Attending Physician

Attending Physician
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai — New York, NY

Provide state-of-the-art, evidence-based, critical care by investigating, diagnosing and treating acutely ill patients. Manage complex pathologies including acute respiratory failure (ARDS), septic shock, multisystem organ failure, and severe neurological emergencies. Perform and supervise life-saving procedures including complex endotracheal intubations, central venous and arterial catheterizations, continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) and advanced diagnostic point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS). Mentor and teach critical care fellows, medical residents, advanced practice providers (NPs/PAs), clinical pharmacists and respiratory therapists in formulating and executing complex, evidence-based care plans. Chair the Data Reporting Committee for the Institute for Critical Care Medicine, leveraging clinical informatics and data analytics to optimize ICU triage protocols, track health system quality metrics and drive initiatives that reduce ventilator-associated events and mortality rates. Attend department and division faculty meetings, conduct research on artificial intelligence in critical care, critical global health challenges, lead Morbidity and Mortality (M&M) conferences, and lead daily clinical rounds. Requirements:Doctor of Medicine Degree or foreign equivalent, plus four-year residency* in Emergency Medicine, plus two-year fellowship** in Critical Care Medicine. *Emergency medicine clinical training must have included evaluating, diagnosing, and providing acute and urgent care to patients; conducting patient interviews and physical examinations of patients in all stages of acute, unscheduled care, including urgent care, virtual care, acute emergent medical conditions and emergency department-based critical care; conducting adult trauma resuscitations, cardiac pacing, central venous access, cricothyroidotomy, emergency department bedside ultrasound, endotracheal intubations, lumbar puncture, pediatric medical resuscitation, pediatric trauma resuscitations, pericardiocentesis, procedural sedation, vaginal delivery, and wound management; and using bedside ultrasonography in emergency medicine and selection of appropriate imaging modality including ultrasound, X-ray, CT scan, MRI, and PET/CT. **Critical care medicine clinical training must have included performing intubations, bronchoscopies, percutaneous tracheostomy, and transvenous pacemaker placement; inserting venous and arterial lines, chest tubes, and pulmonary artery catheters; writing parenteral nutrition orders for ICU and short bowel syndrome patients; and managing and writing orders for Continuous Veno-Venous Hemofiltration and providing Central Venous Access Services (CVAS) including triple lumen catheter, large bore dual lumen catheters (dialysis, stem cell harvesting, plasmapheresis), and peripherally inserted central catheters on non-ICU inpatient and patients. Must be eligible for Medical License with NY State Board of Medicine and have passed FLEX examination or equivalent (i.e. NMBE III or USMLE III). Must be Board certified by American Board of Emergency Medicine. #LI-DNI To apply: Send rsum to vasilina.kim@mountsinai.org. Must ref. #9026573.