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 is the largest physician-owned and directed multispecialty group in Mississippi and one of the largest in the Southeast. Founded in 1963 with 10 physicians, Hattiesburg Clinic has grown over the years to a staff of more than 300 physicians and 100 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.

Hattiesburg Clinic offers a complete benefit program, compensation package, and allotted vacation time designed specifically for your needs as a physician. These benefits contribute to our 98% physician retention rate.

Our physicians are an integral part of a thriving medical community. The city of Hattiesburg includes two large hospitals. Adjacent to Hattiesburg Clinic is Forrest General Hospital, a 545-bed Level II Regional Trauma Center. Merit Health Wesley, a privately owned 211-bed acute care hospital, is located in West Hattiesburg.

With an unsurpassed quality of life and a supportive working environment, Hattiesburg Clinic provides an ideal place to live and practice.

Located in South Mississippi, the city of Hattiesburg serves as the medical, educational and business center to more than 600,000 people. Hattiesburg is known as Mississippi's Hub City due to its easy access to nearby communities like the Gulf Coast, New Orleans, Jackson and Mobile.

Another Hattiesburg attraction is its unique cultural amenities. The influence of two local universities, The University of Southern Mississippi and William Carey University, provide residents with an array of activities ranging from great sporting events to concerts with world class artists.

With the region's mild climate, you can enjoy outdoor activities all year, as well as great shopping venues, restaurants and recreational activities.

From historic neighborhoods to stylish lakeside communities, Hattiesburg offers a variety of residential areas for you to call "home."

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