Position Description:
Open Rank- Family Medicine- Addiction Medicine Preferred
Core Faculty | North Side Milwaukee Teaching Health Centers Family Medicine Residency Program @ Outreach Community Health Centers | Milwaukee, WI
CLINICIAN EDUCATOR PATHWAY | DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY & COMMUNITY MEDICINE| MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN
This position will lead a groundbreaking initiative to address the opioid overdose crisis in Milwaukee, WI. This role involves directing the Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program, which prioritizes the delivery of low-threshold Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) services at the North Side Milwaukee Health Center and inpatient settings such as Froedtert Hospital.
This position will spearhead workforce development to alleviate the shortage of clinicians equipped to treat opioid use disorders, with a specific focus on health equity, community partnerships, and sustainable medical education. This role will involve significant teaching, advising fellows, residents, and medical students, and participating in scholarly activities. The Fellowship Director will ensure the program’s compliance with ACGME requirements, while fostering an environment of clinical and educational excellence.
Key Roles & Responsibilities:
Program Leadership & Development:
1) Direct & develop the Addiction Medicine Fellowship, ensuring alignment with ACGME standards and institutional missions
2) Design and implement a fellowship curriculum that emphasizes low-threshold MOUD services, addiction care, mental health services, and primary care, particularly for vulnerable populations in Milwaukee’s most affected communities
3) Integrate social determinants of health into the fellowship's approach, ensuring that care delivery reduces health disparities & advances health equity in underserved areas
Clinical & Teaching Responsibilities:
1) Provide full scope addiction medicine care and broader primary care services to people who use drugs (PWUD) at the North Side Milwaukee Health Center, as well as supervise inpatient consultation services at Froedtert Hospital
2) Precept & mentor fellows, residents, & medical students, developing their clinical & behavioral health skills in addiction medicine and fostering a compassionate, biopsychosocial approach to care
3) Teach & supervise fellows in their inpatient rounds & outpatient care, ensuring the program meets the educational goals of producing skilled, knowledgeable addiction medicine clinicians
Community Engagement & Partnerships:
1) Build and strengthen formal partnerships with key community organizations (e.g.: United Community Center, Meta House, Veterans Administration) to create a collaborative network that extends addiction care beyond traditional healthcare settings
2) Engage in community-based initiatives to improve access to care for PWUD, particularly in the 53204 zip code, and develop programs that address housing, peer support, counseling, group therapy, and recovery services
3) Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to improve health outcomes for patients reduce emergency service utilization, and lower readmission rates
Scholarly & Administrative Duties:
1) Foster a culture of scholarly activity among fellows and faculty, promoting research, publications, and quality improvement projects that address the opioid crisis and addiction medicine practices
2) Ensure the program complies with all ACGME reporting and institutional policies, including timely documentation and verification of fellows’ education and performance
3) Oversee faculty development and approve or remove physicians and non-physician educators based on performance and contribution to the educational mission
4) Pursue grant funding opportunities to further the development of the primary care addiction medicine enterprise at the forest home health center
Medical Education & Training Development:
1) Advance medical education by incorporating a biopsychosocial model of addiction care, ensuring fellows are trained to address the complex bio-psycho-social aspects of addiction
2) Collaborate with faculty to develop fellows as skilled educators, preparing them to teach in or initiate addiction medicine fellowship programs in their future careers
3) Lead efforts to destigmatize addiction care through educational initiatives that include the lived experiences of PWUD, promoting empathy and comprehensive care models
Benefits & Perks:
- Competitive salary
- Protected academic time, in addition to meeting & vacation time
- Access to state-of-the-art facilities & resources in a supportive & collaborative work environment
- Excellent CME allowance
- Generous 403(b) retirement plan with an 8% employer contribution
- Robust benefits package, including health, dental, life insurance, disability coverage, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement program, & more
- Qualifying employer in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program, offering eligible employees the opportunity to have their student loans forgiven after qualifying years of service
Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) is a major academic medical center, a large, multispecialty practice, and the largest research institution in the Milwaukee metro area. MCW is a distinguished leader and innovator in the education and development of the next generation of physicians, scientists, pharmacists and health professionals; we discover and translate new knowledge in the biomedical and health sciences; we provide cutting-edge, collaborative, patient care of the highest quality; and we improve the health of the communities we serve. The Medical College of Wisconsin is one of only two Medical Schools in Wisconsin and in partnership with Froedtert Hospital and the Froedtert Health System and Medical College Physicians, with more than 1,250 physicians serve Milwaukee and Southeast Wisconsin.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, located along the Lake Michigan shoreline, is one of America’s great cities, combining a dynamic urban community with a rich cultural heritage with access to parks, rivers, and other outdoor recreation. Milwaukee is the largest city in Wisconsin and the 23rd largest city in the United States. It is home to corporate headquarters for industry leaders including Northwestern Mutual, Johnson Controls, Manpower, Harley Davidson, and others. Milwaukee is a popular venue for sailing, windsurfing, kite-surfing, ethnic dining, and cultural festivals; the city is recognized for its museums, fine dining and hotels, professional sports, gardens and parks, and Milwaukee County Zoological Gardens. The population of the City of Milwaukee is approximately 600,000 and approximately 1.8 million people live in the greater Milwaukee area.
Interested candidates should complete our brief online application via the following link:
Medical College of Wisconsin - Open Rank- Family Medicine-Addiction Medicine Preferred - Milwaukee WI
Or email CV & cover letter to:
Gina Haldiman, Sr. Physician Recruiter- Medical College of Wisconsin, rhaldiman@mcw.edu
Position Requirements:
MD or DO (foreign medical equivalent)
Graduation from an accredited Family Medicine residency program
Board certification/board eligibility in Family Medicine
WI medical licensure (or eligiblility for same)
- Board certification/board eligibility in Addicition Medicine
- Addiction medicine & curriculum development leadership experience, with a commitment to improving health equity, reducing health disparities, and addressing social determinants of health & community-based addiction care
Strong addiction medicine & family medicine procedural skills
Experience in providing prenatal care to PWUD, with the opportunity to participate in a multidisciplinary clinic designed to improve the care of this vulnerable patient population
MCW as an Equal Opportunity Employer and Commitment to Non-Discrimination
The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to fostering a diverse community of outstanding faculty, staff, and students, as well as ensuring equal educational opportunity, employment, and access to services, programs, and activities, without regard to an individual's race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, sex, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristic, or military status. Employees, students, applicants or other members of the MCW community (including but not limited to vendors, visitors, and guests) may not be subjected to harassment that is prohibited by law or treated adversely or retaliated against based upon a protected characteristic.
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