Chronic Disease, Cross-Functional, Drug Therapy, Environmental Issues, Family Medicine, Fellowship, Genetics, Internal Medicine, Medicine, Nurse Practitioner, Nursing, Nutrition Disorders, Nutrition Therapy, Obesity, Organizational Skills, Patient Assessment, Pharmacology, Program Evaluation, Registered Nurse (RN), Surgical Procedures, Weight Management
Hattiesburg Clinic is seeking a BC/BE Obesity Medicine physician to join its Weight Management center. This service is the only one of its kind in South Mississippi dedicated to weight management. The adult consultative clinic is a physician-led program providing comprehensive evaluations and management of obesity. This facility treats obesity as a chronic disease and addresses nutrition, exercise, environmental and social issues influencing weight, pharmacology and surgery.
Our team includes a board-certified obesity management physician, nurse practitioner, registered dieticians, wellness nurses, bariatric surgeons and a bariatric surgery coordinator.
What we offer:
- Full-time position for a physician qualified in the evaluation and medical management of patients with obesity and obesity-related co-morbidities
- A large patient referral base
- A multi-disciplinary team and close collaboration with Bariatric Surgeons
- Monday - Friday schedule with limited call
- A first-year guaranteed salary with excellent benefits, including relocation assistance
Minimum Qualifications:
- Completion of an accredited fellowship in Obesity Medicine or BC/BE in Obesity Medicine by the ABOM
- BC/BE in Internal Medicine, and Internal Medicine sub-specialty, or Family Medicine
- Expertise in the field of obesity medicine. This field of medicine requires competency in the genetic, biologic, environmental, social, and behavioral factors that contribute to obesity and a thorough understanding of the treatment of obesity
- Competence with all non-surgical therapeutic interventions including diet, physical activity, behavioral change, and pharmacotherapy, and in providing peri and post-surgical care of metabolic and bariatric surgery patients
- Eligible for a Mississippi medical license