Pediatric Surgeon / Clinical Associate Professor (HS)

Job description

The Department of Surgery at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is seeking a full-time Pediatric Surgeon / Clinical Associate Professor (HS). The successful candidate will:
• Assist with the development, quality and growth of the pediatric surgery program.
• Provide on-call coverage for an average of 7-days per month, including one weekend.
• Provide comprehensive onsite surgical attending care for all pediatric surgery, inpatients and outpatients including, but not limited to, daily multidisciplinary rounds, ongoing communication with referring physicians and leading all surgery meetings as well as in the pediatric surgery clinic.
• Establish and promote structures as well as processes that will enhance the care of patients.
• Assist with outreach strategies and multidisciplinary team-building efforts.
• Be accountable for ongoing supervision of surgical residents, medical students, and other allied healthcare professional program trainees on the surgical service.

Required Qualifications
• Medical Doctor Degree from an accredited College of Medicine.
• New York State Medical Licensure or eligible.
• Completion of an accredited general surgery program.
• Completion of an accredited pediatric surgery fellowship program.
• Board Certified/Board Eligible or foreign equivalency in Pediatric Surgery.
• Current DEA.

Preferred Qualifications
• Proven leadership experience of multidisciplinary care teams.
• Principal author of peer reviewed research publications.
• Prior role in research, ongoing research and publications.