Benefit from a robust interdisciplinary collaboration in a supportive, forward-thinking environment. You will provide specialty palliative and hospice care across a variety of settings: inpatient service, outpatient clinics, and community-based hospice care. Working closely with oncology, pulmonary, and other specialties to deliver integrated, patient-centered care and contribute to our expanding outpatient program that serves patients across a broad medical spectrum.
At NewYork-Presbyterian/Queens, we are passionate about providing high-quality care to New York City’s most culturally diverse borough. Located in Flushing, New York, our patients do not have to leave their neighborhood to receive outstanding care from Weill Cornell Medicine Physicians. Our patients have access to a full range of services from our award-winning centers of excellence dedicated to treating cancer, cardiovascular diseases, neurologic disorders and digestive conditions. This 535-bed busy tertiary facility is an ACS level 1 trauma center, an academic affiliate of Weill Cornell Medical College and serves over two million residents in the borough of Queens. Our academic programs include three graduate medical education residency programs and six fellowship programs, including a large ACGME-accredited Internal Medicine Residency Program, comprised of 60 residents and 2 palliative medicine fellows.
Queens, home to Flushing Meadows Park, is proud to host both the New York Mets baseball team and the US Open Tennis Tournament. As one of the most ethnically diverse urban areas in the world, Queens can satisfy nearly every taste. Foodies covet the Greek cuisine of Astoria and the authentic Asian food in Flushing; others admire the inventive art at Socrates Sculpture Park and the stunning flora at the Queens Botanical Garden. In the borough’s southern extremes, the surf is always up at Rockaway Beach.
The salary range for this position is $225k to $270k. This compensation range does not include our amazing benefits and any incentive payments, based on quality measures and productivity, that may be applicable to this role.
The selected candidate will hold an academic appointment at Weill Cornell Medical College. Academic rank will be commensurate with the candidate’s experience and credentials.
NewYork-Presbyterian is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity.