Infectious Disease Attending

• Diverse Clinical Practice: Enjoy a rewarding mix of inpatient and outpatient infectious disease medicine.
• Specialized HIV Care: Make a direct impact through our Comprehensive Care Center and community-based services.
• Academic Engagement: Mentor medical students and residents while participating in educational and scholarly activities.
• Program Development: Help shape antimicrobial stewardship and quality improvement initiatives.
• Collaborative Environment: Work alongside dedicated physicians and multidisciplinary healthcare professionals.
• Community Impact: Serve a diverse patient population with a broad range of infectious disease needs.

Clinical Care & Patient Management

• Provide comprehensive inpatient and outpatient infectious disease consultations.
• Deliver specialized HIV care through our Comprehensive Care Center, including care for scheduled clinic patients during assigned clinic hours.
• Provide clinical services to patients at the Paterson Board of Health STD Clinic.
• Manage the care of hospitalized patients with HIV admitted to the Infectious Disease Service.
• Participate in Infectious Disease on-call coverage, averaging no more than 1 in 4 over a 12-month period.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver coordinated, evidence-based patient care.

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Program Development

• Play an active role in advancing our antibiotic utilization and antimicrobial stewardship programs.
• Develop and implement clinical guidelines and educational initiatives that promote appropriate antibiotic use.
• Support efforts to reduce antimicrobial resistance, adverse drug events, drug interactions, and unnecessary healthcare costs.
• Monitor the utilization of select high-cost antimicrobial agents and newly FDA-approved therapies.
• Help improve clinical outcomes through effective infection prevention and treatment strategies.

Academic Medicine & Teaching

• Teach, mentor, and supervise medical students and residents rotating through the Infectious Disease Service, Infectious Disease elective, and Comprehensive Care Center.
• Participate in resident didactic lectures, morning reports, board review courses, and faculty development activities.
• Contribute to an engaging learning environment that supports the next generation of physicians.

Quality Improvement & Scholarly Activities

• Support the development and implementation of evidence-based clinical guidelines, including recommendations established by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA).
• Participate in clinical research, scholarly projects, and quality improvement initiatives.
• Pursue opportunities to present and publish scholarly work in peer-reviewed medical journals.
• Participate in Infectious Disease Division meetings, Department of Medicine meetings, and Medical Grand Rounds.

• MD or DO degree from an accredited medical school.
• Completion of an accredited Internal Medicine residency and Infectious Disease fellowship.
• Board certification or board eligibility in Infectious Disease.
• Eligibility for an unrestricted New Jersey medical license.
• Strong clinical judgment, communication skills, and a patient-centered approach.
• Interest in HIV medicine, antimicrobial stewardship, medical education, and collaborative clinical care.