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.