Occupational Medicine Physician

The University of Texas at Tyler School of Medicine is seeking a Faculty BE / BC Occupational and Environmental Medicine physician to join our region's leading program serving the beautiful communities of East Texas. Based out of Tyler, Texas, this role thrives in providing quality patient care, committee participation, and didactic training to residents and medical students. The selected candidate will receive a faculty appointment commensurate with their credentials.

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The Health Science Center hosts :

• An established occupational health clinic that is a member of the Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics (AOEC) and that offers a broad range of occupational health services to workers, employers, and other clients from across the region as well as professional physician services at selected plant-based facilities;
• One of only two ACGME-accredited occupational medicine residency programs in Texas and U.S. Public Health Region 6, and is partially supported through a NIOSH Training Project Grant as well as CMMS capped GME positions;
• A newly established public health / general preventive medicine residency in a sister Department of Preventive Medicine and Population Health;
• A robust portfolio of grants, contracts, and research initiatives in related occupational, environmental, and public health disciplines (e.g., occupational respiratory diseases).This includes the NIOSH-supported Southwest Center for Agricultural Health, Injury Prevention, and Education.

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Recruitment Package may include :

Your Health System :

The UT Health East Texas system is comprised of nine hospitals, more than 90 physician clinics, over 500 employed providers, 13 regional rehabilitation facilities, two freestanding emergency centers, six urgent care clinics, regional home health services covering 41 counties, an EMS fleet of more than 60 ambulances and four helicopters, and a comprehensive seven-trauma center care network, including a Level 1 trauma center. Our primary service area has a population of over 600,000.

As a partner with the University of Texas System, UT Health East Texas is uniquely positioned to provide East Texans with access to leading-edge research and clinical therapies while training and educating the next generation of providers and other health professionals. Graduate Medical Education is an integral component at UT Health East Texas. With Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Occupational Medicine, and Psychiatry residency programs, we also welcomed our first class of medical students in 2023 in partnership with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler.

Community Information :

Tyler is centrally located in Northeast, TX about halfway between Dallas and Shreveport. It is the largest retail, medical and business center in Upper East, TX.