Transplant Psychiatrist, Northwell Transplant Institute

Northwell Health, one of the nation’s largest academic healthcare systems, is recruiting a Transplant Psychiatrist to be a key member of Northwell’s Transplant Institute’s growing Transplant Psychiatry team, which articulates with the Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry program at North Shore University Hospital (NSUH). The successful candidate will help implement the vision of comprehensive and multidisciplinary behavioral health services for transplant patients at NSUH, including:

• Provision of inpatient psychiatric consultations and follow-up visits to medical/surgical inpatient transplant candidates and donors.
• Addressing the psychiatric, psychological and social challenges associated with organ transplantation,
• Performing donor evaluations for suitability of living organ donors.
• Engaging in multidisciplinary collaboration with – medicine specialists, surgeons, nurses, social workers, and other healthcare professionals.
• Evaluating and treating patients pre- and post-transplant (inpatient and outpatient) that have behavioral complications from medical illness, medications, and/or psychiatric disorders that are co-morbid with medical and surgical conditions, and medical complications of different psychiatric disorders.

While the transplant psychiatrist is a full-time position based in the Transplant Psychiatry team within the Northwell Transplant Institute, this individual is also a full-fledged member of the Department of Psychiatry with diverse academic opportunities that include attendance at Psychiatry Grand Rounds, faculty meetings, and faculty development seminars; and training and supervision of psychiatry residents, psychosomatic medicine fellows, and rotating medical students.

Northwell Transplant Institute

The Northwell Transplant Institute combines all solid organ transplant programs which include the heart, lung, liver, and kidney programs under one umbrella. The Transplant Institute has a strong partnership with the Departments of Medicine, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Psychiatry and Northwell’s Lung Institute. With an integrated network of dedicated interdisciplinary clinical and administrative professionals, Northwell has continued to invest in system-wide organ failure programs across several hospitals, regions, and ambulatory sites. Northwell also has a robust ECMO and ECMO-to-go program, supported by the Northwell Center for Emergency Medicine Services (EMS). Northwell EMS operates one of the largest hospital-based EMS services in the country, an integrated centralized transfer center, as well as a multi-aircraft air-medical transport program. The Northwell Transplant Institute’s committed and highly trained team of medical and surgical transplant specialists use innovative and collaborative approaches to improve outcomes and access to transplantation for patients with all stagesof endorgan failure.

Transplant procedures are performed at two top-ranked hospitals with advanced surgical capabilities and specialty trained staff – North Shore University Hospital and Cohen Children’s Medical Center.Before and after the transplant procedure, patients may be seen at one of team’s 40+ office locations.

North Shore University Hospital (NSUH)

North Shore University Hospital, a 766-bed teaching hospital, is one of the cornerstones of Northwell Health, providing the full spectrum of clinical healthcare services for patients of all ages. Located 10 minutes from Zucker Hillside Hospital, the flagship behavioral health facility of Northwell, in Manhasset, New York, NSUH employs more than 1,900 nurses and 6,000 staff members. NSUH was ranked as the best hospital in New York State and was nationally recognized in 9 specialties on the U.S. News & World Report’s 2023-24 Best Hospitals rankings. It also received a 5-star rating in 2023 by CMS – the highest possible rating. North Shore University Hospital is a major university teaching hospital for the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. With a 58-acre campus, NSUH has the space and resources to provide a wide range of specialty and subspecialty residency programs, postgraduate training programs, and clinical fellowships for research and education. North Shore University Hospital has recently completed a $560 million, 288,000-square-foot expansion project inclusive of 18 new operating rooms and 132 intensive care rooms. The Department of Psychiatry operates a highly regarded Consultation Liaison (CL) Psychiatry service that also encompasses care delivery to emergency department patients with psychiatric complaints and conditions.

Northwell Health

Northwell Health is New York State’s largest health care provider and private employer, with 28 hospitals and 1,050 outpatient facilities. We care for over two million people annually in the New York metro area and beyond, bolstered by philanthropic support from our communities. Our 103,500 employees – 19,000+ nurses and 12,000+ credentialed physicians, including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners – are working to change health care for the better. We’re making breakthroughs in medicine at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. We're training the next generation of medical professionals at the visionary Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and the Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies. For information on our more than 100 medical specialties, visit Northwell.edu and follow us @NorthwellHealth on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn. Northwell has been named as a Best Workplaces in Healthcare (Fortune, Modern Healthcare, Glassdoor), America’s Most Innovative Companies (Fortune), and the no. 1 health system nationally for advancing diversity and inclusion (DiversityInc).

The successful candidate will ideally possess the following qualifications and experience:

Education and Experience

• Board certified in Psychiatry with advanced training in transplant psychiatry preferred. Candidates who are fellowship trained in either Psychosomatic Medicine (Consultation Liaison Psychiatry) or Addiction Psychiatry are preferred.
• Must have or be eligible for New York State medical licensure.
• Minimum of 2 years of attending-level experience in either C-L Psychiatry or Addiction Psychiatry, preferably with transplant psychiatry focus.
• Clinical experience preferably within a large health system or academic medical center.
• Strong knowledge of Transplant Psychiatry evidence-based practices, and quality improvement methodologies.
• Demonstrated ability to function in a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning.