Excellent Weight Management Physician Opportunity with Large Southeastern Group Practice

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

Hattiesburg Clinic was formed in 1963 with 10 physicians and has grown to over 300 physicians and 150 advanced practitioners. As Mississippi’s largest physician-owned and directed multispecialty group, we are a major contributor to an excellent community healthcare system, serving a patient population of 600,000. The clinic’s numerous primary care locations in the communities surrounding Hattiesburg provide a significant patient referral base. Adjacent to Hattiesburg Clinic is Forrest General Hospital, a 545-bed facility that is recognized throughout South Mississippi for quality care.

Hattiesburg is the cultural, retail, educational and medical hub for South Mississippi. Sports of all kinds are available year round, including golf, canoeing, fishing, hunting, tennis, soccer, cycling and much more! Residents enjoy a wide selection of music, theatre, museums, restaurants, boutiques and major retailers, as well as a host of activities associated with the University of Southern Mississippi and William Carey University. An affordable place to live, Hattiesburg is both cosmopolitan and suburban.

The city is also located near the metropolitan areas of New Orleans, LA and Jackson, MS. Additionally, Hattiesburg is close to the coastal tourism communities of Gulfport, Biloxi, Mobile, Gulf Shores, AL, and the Emerald Coast of Florida.

To learn more about Hattiesburg Clinic and the Hattiesburg community, visit www.HattiesburgClinic.com and www.VisitHBurg.org.