Maine Medical Partners Neurosurgery & Spine is seeking a Physiatrist for their well-established outpatient multispecialty Spine Center. The ideal candidate will be a Physiatrist (MD or DO) with experience in the diagnosis and management of a variety of spine conditions. Call is taken from home and amounts to approximately six weeks per year.  The selected candidate will join 10 physiatrists, 12 surgeons, 3 anesthesiologists, and 3 physical therapists.

Maine Medical Partners, a subsidiary of Maine Medical Center, is Maine's largest multispecialty medical group serving the healthcare needs of patients locally and throughout northern New England.  This high-quality team of 600+ physicians and 350+ advanced practice professionals provides a wide range of hospital-based, primary, specialty, and sub-specialty adult and pediatric care delivered throughout a network of 54 locations across the State and acts as a regional referral network.

Maine Medical Partners Neurosurgery & Spine has a well-established reputation as the leading spine and neurosurgical practice in the state of Maine, and provides compassionate, high-quality and personalized care to the people of Maine and northern New England with disorders of the brain and spine.  The Spine Center includes physical medicine and rehabilitation, neurosurgery, orthopedic spine surgery, and anesthesiology specialists- all working together in a collegial atmosphere. The Spine Center coordinates with other specialty locations in Maine.  The Spine Center offers a multispecialty approach to the treatment of spine conditions and provides comprehensive evaluation and treatment of both spine and musculoskeletal disorders.  In addition, the Practice also offers a Rehabilitation Medicine clinic to address the rehabilitation needs of pediatric and adult patients covering a variety of diagnoses.  Care is coordinated frequently through collegial interactions with Pediatric and Adult Neurology located in the same building.

The Spine Center, which moved in to a beautiful new 100,000ft² building in 2020, provides consultations to the entire state of Maine and parts of Northern New Hampshire.  Initial consultations and ongoing management of both surgical and non-surgical spine conditions make up the majority of the clinical work.  The Practice is supported by a high volume of referrals and access to on-site EMG, X-ray, and MRI as well as two fluoroscopy suites and musculoskeletal ultrasound for interventional procedures. 

Maine Medical Center has 700 licensed beds, and is the state’s leading tertiary care hospital and Level One Trauma Center, with a full complement of residencies and fellowships and is an integral part of Tufts University Medical School.  The candidate hired would have an academic appointment at Tufts University School of Medicine and the position can involve teaching and mentoring residents and medical students from the Maine Medical Center-Tufts University School of Medicine Program.

Situated on the Maine coast, Portland offers the best of urban sophistication combined with small-town friendliness.  The area provides four-season recreational opportunities, such as skiing, hiking, sailing, and miles of beautiful beaches.  Just two hours north of Boston, this is a diverse and vibrant community.  Portland was voted #8 best place to live and #1 safest place to live by U.S. News & World Report for 2021-2022.

Maine Medical Partners is committed to creating an equitable, inclusive environment that is welcoming to diverse faculty.

Interested candidates may submit a cover letter and CV to Linda Wiley, Physician Recruiter at linda.wiley@mainehealth.org.