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Inpatient Hospitalist, School of Medicine, Section of Hematology and Medical Oncology

Hospital MedicineNo weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$256k-$534k

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

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Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

The Section of Hematology and Medical Oncology at Boston Medical Center and Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine seeks an outstanding clinician to serve as a hospitalist on the inpatient hematology/oncology teaching service. The successful candidate must be board certified/eligible in internal medicine; additional certification in hematology/oncology is helpful but not required.

The hospitalist will serve as an attending physician on the inpatient hematology/oncology service at Boston Medical Center, the major teaching hospital for Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine.

They will rotate on the service for 36 weeks over the course of a year, supervising either a 10-patient or 16-patient team, in an alternating schedule. Both teams function as teaching services and are staffed by residents and interns from the Boston Medical Center Internal Medicine residency program.

The hospitalist will serve as the service attending Monday-Friday. Weekend duties will be shared with other faculty in the section of hematology/oncology throughout the course of the year.

As a teaching service, the hospitalist plays an integral role in the medical education and mentorship of medical students, interns and residents rotating on the service.

Academic rank at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine will be commensurate with experience, training, and achievements. Extensive collaborative opportunities with multiple disciplines provide an outstanding environment for research initiatives aimed at improving patient outcomes/safety, optimizing efficiency of patient progression through hospitalization, implementing new systems and processes, establishing more consistent standards of practice in the acute care setting and medical education.

Key Responsibilities

The hospitalist will serve as an attending physician on the inpatient hematology/oncology teaching service at Boston Medical Center. They are responsible for supervising resident and intern teams while providing medical education and mentorship to trainees.

Requirements

Candidates must hold an M.D., D.O., or M.D./Ph.D. and be board certified or eligible in internal medicine. Applicants must be licensed or eligible for licensure in Massachusetts and possess current BLS certification.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
5+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification (preferred)

Key Skills

Inpatient CareClinical MentorshipMulti-disciplinary TeamworkPatient Safety

Hospital Medicine — Physician Career Context

In Massachusetts, the Hospital Medicine weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$282k (40 salary observations; 85 listings), vs ~$306k nationally (555 salary observations; 3,217 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

The cost-of-living index for Massachusetts is 105.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$395k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $373k in an average-cost state. 63.2% of Massachusetts clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 50 active Hospital Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 82% have no call, 44% require no weekends.

Hospital Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Inpatient Hospitalist, School of Medicine, Section of Hematology and Medical Oncology at Boston University a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Hospital Medicine — ranked against 1,194 active Hospital Medicine listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks22 jobs · 8 employers

401k / retirement match
95% this job
CME allowance
9%
Sign-on bonus
5%
Relocation assistance
5%
PSLF eligible
5%

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Work-life snapshot

median 2.1this job 6.4
Better work-life than 90% of Hospital Medicine listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,194 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends

Living in Boston

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$813k≈ 3.2× annual pay
Typical market rent
$3,338/mo≈ 16% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
30 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
108.3
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.