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Cooper University Health Care is named as one of America’s Best Employers by Forbes, and one of only 30 companies in New Jersey to make the Forbes list.  Cooper University Hospital, located in Camden N.J., is a Level III regional Perinatal Center and Trauma Center, with a formidable reputation for providing the highest quality of care.  Cooper University Hospital is the region’s leading teaching hospital for Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (CMSRU).  Easily accessible from southern New Jersey suburban locations and from Philadelphia via car or public transportation.  New York City and the Pocono Mountain resort areas are just two hours away and only an hour away from the sought after Jersey Shore.

Discover why Cooper University Health Care is the employer of choice in South Jersey.

Cooper University Health Care (CUHC) is seeking an academic addiction medicine physician to join our growing addiction medicine division. 

Cooper addiction medicine division is an interdisciplinary, medical specialty program within our university healthcare setting. Our division provides both inpatient and outpatient specialty care for individuals struggling with substance use disorders through a variety of programs including:

• Hospital consultation service
• Inpatient detoxification/stabilization and residential programs
• Emergency department and hospital bridge programs
• Community paramedicine and field buprenorphine initiation
• Jail transition care
• Outpatient group and specialty medical visits
• A low barrier walk-in clinic
• A wrap-around perinatal SUD program
• Dual diagnosis psychiatric and addiction medical care
• Integrated addiction and infectious disease care including HIV and hepatitis C treatment
• Other innovative community work

We run several clinical innovation, education, and research programs. 

The successful candidate should have a strong desire to shape the delivery of substance use disorder care and be versed in urban underserved care and harm reduction. This physician would report to the division head of addiction medicine and would have an academic appointment at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University. 

Board certified or board eligible in addiction medicine or addiction psychiatry. 

Preferred: completed fellowship in addiction medicine. 

MD or DO from an accredited institution. 

Active medical license. 

Innovative spirit in the clinical setting, superior teamwork with interdisciplinary collaborative approach, desire to work with underserved populations 

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About Cooper University Health Care

Welcome to Cooper University Health Care With a more than 135-year history of healing, Cooper is the place South Jersey turns to when they need care. As the leading academic medical system in the area, with South Jersey’s only Level 1 Trauma Center, more than 100 outpatient offices, and more than two million patient visits a year, it’s the perfect place to build a career of care in a truly diverse and inclusive environment. Whether you’re a medical professional or possess other skills, you’ll want to be with Cooper.

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