Description
Northwell Orthopedics- Primary Care Sports Medicine (Spine Focused)
Northwell Orthopedics is seeking a Primary Care Sports Medicine Physician with a specialized interest in Spine care to join our newly established spine center in Manhattan, NY. This is a unique opportunity to be part of a growing interdisciplinary practice to deliver comprehensive, non-operative musculoskeletal and spine care.
About the Opportunity:
The Primary Care Sports Medicine Physician provides comprehensive, non-operative evaluation and management of patients with cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine conditions. This role serves as a front-line spine specialist, emphasizing conservative treatment, appropriate imaging utilization, care coordination, and timely referral to spine surgery or pain management when indicated. The position supports access optimization, value-based care initiatives, and high-quality patient outcomes.
Key Responsibilities:
- Perform comprehensive musculoskeletal and neurologic examinations
- Identify and appropriately triage spine red flags (e.g., cauda equina, myelopathy, infection, malignancy)
- Develop and manage individualized, evidence-based, non-operative treatment plans
Evaluate and manage patients with spine-related conditions, including:
- Acute and chronic neck and low back pain
- Cervical and lumbar radiculopathy
- Degenerative disc disease and spondylosis
- Spinal stenosis (non-operative)
- Sports-related and work-related spine injuries
Candidate Qualifications:
The successful candidate will ideally possess the following qualifications and experience:
- MD or DO from an accredited medical school
- Completion of an ACGME-accredited Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship
- Board Certified/Board Eligible in a Primary Care field
- Must be licensed or eligible to be licensed as a physician in the State of New York
Northwell Health is a world-class health system that is recognized as a leader nationally and internationally for our patient care, education, and research. Our orthopedic clinicians are part of a multidisciplinary healthcare team whose overall goal is to improve the quality of life and function of our patients. We partner with a dedicated team of anesthesiologists, nurses, radiologists, and rehabilitation specialists to provide our patients the comprehensive care they deserve. Through membership in national medical and industry committees, our team is helping to shape the future of foot and ankle care.
Northwell Health is New York State’s largest health care provider and private employer, with 28 hospitals and 1,050 outpatient facilities. We care for over thirteen million people annually in the New York metro area and Connecticut, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Our 104,000 employees – 22,000+ nurses and 13,000+ credentialed physicians, including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners – are working to change health care for the better. We’re making breakthroughs in medicine at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. We're training the next generation of medical professionals at the visionary Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and the Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies. For information on our more than 100 medical specialties, visit Northwell.edu and follow us @NorthwellHealth on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.
To learn more and apply, please contact the Office of Physician Recruitment at opr@northwell.edu or visit https://jobs.northwell.edu/career-specialties/physicians/.
EOE M/F/D/V
Full-time clinical base compensation at Northwell Health ranges from $125K to $750K, which is impacted by various factors, including but not limited to physician specialty, level of experience, quality of care, academic accomplishments, patient experience and productivity. The base compensation range listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future
