Director of Osteopathic Recognition - UMass Memorial Medical Group - Fitchburg, MA

UMass Memorial Medical Group seeks an Osteopathic Family Medicine physician to work as a leader in the Osteopathic space for the organization. We welcome and support physician caregivers from all Academic Ranks to apply and join us in our relentless pursuit of healing.

You will provide primary care family medicine services including OMM in our Fitchburg clinic and work alongside other DO’s whose goal is to improve access to osteopathic evaluation and treatment for our patients. The Department of Family Medicine at UMass Memorial

Teaching Requirements:

• Actively participates in teaching our residents to include 1-2 lectures per month, one of which is an osteopathic manipulation workshop for both DO’s and MD’s
• Maintains an osteopathic student elective which includes training in OMM. You will select and supervise osteopathic students on elective clerkships in the residency clinic 1/month, 8 months per year.
• You will have the opportunity to teach DO residents in the UMass Worcester Family Medicine Residency to include precept/supervise residents as they incorporate osteopathic manipulation in continuity clinic
• As a leader in this space, you will participate in resident evaluation with the CCC and program evaluation committee, which will also include quarterly feedback to residents and reports for the CCC

Director of Osteopathic Recognition:

Maintain Osteopathic Recognition curriculum and program with a 24-month rolling curriculum (AOA residency before the merger and Osteopathic Recognition since the merger)

• Update and keep current Osteopathic Recognition requirements.
• Update and adjust the osteopathic curriculum to fit the expertise and focus of the Director of Osteopathic Recognition and DO faculty.
• Coordinate osteopathic curriculum with faculty members.
• Participate in NEOMEN (University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine – New England Osteopathic Education Consortium)
• Review all osteopathic applicant files and interview candidates. A consortium of Program Directors from the Northeast region and faculty from University of New England
• Represent the program in national residency fair (ACOFP conference yearly)

Why UMass:

• Centrally located in Massachusetts, UMass is the premier health care system in the region, noted for our academic excellence and leading cutting-edge research.
• Many of our physicians are both clinicians of UMass Memorial Health and faculty of UMass Chan Medical School. As such, we serve as the bridge between both institutions, working collaboratively as physicians and researchers from different specialties and areas of expertise.
• All of us are continuously learning, therefore we prioritize physician professional development to invest in the growth of our doctors. 

We are able to consider and support candidates who will need Visa sponsorship.

UMass Memorial Health is the health and wellness partner of the people of Central Massachusetts.

Through pain and pandemics, our commitment to our communities never wanes. We use knowledge and innovation to create breakthrough medicine. To create jobs. To make life better for those we serve. We are leaders in the training of physicians and those who work in every facet of health care. We make outstanding care accessible for all, regardless of ability to pay. We stand for quality, compassion, dignity, opportunity and fairness. And we are relentless in our pursuit of healing.

UMass Memorial Health is the largest health care system in Central Massachusetts. We are the clinical partner of the UMass Chan Medical School, with access to the latest technology, research and clinical trials.

UMass Memorial Medical Center leads the region in providing cutting edge medical technology, including innovative diagnostic and treatment options. Our experienced staff includes specialists who are experts in their field. No matter where you receive health care within our network of hospitals, you have access to the knowledge, innovation and expertise of UMass Memorial Medical Center:

• The only designated Level I Trauma Center for adults in Central Massachusetts
• Home to the Duddie Massad Emergency and Trauma Center and Life Flight, New England’s first hospital-based air ambulance
• The region’s only Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, providing expert care for ill or premature newborns
• Ranked sixth in Massachusetts by US News & World Report as best regional hospital
• Recognized by US News & World Report as high performing in diabetes, heart attack, heart bypass surgery, heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), kidney failure, lung cancer surgery, and stroke
• Named one of America’s Top 50 Teaching Hospitals by The Washington Monthly 
• Ranked 24^th in the nation’s top hospitals by the Lown Institute
• Recognized by Healthgrades with the following awards and designations: Critical Care Excellence Award, Coronary Intervention Excellence Award, America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Care Award, America’s 50 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Surgery Award

Our health system includes four hospitals and behavioral health services:

• UMass Memorial Medical Center (Worcester)
• UMass Memorial Health – HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital (Fitchburg, Clinton and Leominster)
• UMass Memorial Health – Marlborough Hospital (Marlborough)
• UMass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital (Southbridge)
• Community Healthlink (Worcester)

Our hospitals are fully accredited by the Joint Commission, a national organization that sets quality standards for hospitals. In addition to our fully equipped medical centers, our health system also includes home health and hospice programs, behavioral health programs and community-based physician practices.

We have an affiliation with CareWell Urgent Care to provide regional urgent care services. Also, the UMass Memorial Medical Group provides high quality, low-cost outpatient surgery services at The Surgery Center in Shrewsbury.

We are committed to using our breadth of connected health resources to ensure you receive the best, most appropriate care you need to heal.

With our knowledge, innovation, and compassion, we relentlessly pursue healing for you and all of our patients. Our team includes specialists who are nationally acclaimed for their expertise and leadership in areas such as:

• Heart and vascular care
• Orthopedics
• Cancer
• Diabetes
• Surgery
• Newborn intensive care
• Children’s services
• Women’s services
• Emergency medicine and trauma