**Orthopedic Surgery Opening in MN**
Located in Virginia, MN - 60 miles from Duluth
Fulltime, permanent position
- Opportunity to provide regional orthopedic care to diverse population.
- Candidate would ideally add arthroscopy, upper extremity/hand, and basic trauma services to existing Arthroplasty/Joint programs.
- Serves the Arrowhead region, a large geographic area of Minnesota north of Duluth to the Canadian border.
- The Arrowhead includes three hospitals, an ambulatory surgery center, eight clinics, and three long term care facilities.
- Medical staff includes approximately 55 physicians and 20 advanced practice providers.
- The population of the service area is approximately 135,000 people.
- Medical center includes a 26-member, multi-specialty group including internal medicine, family practice, ENT, anesthesia, dermatology, general surgery, pediatrics, ophthalmology, occupational medicine, OB/GYN, pathology, urology, primary care/sports medicine and 10 allied health providers, athletic training
- Existing robust medical orthopedic practice based in Virginia and the surrounding Arrowhead Region that services as a referral base to the surgical orthopedics team in Virginia
- Dedicated Orthopedic PA-C onsite
- Flexible call requirements with ability to transfer and collaborate with our 15 surgeon level 1 trauma center in Duluth
Surgical services and admissions to Health System - Virginia, an 83 bed hospital and 77 bed convalescent.
Features include:
- Private hospital rooms
- Close-knit and experienced orthopedic surgical team
- Stryker MAKO robotic platform
- GE multi slice CT scanner
- New 1.5 Tesla MRI
- Excellent regional physical and occupational therapy services available on site and in the region.
REQUIREMENTS:
BC/BE in Orthopedics
LOCATION:
60 miles north of Duluth, MN; 200 miles north of Minneapolis/St. Paul
Arrowhead region population of 89,000, Itasca Lakes region population of 45,000