Academic Trauma and Acute Care Surgeon - Westchester Medical Center

Summary:

WMC Health’s Section of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery is seeking fellowship trained trauma surgeons with a specialization in trauma surgery and surgical critical care. We are an ACS verified Level 1 regional Trauma Center, and the trauma program is an integral component of a large academic Department of Surgery and quaternary care hospital.

Experience:

Applicants must be board certified or board eligible by the American Board of Surgery in general surgery and/or surgical critical care. Requirements include demonstrated skills in emergency surgery, surgical critical care and, trauma patient care, and a record of teaching and research experience (health services, translational or basic science research). The Trauma Surgeon reports directly to the Chief of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, and the Director of the Department of Surgery. Candidate requirements include an M.D. or D.O. from an accredited school of medicine or osteopathy, as well as the completion of a surgical residency and a surgical critical care fellowship.

About Us:

As the primary teaching hospital of New York Medical College, Westchester Medical Center has both an ACGME accredited general surgery residency training program and an ACGME accredited surgical critical care fellowship program, and you will have ample opportunities to be involved with medical student, resident and fellow education. Academic Appointment at New York Medical College will be commensurate with experience and qualifications. This is an employed position within our academic group practice with comprehensive benefits and malpractice coverage.

Facility Info:

WMCHealth is a 1,900-bed healthcare system headquartered in Valhalla, New York, with ten hospitals on seven campuses spanning 6,200 square miles of the Hudson Valley. WMCHealth employs more than 12,000 people and has nearly 3,000 attending physicians. From Level 1, Level 2 and Pediatric Trauma Centers, the region's only acute care children's hospital, an academic medical center, a regional burn center, several community hospitals, dozens of specialized institutes and centers, a state-of-the art Telemedicine program, skilled nursing, assisted living facilities, homecare services and one of the largest mental health systems in New York State, today WMCHealth is the pre-eminent provider of integrated healthcare in the Hudson Valley.

Other:

Interested candidates should email a curriculum vitae along with a letter of interest to Kartik Prabhakaran MD FACS, Chief of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery by email to Kartik.Prabhakaran@wmchealth.org and Steven Lansman, MD Chair and Director of the Department of Surgery by email to Steven.Lansman@wmchealth.org.

Westchester Medical Center Advanced Physician Services is an equal opportunity employer.