Family Medicine Physician (126220)

Job description

Description The University of Rochester Department of Family Medicine is recruiting for a full-time Family Physician with Maternity Care and Obstetrics experience. Join our group of 10 residency-based family physicians and 3 family physicians in community practice who deliver babies. Two family physicians are fellowship-trained and provide Cesarean sections and high-risk backup to our group. Additional backup is provided by our OBGYN colleagues with whom we have a strong and collaborative relationship. Our residency provides one of the more robust OB experiences in the Northeast for our 13-13-13 residency program. Highland Hospital delivers approximately 2500 babies per year and has a lower Cesarean rate than the NY state and national average. Our longstanding Surgical Obstetrics fellowship has expanded from 2 to 4 fellows per year with a new emphasis on training physicians for rural practice funded by our recent HRSA grant. The responsibilities of this position will include inpatient and outpatient obstetrical management; newborn care; and teaching of fellows, residents, and medical students. Candidates with surgical fellowship training are encouraged and eligible for surgical pri...