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    Specialty: Hospitalist Fellowship (2012-S32)

    Location: Sacramento, CA
    Sutter Medical Group

    Opportunity Information
    The Sutter Medical Center Hospitalist Fellowship Program will be entering its fifth academic year since its inception in 2007. The program provides a rich educational experience for graduates of either Family Medicine or Internal Medicine residency programs with a core curriculum based on the Society of Hospital Medicine clinical core competencies. The goals of the program are to provide fellows with advanced hospital medicine skills combined with a strong evidence-based knowledge basis in addition to developing future leaders and clinician-educators in hospital medicine.

    Fellowship applicants should have completed a Family Medicine or Internal Medicine residency program and be board certified or board eligible with certification pending. Applicants should have a demonstrated interest in teaching and clinical care.

    Fellowships begin in July. The salary for the 2013-2014 academic year is $80,000 plus benefits including options for medical, dental and vision coverage, life insurance, disability and liability coverage, vacation and conference allowance as well as meals, parking and sick leave coverage.

    To apply for the 2013-2014 Fellowship, please send a copy of your current CV, a personal statement about your career goals and three letters of recommendation (residency program director, attending faculty and a third individual of your choosing to Nick Crespo. Selected candidates will be contacted for an interview. Interviews begin in Fall 2013.

    Community Information
    The Capitol city of Sacramento offers cultural diversity and ample outdoor activities including access to fabulous lakes and rivers, snow sports and ample trails for hiking, biking, etc. Centrally located, it is an hour and a half from the mountains of Lake Tahoe or the bay of San Francisco. For the wine connoisseur, scenic Napa Valley is just a short drive away.
    Sacramento is the capital of the State of California and it is the seventh most populous city in California. It is also the core cultural and economic engine of a four-county metropolitan area exceeding 2.1 million residents (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento and Yolo counties). The Sacramento Metropolitan Area is the largest in the Central Valley and the fourth-largest in the state. Greater Sacramento has been cited as one of the five most livable regions in America. Sacramento has a diverse population of more than 1.4 million people.
    Sacramento is home of the Sacramento Kings, professional basketball & the Sacramento River Cats, minor league baseball.
    Sacramento is has ample outdoor activities including access to lakes, rivers and hiking and biking trails. Centrally located, it is an hour and a half from the mountains of Lake Tahoe or the bay of San Francisco. For the wine connoisseur, scenic Napa Valley is just a short drive away. Sacramento is just 15 minutes away from the Sacramento International Airport.

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    For more information contact

    Nick Crespo
    Physician Recruiter
    (800) 650-0625
    Fax:(916) 503-6831

    Email:develops@sutterhealth.org