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Tufts Medicine Attending Psychiatrist and Program Director for General Residency in Boston, Massachusetts
The Department of Psychiatry at Tufts Medical Center is seeking a full-time, BC/BE Adult Psychiatrist to serve as our next Program Director for the General Psychiatry Residency. This is a unique opportunity to lead and grow a dynamic residency program within an academic medical center committed to compassionate care, excellence in education, and clinical innovation.
About the Role
In this leadership role, you will have responsibility for program direction and clinical care. Key responsibilities include:
Graduate Medical Education Leadership: Oversee and guide the residency program with a focus on educational excellence, program growth, and continuous quality improvement. Develop, implement, and refine a curriculum that meets ACGME requirements and addresses the needs of diverse, urban patient populations.
Faculty Development: Mentor and support faculty in their teaching, supervision, and professional development roles.
Clinical Practice: You will maintain a clinical footprint, with flexibility to align your clinical interests in areas such as outpatient psychiatry, consultation-liaison and emergency psychiatry, inpatient psychiatry, or addiction services.
Why Join Us?
Work alongside a collaborative, mission-driven, multidisciplinary team
Teach and mentor medical students, psychiatry residents, and PA students
Protected time and institutional support for education leadership and clinical interests
Academic appointment at Tufts University School of Medicine at the rank of Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor
Expansion of training sites and clinical opportunities, including:
Lowell General Hospital: Emergency and consult-liaison psychiatry
Tufts Medicine Behavioral Health Hospital: Inpatient child, geriatric, addiction, and general psychiatry; IOPs, PHPs, ECT, TMS
About the Tufts General Psychiatry Residency
Our ACGME-accredited program offers an exceptional balance of training in both hospital-based and outpatient psychiatry. With strong mentorship, progressive autonomy, and leadership development, the program is known for preparing residents for successful, fulfilling careers.
Recent achievements include:
Full accreditation with no citations and a commendation for “substantial compliance”
ACGME survey scores above the national mean with a continued upward trend
Ongoing efforts to expand training sites across the Tufts Medicine system and develop future fellowships in Addiction Psychiatry, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, and Geriatric Psychiatry
Who You Are
An experienced academic psychiatrist with a passion for GME leadership and program development
Board Certified or Board Eligible in Psychiatry
Eligible for licensure in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Skilled in mentorship, difficult conversations, and fostering professional growth
An emotionally intelligent communicator who builds trust across teams
Committed to DEI, with a strong track record of advancing diversity in academic medicine
Able to balance strategy with day-to-day program operations
Work, Live, and Grow:
Boston, Massachusetts is a dynamic, innovative, and historic city with something for everyone. Whether you seek cultural attractions, an intellectual environment, music and entertainment, museums, night life, shopping, fitness, food festivals, or a sunset harbor cruise- you will find it here. The city of Boston is ideally located in close proximity to the coastal beach towns of Cape Cod and the Berkshires in Western Massachusetts, the White Mountains of New Hampshire, and the Green Mountains of Vermont which offer great summertime recreational activities from swimming, sailing, fishing, hiking, and rock climbing and great winter activities from Nordic skiing to downhill skiing and snowboarding. Boston consistently ranks as one of the most desirable places in the country to live and to raise a family.
How to apply:
Submit an application via the apply button located at the top of the listing. Should you have any questions regarding the position or any complications submitting an application with us, please feel free to reach out to Michael Martin, Physician Executive Recruiter, at michael.martin1@tuftsmedicine.org
Tufts Medicine is a leading integrated health system bringing together the best of academic and community healthcare to deliver exceptional, connected and accessible care experiences to consumers across Massachusetts. Comprised of Tufts Medical Center, Lowell General Hospital, MelroseWakefield Hospital, Lawrence Memorial Hospital of Medford, Care at Home - an expansive home care network, and large integrated physician network. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusion at Tufts Medicine. Tufts Medicine does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, national origin, gender identity and/or expression, marital status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation by emailing us at careers@tuftsmedicine.org .