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Full-time Gastroenterologist Employer ATS Corporate-owned

Gastroenterology Physician

GI Alliance

Mesa, Arizona

About this role

At a glance

Gastroenterology Physician with GI Alliance in Mesa, Arizona. Listed from the employer's own careers site.

  • Employer: GI Alliance
  • Location: Mesa, Arizona
  • Schedule: Full-time
  • Setting: Private practice
  • Also mentioned: Relocation help, Partnership track
  • License: ABIM

Apply on the employer site. The full job description, benefits, and contact are there.

The contract: what this ad says, and what to ask

  • Partnership track offered, buy-in mentioned, ASC equity, ancillaries

The ad does not say. Ask the recruiter:

  1. Pay model. Base salary, wRVU rate and threshold, or collections percentage? What did year-2 doctors actually earn?
  2. Call. Call ratio, weekends, GI bleed call, and is advanced (ERCP) call separate?
  3. Schedule. Endoscopy days versus clinic half-days per week, and how many hospitals you cover.
  4. Advanced procedures. How many ERCPs and EUS a year would a new hire actually get?
  5. APP and staff support. How many APPs, nurses, and schedulers per physician?
  6. Malpractice. Occurrence or claims-made, and who pays for tail coverage if you leave?
  7. Noncompete. Radius in miles and length in months, and does it apply if they end your contract?
  8. Visa. Who files the petition, are they cap-exempt, and have they placed a Conrad 30 J-1 physician before?

Read from the employer's posting by DigestiveJobs. Confirm every term in the written contract.

Know before you apply

Public data about this job's location and employer, collected in one place.

Local GI market

195 gastroenterologists

within 30 miles. That is 17.7 per 100,000 adults aged 45-74, 30% more than the US average (13.6).

43% of them finished medical school 30 or more years ago (US: 36%). Expect retirements to open up patient volume.

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file; Census ACS 2019-2023.

Procedure mix nearby

65% colonoscopy

Medicare fee-for-service procedures billed within 30 miles in 2024: 55,458 colonoscopies, 25,451 EGDs, 2,744 ERCPs, 1,575 EUS.

ERCP volume is heavy and EUS is heavy for the population, compared with the US (adjusted for Medicare Advantage share). 100% done in a hospital or surgery center; 54% by gastroenterologists.

60.6% of adults 45-75 in this county are up to date on colorectal screening, about the same as the state (60.1%).

52% of Medicare patients here are in Medicare Advantage (state: 52%). Medicare procedure counts above cover only the other 48%.

Source: CMS Medicare Physician and Other Practitioners by provider and service, 2024 (fee-for-service only; services for fewer than 11 patients hidden). CMS MA penetration; CDC PLACES 2025 (2022 survey).

Cost of living

Prices in Arizona are 0.7% above the US average.

Arizona state income tax on $450k: about $11k (2.5%), single filer, before deductions. Local taxes not included. ($450k is a reference salary; this ad states none.)

Source: BEA regional price parities, 2024. State level; big metros cost more. Tax: Tax Foundation 2026 state brackets.

Employer

Physician group (corporate-owned), For-profit

Majority owned (73%) by Cardinal Health since January 30, 2025. Checked 2026-09-28.

For-profit employer. Jobs here do not count toward PSLF.

Source

Visas (H-1B / J-1)

No H-1B filings for GI physicians from this employer in the data we hold. That does not mean it will not sponsor.

All GI H-1B filings in Arizona: 8, median $400k.

Parts of this county are federal primary care shortage areas (HPSAs). Check the exact practice address. Conrad 30 J-1 waiver jobs usually must be in a shortage area; each state sets its own rules. State J-1 waiver contacts (3RNET).

Source: US Dept. of Labor LCA disclosure data (certified H-1B, FY2024-FY2026); HRSA HPSA data. All GI H-1B employers