Pulmonary/Critical Care Physician
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Job Description
District Medical Group Inc. (DMG), a 450+ physician not for profit multispecialty faculty practice group which exclusively contracts to provide clinical, administrative and teaching services to Vallleywise Health System, a 550-bed health system (Valleywise Health Medical Center and 3 psychiatric hospitals) with a Level I Trauma Center, a Level I Burn Center and a Level III OB Unit, and 11 Family Health Centers is seeking a BC/BE pulmonologist/intensivist to join the Department of Medicine at DMG
The faculty will provide a full scope of pulmonologist/intensivist practice which includes teaching opportunities with Pulm/CC fellows, IM residents and medical students. Administrative time and opportunities for research available.
DMG is an affiliated academic partner for the Creighton University School of Medicine Academic Alliance with MIHS and Dignity/St. Joseph’s Medical Center as well as with the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix and Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale. Faculty appointments to each medical school available commensurate with qualifications.
DMG offers an outstanding work environment, competitive salary, comprehensive benefits package and employer paid malpractice coverage.
DMG will consider both practicing physicians and newly graduated fellows. DMG will also consider candidates requiring visa sponsorship (J-1 waiver and/or H1B).
For consideration please email CV to: practice@dmgaz.org
EOE
Key Responsibilities
Provide a full scope of pulmonologist and intensivist practice within a multispecialty faculty group. Engage in teaching opportunities with fellows, residents, and medical students.
Requirements
Candidates must be Board Certified or Board Eligible in Pulmonology and Critical Care. The position is open to both practicing physicians and newly graduated fellows.
Certifications
Key Skills
Critical Care Medicine — Physician Career Context
Of the 40 active Critical Care Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 3% are remote, 85% have no call, 48% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Arizona is 100.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.3% of Arizona clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Critical Care Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is down 21.9% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Pulmonary/Critical Care Physician at District Medical Group a 6.6 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 5% in Critical Care Medicine — ranked against 222 active Critical Care Medicine listings on WeekdayDoc.
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Living in Phoenix
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $406k
- Typical market rent
- $1,574/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 26 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 103.3
- State income tax
- Up to 2.5%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.