Chief Infectious Disease Physician - Bridgeport, CT
Hartford HealthCare · Bridgeport, CT
Posted October 16, 2026
St. Vincent's Medical Center (Bridgeport) · 2800 Main Street, Bridgeport, CT, US, 06606
- Pay range: $138.84 – $201.63 per hour (about $289K – $419K a year full-time)
- Practice site: 2660 Main Street, Bridgeport, CT
- Schedule: Full Time
- System: Hartford HealthCare, Connecticut’s most comprehensive health system
Chief of Infectious Disease Physician
St. Vincent’s Medical Center - Fairfield County - Connecticut
A career with Hartford HealthCare Medical Group (HHCMG) offers Infectious Disease Physicians much more than a job. Here we are putting more life back into the practice of medicine, putting you in touch with more experts throughout the leading integrated system in Connecticut and promoting wellness initiatives that support more work-life balance. We have a career-transforming opportunity available for the Chief of Infectious Diseases to lead our integrated Infectious Disease team in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Hartford Healthcare is the largest healthcare organization in Connecticut and has been recognized for its safety and quality as evidenced by our Leapfrog ratings and recognized as the only hospital to win the AHA Quest for Quality Award in 2026 of which our Antimicrobial Stewardship and work on Hospital Acquired Infections has contributed to these accolades. As the regional Chief for St. Vincent's, you would be reporting to the System Director of Infectious Disease and would lead a department of 4 physicians but would with interact with all 25 Infectious Disease physicians around the system as well.
Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
- Continued growth of the Section of Infectious Disease
- Establishing communication lines with all services lines to provide support
- Mentorship of junior faculty
- Oversee the hospital epidemiology program, working closely with Infection Prevention
- Work closely with our Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacists
- Inpatient consultations at St Vincent’s Medical Center
- Outpatient office including outpatient HIV and Hepatitis C patient treatment, STDs and travel medicine
- System-wide collaboration with over 25 ID physician colleagues
- Post graduate medical education for residents as well as medical students
- Appointment to Quinnipiac University at the Assistant Professor level
- No primary care
- Active Hospitalist program to care for inpatients
- Shared call with other ID physicians
Hartford Healthcare offers a highly competitive compensation package designed to support both your professional and personal success:
- Competitive compensation package
- Incentive compensation opportunities
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision benefits
- Generous time off and CME allowance
- Retirement savings program with employer contributions
- Access to Hartford HealthCare’s physician leadership and professional development resources
HHCMG is a physician-managed, multi-specialty group affiliated with Hartford HealthCare, Connecticut’s largest integrated health care system. With this partnership, you will be part of a larger network with more than 600 providers who have built an excellent reputation with patients, medical practitioners, and the community for best-in class service, as well as dedication to healing. HHCMG features nine acute care hospitals and a charter member of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Alliance.
Located just 60 minutes from New York City, you and your family can live in the heart of New England’s most stunning and desirable communities, offering nationally acclaimed schools and exciting year-round recreation. Live on the beautiful Fairfield county shoreline or in vibrant urban and suburban communities offering a lifestyle that most physicians only dream about. You will love heading to work and heading home!
This is a salaried position. While compensation is presented as an hourly rate for consistency across our postings, this position is paid on a salary basis. The hiring range reflects a good faith estimate of pay for this position as of the posting date. Actual pay will be determined based on qualifications, location, internal equity, and other factors that may include hire bonuses, incentive pay plans, loan repayment, administrative stipends, or relocation.
Qualifications
Qualifications –
- Board Certification in Infectious Disease
- MD or DO degree
- Eligibility for Connecticut medical licensure
- Minimum 3–5 years of clinical experience
Preferred
- Prior leadership experience (e.g., Section Chief, Medical Director)
- Experience in a multi-site health system
Employer
Hartford HealthCare
Hartford HealthCare is Connecticut's most comprehensive health system: eight acute-care hospitals, the state's largest behavioral health network, and more than 500 care locations, from Litchfield County to the Long Island Sound shoreline. Its physician-led Hartford HealthCare Medical Group, with more than 2,800 providers, is one of the largest multi-specialty groups in New England.
Hartford Hospital, the flagship, is an 867-bed tertiary and academic medical center and a major teaching hospital for the University of Connecticut. Community hospitals include The Hospital of Central Connecticut, MidState Medical Center, Backus Hospital, Charlotte Hungerford Hospital, Manchester Memorial Hospital and St. Vincent's Medical Center. Natchaug Hospital anchors behavioral health care in eastern Connecticut.
Physicians practice within system-wide institutes that set one standard of care in every community:
- Heart & Vascular Institute
- Cancer Institute, a strategic partner of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center since 2014
- Ayer Neuroscience Institute
- Tallwood Urology & Kidney Institute
- Behavioral Health Network
Why physicians choose Hartford HealthCare:
- Practice settings from academic and tertiary care to close-knit community and outpatient practices
- Teaching, research and leadership development through the Physician Leadership Institute
- Hospitals consistently recognized with Leapfrog "A" safety grades
- Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits
- A lifestyle with New England character: coastal towns, rolling hills, strong schools, and easy reach of Boston and New York City