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Pulmonary physician roles qualify for EB-2 and EB-3 green card sponsorship through PERM labor certification, where your employer files on your behalf and permanently sponsors your U.S. residency. Hospitals and health systems routinely run PERM for board-eligible or board-certified pulmonologists, making this one of the more sponsorship-active subspecialties in academic and community medicine.
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Get Access To All JobsInterventional Pulmonary Physician | Duarte and Orange County
Department of Medicine l Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care
City of Hope National Medical Center | Duarte, CA
City of Hope Medical Group Seeks an Interventional Pulmonary Physician to Provide Services for our Duarte and Orange County Campuses.
The Department of Medicine at City of Hope National Medical Center is seeking applications for a full-time clinical faculty and Interventional Pulmonary Physician (Assistant or Associate Clinical Professor) for our Duarte and Orange County, California Campus.
Join our rapidly expanding, nationally recognized Cancer institute as we seek to hire a full-time Physician to join our Pulmonary & Critical Care Division and Interventional Pulmonary team.
We have a robust interventional pulmonary program offering advanced diagnostic and therapeutic services including high volume robotic bronchoscopy, medical pleuroscopy and other complex thoracic disease interventions. The interventional pulmonary team works in direct collaboration with medical oncology, thoracic surgery and radiation oncology to accelerate patient diagnosis and impact treatment decisions to enhance patient outcomes. The division also moderates a weekly multidisciplinary Chest Tumor Board that reviews challenging thoracic oncology cases.
The Department of Medicine focus is to provide leading-edge, evidence-based clinical care, emphasizing prevention and treatment of cancer and cancer-related complications. For more information, please visit here: City of Hope, Duarte, and Department of Medicine.
City of Hope Los Angeles is transforming cancer care for generations. As an NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center, City of Hope achieves exceptional outcomes difficult to obtain elsewhere. Our cancer center offers access to experts with unparalleled expertise in breast, prostate, lung, blood, gastrointestinal, and gynecological cancers, and more.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Join a dynamic group of Pulmonary & Critical Care Physicians
- Duarte Campus - State-of-the-art facilities: 217 bed hospital, 18 bed closed ICU
- Clinical and Academic Time
- Coverage at Duarte and Orange County Campuses including our newly opened hospital in Irvine.
- Graduating Fellows encouraged me to apply!
CLINICAL DUTIES
- Effort allocation: 90% clinical and 10% administrative
- Clinical duties include: Interventional pulmonary procedure coverage, 2 half days in outpatient clinic, inpatient consults, and ICU coverage
- 18 bed ICU-cover Duarte
- 4 nights maximum per month
PAY & BENEFITS
- MGMA competitive salary and benefits package:
- Medical, Dental, Vision, STD, LTD, AD&D, life, Malpractice, and CME allowance.
- City of Hope Medical Group provides a Permissive Time Away (PTA) program for eligible exempt employees, offering flexible paid time away for vacation, personal needs, and incidental illness without accrual limits.
- City of Hope observes seven (7) paid national holidays.
- Paid sick time is frontloaded each calendar year with a 48-hour sick leave bank.
- You may use up to 10 days annually for approved continuing medical education activities or other conferences.
- BASE salary range: $348K (Assistant Clinical Professor) – $379K (Associate Clinical Professor) plus City of Hope adds 20% of salary to your retirement account (NOT a match—you don’t contribute a penny) each year; up to a maximum of $61,000.
- The salary range listed is exclusively for base compensation for full-time employment and does not include incentive compensation or benefits. Actual compensation will be adjusted for experience, training, hospital/community need and other factors.
Benefits information: City of Hope Medical Group Benefits
City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- M.D. or D.O. from an accredited educational institution
- Board certified/eligible in pulmonary disease and Critical Care Medicine
- Board certified/eligible in Interventional Pulmonology
- Possession of, or eligibility for, unrestricted medical license in the State of California
Interventional Pulmonary Physician | Duarte and Orange County
Department of Medicine l Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care
City of Hope National Medical Center | Duarte, CA
City of Hope Medical Group Seeks an Interventional Pulmonary Physician to Provide Services for our Duarte and Orange County Campuses.
The Department of Medicine at City of Hope National Medical Center is seeking applications for a full-time clinical faculty and Interventional Pulmonary Physician (Assistant or Associate Clinical Professor) for our Duarte and Orange County, California Campus.
Join our rapidly expanding, nationally recognized Cancer institute as we seek to hire a full-time Physician to join our Pulmonary & Critical Care Division and Interventional Pulmonary team.
We have a robust interventional pulmonary program offering advanced diagnostic and therapeutic services including high volume robotic bronchoscopy, medical pleuroscopy and other complex thoracic disease interventions. The interventional pulmonary team works in direct collaboration with medical oncology, thoracic surgery and radiation oncology to accelerate patient diagnosis and impact treatment decisions to enhance patient outcomes. The division also moderates a weekly multidisciplinary Chest Tumor Board that reviews challenging thoracic oncology cases.
The Department of Medicine focus is to provide leading-edge, evidence-based clinical care, emphasizing prevention and treatment of cancer and cancer-related complications. For more information, please visit here: City of Hope, Duarte, and Department of Medicine.
City of Hope Los Angeles is transforming cancer care for generations. As an NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center, City of Hope achieves exceptional outcomes difficult to obtain elsewhere. Our cancer center offers access to experts with unparalleled expertise in breast, prostate, lung, blood, gastrointestinal, and gynecological cancers, and more.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Join a dynamic group of Pulmonary & Critical Care Physicians
- Duarte Campus - State-of-the-art facilities: 217 bed hospital, 18 bed closed ICU
- Clinical and Academic Time
- Coverage at Duarte and Orange County Campuses including our newly opened hospital in Irvine.
- Graduating Fellows encouraged me to apply!
CLINICAL DUTIES
- Effort allocation: 90% clinical and 10% administrative
- Clinical duties include: Interventional pulmonary procedure coverage, 2 half days in outpatient clinic, inpatient consults, and ICU coverage
- 18 bed ICU-cover Duarte
- 4 nights maximum per month
PAY & BENEFITS
- MGMA competitive salary and benefits package:
- Medical, Dental, Vision, STD, LTD, AD&D, life, Malpractice, and CME allowance.
- City of Hope Medical Group provides a Permissive Time Away (PTA) program for eligible exempt employees, offering flexible paid time away for vacation, personal needs, and incidental illness without accrual limits.
- City of Hope observes seven (7) paid national holidays.
- Paid sick time is frontloaded each calendar year with a 48-hour sick leave bank.
- You may use up to 10 days annually for approved continuing medical education activities or other conferences.
- BASE salary range: $348K (Assistant Clinical Professor) – $379K (Associate Clinical Professor) plus City of Hope adds 20% of salary to your retirement account (NOT a match—you don’t contribute a penny) each year; up to a maximum of $61,000.
- The salary range listed is exclusively for base compensation for full-time employment and does not include incentive compensation or benefits. Actual compensation will be adjusted for experience, training, hospital/community need and other factors.
Benefits information: City of Hope Medical Group Benefits
City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- M.D. or D.O. from an accredited educational institution
- Board certified/eligible in pulmonary disease and Critical Care Medicine
- Board certified/eligible in Interventional Pulmonology
- Possession of, or eligibility for, unrestricted medical license in the State of California
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship in Pulmonary Physician
Verify your ECFMG certification before applying
PERM labor certification for a pulmonologist requires proof of foreign medical graduate credentials. Confirm your ECFMG certification is current before employers begin recruitment, since DOL audits frequently request this documentation at the labor certification stage.
Target health systems with PERM filing history
Academic medical centers, VA hospitals, and large hospital networks regularly sponsor EB-2 and EB-3 petitions for pulmonologists. Prioritize employers whose recruiting materials or HR teams explicitly reference green card sponsorship for subspecialty physicians, not just H-1B.
Use Migrate Mate to find sponsoring pulmonology employers
Search Migrate Mate to filter pulmonary physician openings by employers with active green card sponsorship history, so you're targeting roles where the PERM pathway is already established rather than negotiating it from scratch.
Check prevailing wage before your offer stage
Use the OFLC Wage Search to look up the DOL prevailing wage for pulmonologist roles in your target metro area. Your offered salary must meet or exceed this figure for PERM to proceed, and gaps discovered late can delay or derail the filing.
Understand EB-2 versus EB-3 for your credentials
Board-certified pulmonologists typically qualify for EB-2 as advanced-degree professionals. Fellowship training and subspecialty board certification support EB-2 classification, which can reduce your priority date wait compared to EB-3 for nationals of high-backlog countries.
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Find Pulmonary Physician JobsPulmonary Physician Green Card Sponsorship: Frequently Asked Questions
Do pulmonary physician roles qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship?
Pulmonary physicians qualify for both classifications depending on credentials and employer preference. EB-2 applies to advanced-degree professionals, and fellowship-trained pulmonologists with board certification typically meet that standard. EB-3 covers professionals with a U.S.-equivalent bachelor's degree or higher, giving employers an alternative route if EB-2 documentation is more complex to establish.
How does green card sponsorship through PERM differ from H-1B for a pulmonologist?
PERM leads to permanent residency rather than a temporary status, and it has no annual lottery. The employer must complete a DOL-supervised recruitment process to document that no qualified U.S. worker is available. Unlike H-1B, there's no cap at the EB-3 level that affects most nationalities, though priority date backlogs can still affect nationals from high-demand countries at the EB-2 level.
How long does the PERM green card process take for a hospital hiring a pulmonologist?
The full PERM-to-green-card timeline typically runs two to five years depending on whether adjustment of status or consular processing is used, the employer's preparation, and any DOL audit. PERM labor certification alone can take six to eighteen months after the recruitment period. Filing promptly after hire and choosing an employer experienced with physician sponsorship shortens the timeline meaningfully.
Where can I find pulmonary physician jobs where the employer will sponsor a green card?
Use Migrate Mate to search pulmonary physician openings filtered by employers with green card sponsorship history. Many health systems that routinely file PERM for physicians don't always advertise it prominently in job postings, so searching a platform that surfaces sponsorship data directly saves significant research time during your job search.
Can a pulmonologist on a J-1 visa pursue PERM green card sponsorship?
A J-1 physician subject to the two-year home residency requirement must satisfy or waive that obligation before PERM-based adjustment of status can complete. Conrad 30 and interested government agency waivers are the two main routes. Securing a waiver-eligible position with an employer willing to file both the waiver and a subsequent PERM petition is the standard path forward.
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