Job Type: Regular

Time Type: Full time

Work Shift: Day (United States of America)

FLSA Status: Exempt

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Job Description:

Glaucoma Specialist

Beth Israel Lahey Heath

Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington, MA

Lahey Hospital and Medical Center (a founding member of Beth Israel Lahey Health system) is offering a position for a Glaucoma Specialist to join our Division of Ophthalmology.  We are a physician-led, multi-disciplinary group practice of more than 600 doctors.

Lahey Hospital & Medical Center  (LHMC) is an Independent Academic Medical Center, offering tertiary and quaternary level care. Our academic affiliation is UMass Chan School of Medicine, where most faculty hold appointments, with adjunct positions at Tufts University School of Medicine. The newly formed medical school is a regional campus of UMass.

The successful applicant will join a dynamic ophthalmology service with 16 comprehensive and subspecialty ophthalmologists and 8 optometrists. As a teaching hospital, our MDs qualify for academic appointments at UMass Chan School of Medicine and adjunct academic appointments at Tufts University School of Medicine, where our physicians are a part of the Tufts Ophthalmology Residency program.  Our glaucoma division comprises of four glaucoma specialists on staff, an AUPO approved glaucoma fellowship and an international fellowship program.  Our glaucoma specialists are not only involved in teaching medical students, residents and fellows, but also committed to global work in El Salvador, Turkey. Egypt, and in the past, Tanzania.

All 3 ophthalmology clinic sites and operating rooms at the Peabody campus have state of the art equipment and imaging technologies.   

The successful candidate will be expected to take part in resident teaching and collaborate with colleagues on clinical, academic, and administrative projects.  Research interests are welcomed and supported, though not a requirement for this position.

A world-renowned tertiary academic medical center, LHMC is known for its innovative technology, pioneering medical treatments and leading-edge research. As a physician-led hospital, LHMC offers a legacy of care and education committed to putting the patient at the center through a multidisciplinary, collaborative and team-based approach. LHMC’s research efforts and clinical trials cross numerous medical disciplines, providing patients with access to the latest options in treatment and care.

LHMC is a part of Beth Israel Lahey Health, 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.

Our two hospitals (Burlington and Peabody) and multiple satellite clinics are located in the northern and western suburbs of Boston, with our ophthalmology clinics located in Burlington, Peabody and Arlington.  The area provides excellent school systems, abundant cultural activities, and convenient access to the mountains and seacoast.  

Lahey is an equal opportunity employer, with competitive salary and benefits.

Interested candidates should send a CV and brief cover letter to both:

Shiyoung Roh, MD

Chair of Ophthalmology

Shiyoung.Roh@lahey.org

Renee Castro

Physician Recruiter

Renee.Castro@lahey.org

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) and COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Learn more about this requirement.

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