Director of Gastroenterology Service

Physician Affiliate Group of New York (PAGNY) is adding a Director of Gastroenterology to the group at NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County. The hospital is part of NYC Health + Hospitals. Kings County Hospital operates a world-renowned Level 1 Trauma Center, one of only three in Brooklyn, which serves 2.6 million residents of Brooklyn and Staten Island. 

The hospital maintains a strong academic affiliation with SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University to maintain its high healthcare delivery standards. 

The mission of NYC Health + Hospitals is to extend equally to all New Yorkers, regardless of the ability to pay, comprehensive health services of the highest quality in an atmosphere of humane care, dignity, and respect. Their values are built on a foundation of social and racial equity and have established the ICARE standards for all staff.

NYC Health + Hospitals is the nation’s largest municipal health care delivery system in the United States. Dedicated to providing the highest quality health care services to all New Yorkers with compassion, dignity, respect, and regardless of immigration status or ability to pay.

• Provide outpatient and inpatient consultations for patients with digestive and liver diseases
• Perform Diagnostic/Therapeutic Upper Endoscopy, Colonoscopy and/or Push Enteroscopy (with or without biopsies, polypectomy, control of bleeding, ligation of varices, removal of foreign bodies, dilation, stenting, etc.) for outpatients and inpatients
• Perform screening colonoscopies
• Perform and interpret capsule endoscopy procedures
• Supervise and mentor gastroenterology fellows and medicine residents assigned to the gastroenterology service
• Perform administrative duties including the daily attending schedule
• Participate in the weekend and evening call coverage for gastroenterology at NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County and SUNY Downstate Medical Center

• Provide outpatient and inpatient consultations for patients with digestive and liver diseases
• Perform Diagnostic/Therapeutic Upper Endoscopy, Colonoscopy and/or Push Enteroscopy (with or without biopsies, polypectomy, control of bleeding, ligation of varices, removal of foreign bodies, dilation, stenting, etc.) for outpatients and inpatients
• Perform screening colonoscopies
• Perform and interpret capsule endoscopy procedures
• Supervise and mentor gastroenterology fellows and medicine residents assigned to the gastroenterology service
• Perform administrative duties including the daily attending schedule
• Participate in the weekend and evening call coverage for gastroenterology at NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County and SUNY Downstate Medical Center