General Surgeon

CANDIDATE PARAMETERS:

· M.D. or D.O.

· Male or Female

· American Citizen or FMG

· Excellent communication skills and empathy are required

· Board-Certified (or Board-Eligible for Residents)

· Resident or Practicing Physician. Any Experience Level

· Must have very good to excellent malpractice history with current coverage

· Must not have been a sanctioned party

· When on call, must immediately respond and be at the hospital immediately within 30 minutes

GENERAL SURGERY PRACTICE DESCRIPTION:

· Joining a team of 1 General Surgeon and 1 physician assistant

· The current practice model requires 2.0 surgeons primarily because of call availability

· Need outside recruitment effort for another full-time or near full-time provider to be here regularly

Responsibilities/Schedule:

· Provide medical, surgical, and consultative care for patients requiring the service of a General Surgeon in the ED, admitted to the hospital, or at the request of another member of the staff

· 26 work weeks per contract year

· Primary practice is located on the campus of UPMC Cole, allowing easy OR access.

· Operating Room block time two days/week, emergency cases added as required, and other add-on cases as schedule permits.

· Anesthesiologists are available 24/7 with a full team of CRNAs

The practice:

· Established practice

· Typical scope of General Surgery practice for a community hospital.

· Clinic EMR is EPIC, a component of Meditech that serves the hospital (to be replaced with 2-3 years).

· Equipment

o Laparoscopic scopes, fully equipped, ultrasound-guided capabilities

o CT Scanner on site

· Other interests that may be considered/ valuable areas of interest include surgical oncology/breast (women’s health center here/ doing mammography); laparoscopic procedures (such as OBGYN is going).

o No Robotics

o No bariatrics

· The suite is well-appointed in the Medical Office Building on campus- great clerical and clinical support: seasoned, excellent employees.

Common Surgeries being performed:

· Laparoscopic cholecystectomy

· hernia repair inguinal and epigastric

· breast biopsies,

· breast lumpectomy,

· excision of cysts or lesions,

· appendectomy open or laparoscopic

· Bowel resections

· Diagnostic laparoscopies

· Central venous access procedures

· Excision of cysts, moles, etc