Flexible Schedule & Work-Life Balance! Gastroenterologist Opportunity in a Thriving, Family-Friendly Lakeside Community

UPMC Hamot located in Erie, Pennsylvania is seeking a Board-Eligible or Board-Certified Gastroenterologist.

Erie is an ideal destination for family living with high-quality educational opportunities, a vibrant cultural scene, and endless recreational activities to enjoy. Plus, Erie is situated less than two hours from Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Buffalo. Toronto is less than four hours away. You will love living here!

Bayfront Digestive Disease, established in 1984, is part of UPMC Hamot’s Center for Digestive Health. The practice is focused on the management of digestive disorders in adults and pediatrics (12 years and older) and includes six physicians, nine advance practice providers, along with a support staff of 35.

The center unites the region’s largest and most comprehensive team of digestive health physicians and surgeons, who provide diagnosis, treatment, and surgery procedures for digestive diseases. An in-house infusion suite can accommodate up to 10 patients.

Bayfront Digestive Disease offers the following procedures: Colonoscopy, EGD, ERCP, BRAVO, Capsule Endoscopy, Radiofrequency ablation therapy (HALO®), Radiofrequency (Stretta®), Infusion therapy, Hepatitis C treatment. Candidate can expect approximately 80% inpatient/procedures and approximately 20% office.

UPMC Hamot uses the latest endoscope technology to help diagnose disease in the upper and lower gastrointestinal tract. New high-definition technology provides physicians with sharper images and better contrast. UPMC Hamot is the only hospital in the region currently using this state-of-the-art equipment. The UPMC Hamot GI lab is a designated ASGE Center of Excellence.

Qualifications and details include:

• Board Certified or Board Eligible
• Candidates should have a broad gastroenterology skill set with a willingness to learn new techniques, participate in new procedures and evolve as a gastroenterologist
• Excellent interpersonal skills and collaborative disposition
• This job opportunity does not offer J waiver sponsorship
• ERCP not required but preferred. Mentorship provided

Candidates can expect: 

• $100,000 sign on bonus or student loan incentive
• Flexible scheduling to create a sustainable balance between professional goals and personal life
• Competitive base salary commensurate with experience/training
• Non-Profit Health System, Employed Model *PSLF Eligible
• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Short and long-term disability
• Group Life insurance
• Enhanced compensation package
• Paid Parental Leave
• Tuition assistance for self, dependent and/or spouse/domestic partner
• Paid occurrence-based malpractice insurance
• Robust retirement plans
• Customary and reasonable moving expenses
• H1B candidates welcome to apply

About UPMC Hamot

UPMC Hamot is a 458-bed hospital in Erie, PA, offering a full complement of inpatient and outpatient services, and serves as a regional referral hub and Level II Trauma Center. Supported by over 650 physicians and nearly 4,000 dedicated employees, UPMC Hamot’s mission is to serve its patients, communities, and one another in the UPMC Hamot tradition of quality, health, healing, and education. UPMC Hamot’s superior health care services are continually recognized by notable accrediting bodies.

About Erie, PA

What makes Erie, PA so easy to love? Let’s start with what comes naturally: a seven-mile sandy shoreline that joins Pennsylvania’s fifth-largest city with the majestic Great Lake that shares its name. The outdooring paradise that is Presque Isle State Park. Then add in the ever-growing list of fun and affordable activities throughout the region. Amusement and water parks. Distinct eateries. Sports galore. And the largest grape-growing region east of the Rocky Mountains. Erie is an ideal destination for family living with high-quality educational opportunities, a vibrant cultural scene, and short commutes to and from work or school. An easy drive from Ohio, New York, Western PA, and Canada, Erie is ready to welcome you to our beautiful shores! To learn more about what Erie has to offer visit www.visiteriepa.com.

About UPMC

A $26 billion health care provider and insurer, Pittsburgh-based UPMC is inventing new models of patient-centered, cost-effective, accountable care. The largest nongovernmental employer in Pennsylvania, UPMC integrates 95,000 employees, 40 hospitals, 800 doctors’ offices and outpatient sites, and a nearly 4.5 million-member Insurance Services Division, the largest medical insurer in western Pennsylvania. In the most recent fiscal year, UPMC contributed $1.5 billion in benefits to its communities, including more care to the region’s most vulnerable citizens than any other health care institution, and paid more than $900 million in federal, state, and local taxes. Working in close collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences, UPMC shares its clinical, managerial, and technological skills worldwide through its innovation and commercialization arm, UPMC Enterprises, and through UPMC International. U.S. News consistently ranks UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside among the nation’s best hospitals in many specialties and ranks UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh on its Honor Roll of America’s Best Children’s Hospitals. For more information, go to UPMC.com.

Our Values

At UPMC, we’re driven by shared values that guide our work and keep us accountable to one another. Our Values of Quality & Safety, Dignity & Respect, Caring & Listening, Responsibility & Integrity, Excellence & Innovation play a vital role in creating a cohesive, positive experience for our employees, patients, health plan members, and community.

Supporting a Diverse Workplace

UPMC respects that talent and skill are not limited but enhanced by the diversity and cultural expertise staff brings to the workplace. Having a diverse employee presence at all levels provides a wealth of benefits. It ensures we have the knowledge, critical thinking, agility, and innovation required of a leading and forward-thinking integrated health care system.