GI Hospitalist

Academic Gastroenterology Hospitalist Opportunity

University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) is seeking an academic gastroenterology hospitalist to join its rapidly expanding Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. This is a rare opportunity to join and help shape a growing academic division that is actively investing heavily in inpatient services, faculty expansion, advanced clinical programs, expanding facilities, and long-term infrastructure growth and development. As inpatient demand continues to increase, UTMB leadership has identified GI hospitalist recruitment as a top strategic priority.

The successful candidate will join a collegial faculty team dedicated to exceptional patient care, education, and academic excellence while helping create a sustainable inpatient care model that supports both patient access and faculty success. Leadership is open to creative scheduling structures, including heavily inpatient-focused practice models and block scheduling for physicians who prefer hospital-based medicine.

Opportunity Highlights

• Rare opportunity to help build and define a growing academic GI hospitalist program.
• Join an academic division expanding from approximately 15 faculty to more than 20 physicians.
• Focus on complex inpatient gastroenterology and hepatology consultative care.
• Flexible scheduling options, including block-based inpatient practice.
• Teach fellows, residents, and medical students in a robust academic environment.
• Protected academic time and institutional support for scholarly activity.
• Strong research infrastructure without sacrificing meaningful clinical practice.
• Practice within a high-acuity tertiary care environment with significant procedural complexity and multidisciplinary collaboration.
• Live in coastal Galveston, League City, Clear Lake, or elsewhere within the Greater Houston region.

Candidate Qualifications

• MD or DO
• Board certified or board eligible in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology
• Eligible for Texas medical licensure
• Interest in academic medicine, inpatient GI care, and medical education

Why UTMB?

UTMB offers a unique opportunity to join a division that is actively investing in the future of gastroenterology and hepatology. Physicians can build meaningful academic careers while maintaining a strong clinical practice, participating in fellowship education, developing subspecialty expertise, and contributing to the growth of an institution committed to innovation, collaboration, and long-term success. The combination of academic opportunity, clinical complexity, institutional support, and Greater Houston lifestyle flexibility creates a compelling destination for gastroenterologists seeking lasting impact.