GI Hospitalist

About the role

University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) is seeking an Academic Gastroenterology Hospitalist to join its rapidly expanding Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Start date: ASAP. This position is being recruited by AMN Healthcare, a digitally enabled workforce solutions partner focused on solving healthcare organization challenges. The role focuses on complex inpatient gastroenterology and hepatology consultative care within a high‑acuity tertiary care environment, with opportunities to teach fellows, residents, and medical students, and to engage in scholarly activity. The division is growing from ~15 to >20 physicians, and leadership welcomes creative scheduling models, including block‑based inpatient practice. Located in coastal Galveston, with access to League City, Clear Lake, and the Greater Houston region, offering a vibrant beach‑town lifestyle.

Responsibilities

• Provide complex inpatient gastroenterology and hepatology consultative care.
• Teach fellows, residents, and medical students in an academic setting.
• Participate in fellowship education and develop subspecialty expertise.
• Contribute to scholarly activity with protected academic time.
• Collaborate multidisciplinary in a high‑acuity tertiary care environment.
• Help build and define a growing academic GI hospitalist program.
• Engage in flexible scheduling options, including block‑based inpatient practice.

Requirements

• MD or DO degree.
• Board certified or board eligible in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology.
• Eligible for Texas medical licensure.
• Interest in academic medicine, inpatient GI care, and medical education.

Benefits

UTMB offers protected academic time and institutional support for scholarly activity, strong research infrastructure, and the ability to maintain a meaningful clinical practice. The institution provides a unique opportunity to build an academic career while contributing to the growth of an innovative, collaborative institution committed to long‑term success.

Pay

$430,000.00 – $600,000.00 per year.

Schedule

Leadership is open to creative scheduling structures, including heavily inpatient‑focused practice models and block scheduling for physicians who prefer hospital‑based medicine. Flexible scheduling options are available.