Surgical Director
Academic Center/Hospital · New York City · full-time
Job description
Surgical Director opening with a kidney and pancreas transplant program at a major academic health system in New York City. Based on your background, I think you could be a strong fit. The program is one of the oldest in the country and performs more than 230 kidney transplants a year in adults and children. Its outcomes have consistently been above national benchmarks. The role includes a faculty appointment with academic rank, and the center has an accredited ASTS fellowship and its own HLA lab. They're looking for someone with at least five years of experience after fellowship, strong skills in living donor nephrectomy and pancreas transplantation, and fresh ideas about organ use. - Academic support. The position comes with: A faculty appointment and academic rank at the affiliated medical school an accredited ASTS transplant fellowship A dedicated HLA laboratory Colleagues who are nationally recognized in transplant medicine - Leadership and staff. The center has physician leaders, medical and surgical directors, living donor program directors and senior administrators. Separate teams handle quality, marketing, practice management, and finance. The main hospital has its own inpatient transplant unit staffed by specialized physician assistants. - Surgical practice. The division handles both transplant and non-transplant cases, including living donor nephrectomy and general surgery for dialysis patients.
Requirements
• Strong technical skills in kidney and pancreas transplantation • Experience with living donor nephrectomy • At least five years of experience after fellowship • A solid academic track record • Proven leadership and operational skills • An assertive, innovative approach to organ use