Family Medicine - Physician

Family Medicine - Physician at Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University - Temple Health summary :

Family Medicine Physicians at the Department of Family and Community Medicine provide high-quality, patient-centered care while serving diverse, underserved urban populations. They engage in medical education by teaching and mentoring residents and students within an ACGME-accredited residency program. The role emphasizes collaboration, equity, clinical research, and community partnership in a supportive academic health system environment.

The Department of Family and Community Medicine (DFCM) seeks qualified family medicine physicians to join the faculty of our ACGME-approved Family Medicine Residency program as clinician educators.

If you are a collaborative, team-minded family medicine physician with a passion for providing high quality, patient-centered, evidence-based care to a diverse patient population, while teaching medical students and residents, and you share our dynamic team’s commitment to equity, integrity, communication, innovation and creativity : this may be the opportunity you’ve been looking for!

The Department of Family and Community Medicine at LKSOM has been serving the community for over 120 years and currently has 12 core faculty members who are based at its main site at the Temple University Health Sciences Campus, Temple Women and Families Hospital, and an extensive number of affiliated sites in the community. The Department is known for its partnerships and outreach programs with the North Philadelphia community and for its innovative approaches to caring for underserved urban population, while training the next generation of physicians for underserved urban communities.

Why Temple?

• A uniquely supportive practice environment strengthened by Temple’s mission-driven culture to provide and promote world class equitable patient care, research, and medical education;
• Individual career development, and collegiality among faculty members;
• The chance to influence the development of the program during a period of expansion;

Opportunity to pursue clinical interests such as family medicine obstetrics, addiction medicine, HIV care, etc.

Candidate Qualifications

Keywords :

family medicine, physician, patient-centered care, medical education, clinical research, community health, urban healthcare, ACGME residency, board certified, health equity