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Job Description:
Geriatric Medicine Physician
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center (LHMC) Burlington, MA, United States
✨ The Opportunity
The Division of Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center is seeking a board certified/eligible Geriatric Medicine Physician to help develop and lead an inpatient geriatrics consultation service.
This role is key to our clinical, educational, and quality improvement missions.
🏥 What You Will Do
Assist with developing an inpatient geriatric consultation service within Lahey’s academic medical center.
Provide consultation services as part of interdisciplinary care.
Support LHMC’s plans to become an Age-Friendly Health System
Teach geriatric care principles to interdisciplinary professional learners, including medical students and residents
Commit to promoting quality care transitions.
🎓 Program & Educational Focus
LHMC is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School.
Professional Development: We support candidates' interests with available clinical, educational, and academic opportunities.
Preferred: Interest and experience in program development.
Academic Appointment: Opportunity for an academic appointment with the University of Massachusetts Chan School of Medicine (commensurate with achievement).
✅ Qualifications & Requirements
Candidates must meet the following:
Completed Geriatric Medicine Fellowship training by hire date or demonstrate comparable experience.
Board certified/eligible in Geriatric Medicine.
Demonstrate passion for clinical geriatrics.
📍 About Lahey Hospital & Medical Center
LHMC is a member of Beth Israel Lahey Health (BILH), an integrated healthcare system including 4 academic medical centers and 14 member hospitals.
LHMC has been recognized as one of America’s 50 best hospitals by Healthgrades in 2023, 2024, and 2025
Location: Conveniently located in Burlington, MA, approximately 15 miles northwest of Boston.
The Area: Offers excellent schools, academic institutions, and abundant cultural/recreational amenities, with a short drive to the New England lakes, mountains, and shores.
📧 How to Apply
Interested candidates should forward a letter of interest and CV to:
Gary Winzelberg, MD, Chair, Division of Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine c/o Janet Waters (Physician Recruiter)
Email: [email protected]
Beth Israel Lahey Health, including all of its employing entities, are a purpose-driven, values-based organization that unites our workforce of people who provide exceptional health care to everyone we serve. All of the employing entities of Beth Israel Lahey Health maintain policies of equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination in employment. Please see here for more information about our purpose and values (https://bilh.org/about/purpose-values) and here for more information about our Equal Employment Opportunity Policy (https://bilh.org/careers/eeo-policy).
Pay Range:
$220,000.00 USD - $240,000.00 USDThe pay range listed for this position is the annual base salary range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation may be determined based on several factors, that may include education, training, relevant experience, specialty, geography of work location, productivity, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law. In addition to base compensation, this position may be eligible for performance-based incentive compensation, which may include productivity and quality bonuses.
As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/DisabledSkills Required
- Completed Geriatric Medicine Fellowship training by hire date or comparable experience.
- Board certified or board eligible in Geriatric Medicine.
- Demonstrated passion for clinical geriatrics.
- Interest and experience in program development.
- Influenza vaccination as a condition of employment.
What We Do
Beth Israel Lahey Health is a new, integrated system providing patients with better care wherever they are. Care informed by world-class research and education. We are doctors and nurses, technicians and social workers, innovators and educators, and so many others. All with a shared vision for what health care can and should be
