Duluth, MN

PRACTICE SPECIFICS

• Join a team of 5 Nephrologists, 4 APPs, and an experienced nursing staff
• Call will be 1:5
• Full scope of Nephrology practice
• Clinical Nephrology, hypertension and post-transplant care
• Hospital practice includes ICU and acute dialysis services as well as apheresis
• Dialysis population of around 300 patients with 2 units in Duluth (18 & 22 stations) and 7 satellite locations (some have home dialysis); includes home hemodialysis, Continuous Renal Replacement, CAPD and CCPD
• Physicians serve as Medical Director at the dialysis locations
• Inpatient care at SMDC Medical Center and St. Mary’s Medical Center, a combined 500 bed tertiary care hospital complex
• Nephrology is a consultative service; hospitalists are the admitting service. 
• Essentia Health East market includes almost 1,000 physicians and advance practice clinicians with all medical and surgical specialties represented
• Outreach consultative services at 10 regional clinic locations
• EPIC EMR in clinic and hospital
• Stretching out along Lake Superior’s beautiful shoreline, the Duluth area offers a quality of life that is unmatched, historic architecture, excellent school systems, thriving higher education and extensive access to parks and outdoor recreation.  

REQUIREMENTS

• BC/BE Nephrology

LOCATION

• Duluth, MN is an active community that focuses on a healthy lifestyle
• 120 miles north of the north of Minneapolis/St. Paul
• Metro population: 125,000
• Regional service area: 460,000. Comprised of 20 clinics and 7 hospitals
• Local airport with service to Chicago, Minneapolis, and Phoenix
• Urban and rural options for living
• Numerous outdoor recreational activities including paddleboarding, kayaking, hiking, mountain biking, golfing, fishing, cross country skiing, snowshoeing
• 4 area colleges & universities

For more information, contact:

Hallie Klein, Physician Recruiter

218-576-0328 • (fax) 218-722-9952

Email: Hallie.Klein@EssentiaHealth.org

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