Attending Physician

Target Expertise

• Senior attending physician at a teaching hospital (academic medical center or large tertiary-care institution).
• Specializes in a field with high diagnostic complexity, such as Intensive Care Medicine, Infectious Disease, Rheumatology, Hematology-Oncology, or Neuro-Critical Care.
• Routinely manages diagnostically challenging, multi-system cases requiring advanced clinical reasoning and interdisciplinary coordination.

Active Clinical & Research Workflows

• Actively involved in hands-on patient care (daily rounds, consult services, multidisciplinary meetings) rather than purely administrative or supervisory oversight.
• Engages in research that demands rigorous problem-solving, e.g.:
• Designing or interpreting clinical trials or translational studies.
• Performing complex differential diagnostic analyses from multi-omic or imaging data.
• Publishing case series that push diagnostic frontiers (e.g., emerging pathogens, rare autoimmune syndromes).

Career Stage & Credentials

• Associate or full Professor of Medicine (or equivalent rank) continuing active bedside practice, OR
• Senior attending physician with ≥ 7 years post-fellowship experience and a national reputation for diagnostic expertise.
• Board-certified in relevant specialty; evidence of sustained scholarly output (peer-reviewed publications, guideline authorship, principal- or co-investigator roles on funded studies).
• Active mentor of residents/fellows; recognized for teaching excellence in clinical reasoning.

Here are more details about the role

• The work is fully asynchronous and can be done around your schedule
• You must be able to commit at least 20 hours per week for this role
• This contract is expected to last at least 1 month with potential to be extended depending on quality of work and engagement
• Successful contributions increase the odds that you are selected on future projects with Mercor

With respect to pay and legal stat

• We will pay you out at the end of each week via Stripe Connect based on the number of hours you log
• You will be classified as an “at-will” contractor to Mercor
• Please note that we cannot currently support H1-B or STEM OPT status candidates

About Mercor

• Our team is based in San Francisco,
• CA.We specialize in recruiting experts for top AI l
• abs.Our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Adam D’Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey

We consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics and provide reasonable accommodations upon request.