Medical Director, PM&R Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation – Brown Academic Appointment

Brown University Health has an exciting opportunity for a board-certified physiatrist to serve as medical director at our 28-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility in Newport, Rhode Island. Our growing academically oriented, systems-based, PM&R department is a four-time Guardian of Excellence Award Winner.

About the job:

• Serve as the medical supervisor of inpatient rehabilitation services
• Time is split roughly 25% administrative, 75% clinical
• Provide direct patient care
• Partner with the Chief of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Senior Vice President of Brown University Health, and inpatient PM&R consult physicians to set goals and priorities for program development
• Work primarily with Stroke, amputee, TBI, Spinal Cord, Multiple Trauma, Orthopedic patients
• The team consists of nine others including MD/DOs, physical, occupational and speech & language therapists
• Average length of stay in the unit is 14 days
• Call is 1:7 week
• Brown Academic appointment in the Department of Neurology
• EMR – Epic 

The benefits:

• Competitive compensation
• Malpractice Insurance covered with tail
• CME/licensing/privileges/DEA allowance $3,500 per year
• Excellent academic networking opportunities 

 About you:

• Board certified or eligible in physiatry
• Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
• 2-3 years’ experience preferred but not required 

About us:
The Department of PM&R includes multiple outpatient clinics, with a focus on neurorehabilitation, including concussion/TBI, spinal cord injury, and spasticity management. We also manage general rehabilitation patients with musculoskeletal needs, prosthetics and orthotics, wheelchair management, and oncological rehabilitation
 
Rhode Island is best known for sandy shores and seaside colonial towns. With over 400 miles of coastline and more than 100 Fresh saltwater beaches, we are viewed as the sailing capital of the world. Although the smallest state (37 miles wide and 48 miles long) we are mighty; home to 37 golf courses, 12 colleges, an international airport and offer foodies everything from the finest dining, fantastic food trucks and microbreweries. Easy access to Boston (1 hour) and New York City (3 hours) and a lower cost of living make for a wonderful place to live, work and play. Research opportunities if desired.

Formed in 1994, Brown University Health is a not-for-profit health system based in Providence, RI comprising three teaching hospitals of The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University: Rhode Island Hospital and its Hasbro Children's; The Miriam Hospital; and Bradley Hospital, the nation’s first psychiatric hospital for children; Newport Hospital, Saint Anne's Hospital and Morton Hospital, community hospitals offering a broad range of health services; Gateway Healthcare, the state’s largest provider of community behavioral health care; and Brown Health Medical Group, the largest multi-specialty practice in Rhode Island.

Brown University Health teaching hospitals are among the country’s top recipients of research funding from the US National Institutes of Health. The hospitals received $145 million in external research funding in fiscal 2023. All Brown University Health hospitals are charitable organizations that depend on support from the community to provide programs and services.