"Assistant/Associate Professor - Acute Care Surgeon (Surgery, Trauma, General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care)"

Department of Surgery

Division of General Surgery, Trauma and Surgical Critical Care

Yale University, School of Medicine
Yale New Haven Health System

The Division of General Surgery, Trauma, and Surgical Critical Care, at the Yale School of Medicine, in conjunction with the Yale-New Haven Health System, is seeking an acute care surgeon to join our faculty and provide services at Bridgeport Hospital in Bridgeport, CT. The successful candidate would also join the Section of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, Acute Care Surgery and Burn at Bridgeport Hospital. The position is at the Assistant or Associate Professor level commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Bridgeport Hospital is a 550-bed acute care hospital across two campuses (100 beds at the Milford campus in Milford, CT and 50 beds on the Bridgeport campus licensed under Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital) Bridgeport hospital serves Bridgeport, CT and surrounding Fairfield and New Haven counties. Bridgeport hospital is an ACS verified level II trauma center admitting approximately 1400 trauma patients annually. The Connecticut Burn Center at Bridgeport Hospital is Connecticut’s only burn center. The Section of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, Burn and Acute Care Surgery provides all acute care surgical coverage for both campuses of the hospital. The section staffs the 16 bed Surgical Intensive Care Unit and 20 bed step down unit.

Bridgeport is Connecticut’s largest city and is conveniently located between Boston and New York. It is a great place to live, work, do business, enjoy life close to the shore, and live in the surrounding communities with ample New England charm. There are ample opportunities to live within 20 minutes on the coast or in surrounding communities with small-town charm. In addition, the greater New Haven and Fairfield County area offers some of the top public and private schools in the country.

Qualifications

Qualified candidates will be Board Eligible or Board Certified in both General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care. The successful candidate will join ten other surgeons at Bridgeport Hospital. All are board certified in both general surgery and surgical critical care and provide coverage for all acute care surgical needs including trauma care, emergency general surgery, surgical critical care and the immediate resuscitative needs of burn patients. Candidates will need excellent clinical and interpersonal skills and be committed to making essential contributions in the clinical fields of General Surgery, Trauma, and Surgical Critical Care.

Application Instructions

Applicants should send a cover letter, curriculum vita and three letters of reference. All application materials should be submitted electronically to: http://apply.interfolio.com/169993.

Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.

Should you have any questions, please contact:

Name: Kimberly A. Davis, MD, MBA, FACS, FCCM
Professor of Surgery and Division Chief
Division of General Surgery, Trauma and Surgical Critical Care
Yale University School of Medicine Department of Surgery
330 Cedar Street, Boardman Building, 310
P.O. Box 208062
New Haven, CT 06520-8062
Tel# 203-785-3494/ Fax: 203-785-3950
Kimberly.davis@yale.edu

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