Attending Physician-Infectious Diseases
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Responsibilities
- Provide high-quality inpatient and outpatient clinical care at Tufts Medical Center
- Deliver community-based clinical care at Melrose Wakefield Hospital and our Stoneham clinic as part of an integrated hybrid role
- Diagnose and manage patients with tick-borne illnesses, with a focus on Lyme disease
- Engage in academic activity and research related to tick-borne diseases, supported by institutional resources
- Contribute to ongoing academic initiatives within Tufts' nationally recognized tick-borne disease program
- Participate in teaching and mentorship of medical students, residents, and fellows
- Support the mission of Tufts Medicine through clinical excellence, education, research, and community engagement
Requirements
- M.D. degree, Infectious disease board eligible or certified, with experience appropriate to your career level.
- Strong interest and prior experience in tick-borne illness is highly desired. Research in this area is actively supported through institutional funding.
- Passionate about teaching and supportive of the academic mission
- A champion for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives
- Interested in building collaborative and interdisciplinary work
- A team player who is excited to work cooperatively with a wide range of stakeholders and disciplines to champion world-class research innovation
- Work shift: Full time role
Benefits
Additional Information
Attending Infectious Disease Physician - Tufts Medical Center and Melrose Wakefield Hospital Tufts Medical Center Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Disease is seeking an Attending Infectious Disease Physician interested in tick-borne illnesses to join our team of outstanding physicians. This is a unique hybrid role that blends academic medicine, inpatient care, teaching, research, and community-based clinical practice. This position includes work at Tufts Medical Center in both academic inpatient and outpatient clinical settings, combined with community-facing care at Melrose Wakefield Hospital and our Stoneham clinic . This integrated model offers a rare opportunity to collaborate across academic clinical care and community environments while caring for a broad and diverse patient population. Tufts has been at the forefront of scientific advancement in tick-borne disease research since Lyme disease was first described in the United States in the 1970s. The Tufts Lyme Disease Initiative includes 19 faculty and over 50 members with a focus on tick-borne disease research, making it an outstanding environment for collaboration and research. Currently members of the Tufts Lyme Disease Initiative have over $50 million dollars in active grant funding for the study of Lyme and other tick-borne diseases.
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