Gastroenterology Physician

Baptist Health Medical Group is seeking a BE/BC Gastroenterologist with Diagnostic EUS training to join our team in Lexington, KY.

Baptist Health Medical Group is seeking BC/BE fellowship trained Gastroenterology physician with Diagnostic EUS training to join our group in Lexington, Kentucky.

• 7 outpatient physicians, 2 GI hospitalists, and 2 PA-Cs
• Practice/Hospital call is shared evenly between 7 outpatient MD's, with 2 inpatient MD's handling hospital consults from 7a-7p each day.
• Volume is split between office consults and procedures.
• Typical schedule can range from 8-15 procedures a day with office patients scheduled throughout the week to provider preference.
• MD's do procedures until mid afternoon either at the ASC or in inpatient endoscopy and have office patients 4-5 days a week in the afternoon.
• Colonoscopy, EGD, prefer advanced training for Upper EUS
• Two outpatient ASC's, as well as inpatient endoscopy
• MA's are shared by providers
• Support staff includes Referral Coordinator, Practice Manager, Practice Supervisor, MA's, and RN's
• Patient Population: 18+

• Compensation and benefits package - Highly competitive incentives including starting bonus, student loan repayment, residency/fellowship stipend, relocation/moving allowance, CME allowance and malpractice insurance/tail coverage provided
• Two-year income guarantee with opportunity for additional productivity and quality bonuses
• Generous time off to encourage good work life balance
• Complimentary Professional Student Loan Debt Repayment Advising
• PSLF Eligible Employer
• Physician Mentorship Pathway for growth and development
• EPIC (Gold Star 9 level)- electronic health record system integrated throughout all hospital and practice locations
• Advanced Technology capabilities including DAX
• Immigration support by experienced Immigration attorney, if needed

• Multispecialty physician-led medical group
• 8 hospitals with over 1,700 providers, including 850 physicians and more than 750 advanced practice clinicians representing primary care and 78 specialties
• Comprehensive administrative and operations support teams
• Physician leadership councils
• Top 10% in the country for quality clinical outcomes.

Baptist Health Lexington, a 434-bed tertiary care facility, is a major medical research and education center. Established in 1954, Baptist Health Lexington is recognized for its excellence in heart care and cancer care, and the hospital s Clinical Research Center conducts groundbreaking research in both fields as well as in several other disciplines.

Baptist Health Lexington continues to lead in maternity care, having delivered nearly 150,000 babies. The hospital operates six outlying outpatient centers, including locations in Georgetown, Nicholasville and Richmond.

Baptist Health Lexington has been distinguished three times as a Top Performer by The Joint Commission and has been named a Magnet hospital for nursing excellence four times.

Locally, Baptist Health Lexington is annually recognized as Favorite Hospital and Favorite Place to Have a Baby in the Readers Choice poll conducted by the Lexington Herald-Leader .

A newly built (2024) satellite Baptist Health facility is located in Hamburg.

• Population of 320,601- Kentucky s second largest city; 75 miles from Louisville, KY
• Often known as the Horse Capital of the World and home to Keeneland Race Course
• Lexington is home to the University of Kentucky, Transylvania University, Lexington Theological Seminary, and Bluegrass Community College
• Low cost of living
• There are five historic distilleries in the Lexington area
• In its first year in the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings of the best places to live in the United States, Lexington was ranked 21st

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