Pulmonary Physician Openings
Putting Your Needs & Wellbeing Above All Else
Practice Specifics: Seeking 2 Pulmonology Medicine Physicians
St. Luke's Pulmonary Medicine has an excellent opportunity for 2 BC/BE physicians to join an already thriving practice. Various FTEs available.
In addition, St. Luke's Sleep Disorders Center conducts sleep studies for individuals who may have a sleep disorder such as sleep apnea, insomnia, leg movement disorders or narcolepsy.
We treat conditions including:
- Acute or chronic lung infections
- Asthma and exercise-induced asthma
- Acute or chronic bronchitis
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Daytime sleepiness
- Emphysema
- Insomnia/poor sleeping patterns
- Lung cancer
- Occupational lung injury
- Pulmonary fibrosis
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Sarcoidosis
- Shortness of breath
- Sleep apnea
- Assisting with smoking cessation
- Acute respiratory failure from neuromuscular disease
- Ventilator management and various ventilator methods
- Pulmonary rehabilitation
Clinic:
- Typical Schedule: M-F from 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
- Average between 12-14 patients/day
- Primarily 30-minute appointments
Location:
Duluth, MN - Medical Office Pavilion Building (connected to the hospital
via skywalk)
Duluth population: 87,000
Service area: 492,000
Compensation:
Salary range is very competitive
Full benefits
St. Luke's employed position
Meet the Physicians
Community Description:
Nestled on the shores of Lake Superior, Duluth is a regional medical, cultural, entertainment, educational, banking and retail center serving northeast Minnesota, northwest Wisconsin, upper Michigan and southern Ontario, Canada. Cultural activities include the acclaimed Duluth/Superior Symphony Orchestra, professional Minnesota Ballet Company, Duluth Playhouse, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center and Great Lakes Aquarium. Recreational opportunities are bountiful including fishing, camping, golfing, hiking, boating, downhill and cross-country skiing, snowmobiling and skating. This community is home to the College of St. Scholastica, the University of Minnesota Duluth, Lake Superior College, Fond du Lac Community College and across the bay, the University of Wisconsin-Superior.
Duluth also has 23 public schools, three charter schools, one private and four parochial schools. The city's harbor welcomes over 1,000 ocean-going and Great Lakes freighters annually. The physician population is over 400 with one of every seven residents employed in health care and also rated first in the U.S. for quality healthcare in communities of its size. Duluth has 50 restaurants in the downtown area alone and also maintains 23 city parks, sculpture and rose gardens. It was rated by Money Magazine as one of the top four midwestern small cities, based on livability.
St. Luke's is a Level II DNV accredited, 267-bed regional Trauma Center with a hospital in Duluth and primary and 40+ specialty clinics throughout the region. St. Luke's serves patients using the best medical technology available and with the highest level of compassion.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Physician Recruiters
Nimet Jackson 218.249.5103
April Knapp 218.249.5027
mdrecruit@slhduluth.com
915 East 1st St
Duluth, MN 55805
800.321.3790
218.249.3090 (Fax)