As you join this thriving gastroenterology practice, you'll experience a unique practice model designed to combat physician burnout while maximizing professional satisfaction. Unlike traditional private practices where repetition can lead to diminished enthusiasm, this innovative rotation-based system will renew your clinical drive and expand your skills across diverse settings. Similar to an academic rotation model but within private practice, you'll cycle through different facilities weekly, experiencing varied patient populations and clinical challenges that keep medicine intellectually stimulating.
Your practice will include a thoughtfully structured weekly rotation among California Hospital Medical Center, Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital, and Glendale Memorial Hospital, with dedicated outpatient weeks providing balance and predictability. This system allows you to practice true medicine with acutely ill patients who genuinely need your expertise while preventing the monotony that leads many specialists to burnout. The rotation model creates natural boundaries between intense clinical weeks and lighter outpatient periods, enabling superior work-life integration rare in urban gastroenterology.
You'll provide vital gastroenterological services to a predominantly MediCal/Medicare population in downtown Los Angeles that desperately needs your expertise. California Hospital Medical Center serves as a Level II trauma center with a substantial Latino patient demographic presenting a high volume of ERCP cases. Unlike practices focused primarily on routine screening procedures, you'll address complex gastrointestinal conditions requiring advanced clinical acumen and intervention. This practice offers the opportunity to practice medicine as it was meant to be—diagnosing and treating patients with genuine need rather than simply performing high-volume screening colonoscopies.
This position requires a physician committed to clinical excellence who values collaboration over competition. While advanced endoscopic skills (ERCP) are preferred, the practice prioritizes finding a clinician with the right character, work ethic and commitment to patient care. For the right candidate with strong general GI skills, ERCP training can be supported through mentorship. Spanish language proficiency is beneficial but not required, as the practice has support staff and translation services available.
You'll enjoy a structured schedule with clear boundaries between hospital service and outpatient care. When on hospital service, you'll focus completely on one facility for the week, supported by NPs who assist with morning rounds and consults. Your one dedicated clinic day each week remains consistent regardless of rotation, providing continuity for your outpatient practice. The practice is designed to respect your time off, with minimal after-hours calls during your on-call periods and protected weekends.
For a gastroenterologist seeking meaningful practice in Los Angeles, this opportunity represents a rare confluence of professional fulfillment and sustainable career longevity. The innovative rotation model addresses burnout head-on by providing the variety and intellectual stimulation typically found only in academic settings, while offering the autonomy and earning potential of private practice. You'll experience the deep satisfaction of practicing impactful medicine with patients who truly need your expertise, while the built-in variety prevents the monotony that leads many specialists to career dissatisfaction.
The practice's established reputation, long-standing referral relationships, and contracts with major payors ensure immediate patient volume and financial stability. Meanwhile, the collaborative culture fostered by Dr. Malamud and Dr. Solomon provides mentorship opportunities and shared clinical wisdom that accelerate your professional growth. For gastroenterologists who entered medicine to make a difference rather than simply perform procedures, this position offers a career where you can practice medicine at its most meaningful while maintaining the personal sustainability to enjoy all that Los Angeles has to offer.