"General Surgeon"

General Surgeon

Position Number: 968561
Full Time or Part Time: Full Time
Anticipated Recruitment Range: Commensurate with Qualifications
Position Type: Faculty (Teaching)
Job Category: Faculty (Physician)

Organizational Unit Overview:

The Department of Surgery is a multi-faceted organization in a complex organizational structure. It is a department within the School of Medicine with the attendant responsibility for patient care, medical education and research. The Chair of the department is also the Chief of Surgical services for the hospital and, as such, has a broad range of activities including administration of the OR; allocation of scarce OR resources; adequacy of surgical beds; and credentialing of hospital surgical staff.

The department includes full-time faculty members in the sections of: general & bariatric surgery, pediatric surgery, plastic surgery, surgical oncology, transplant surgery, trauma & acute care surgery. The department faculty provide surgical care to the people of eastern North Carolina, including pre-operative and post-operative care. The department provides surgical education to medical students and residents every day of the year. The department also has a vibrant research program including funded grants and clinical trials. The employees in the department support the clinical, education and research work of the department. To accomplish these tasks requires a highly competent, appropriately classified, and an adequately paid staff.

Job Duties:

ECU Health Physicians and East Carolina Universitys Department of Surgery, located in Greenville, North Carolina, are seeking a General Surgeon with advanced training and expertise in Hernia and Complex Abdominal Wall Reconstruction to join the Division of General and Specialty Surgery. Fixed term or tenure track faculty position is available.

The Department of Surgery has a general surgery residency program with six categorical residents in each year who are competitively prepared for fellowships, academic positions, and direct entry into private practice. The Brody School of Medicine matriculates 92 students each year and is approved for class size expansion to 120 students per year upon completion of the new medical education building in August 2027.

Opportunity Highlights:

• Employment by ECU Health Physicians.
• Hospital privileges at ECU Health Medical Center, a 974-bed academic medical center and eastern North Carolinas only level 1 trauma center.
• Established division inclusive of five academic surgeons performing general, bariatric, hernia, foregut, endocrine surgery, and advanced endoscopy.
• Opportunity to assist with establishing a comprehensive Hernia Center of Excellence Program that will serve as a regional referral center for Eastern North Carolina and beyond.
• Academic responsibilities will include mentorship and teaching of medical students, residents, and fellows.
• Active, collaborative clinical, teaching and research program.
• Access to the ECU Health Surgicenter.
• 29-county referral network.
• Comprehensive benefits including relocation assistance, vacation & sick PTO, CME days & reimbursement, malpractice (with tail), retirement benefits, state health plan health insurance, employer paid dependent health insurance, medical and dental reimbursements, employer paid AD&D, disability, and life insurance.

ECU Health

ECU Health is a mission-driven, 1,708-bed academic health care system serving more than 1.4 million people in 29 eastern North Carolina counties. The not-for-profit system is comprised of 13,000 team members, nine hospitals and a physician group that encompasses over 1,100 academic and community providers practicing in over 185 primary and specialty clinics located in more than 110 locations. The flagship ECU Health Medical Center, a Level I Trauma Center, and ECU Health Maynard Childrens Hospital serve as the primary teaching hospitals for the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. ECU Health and the Brody School of Medicine share a combined academic mission to improve the health and well-being of eastern North Carolina through patient care, education and research. www.ecuhealth.org

Minimum Education/Experience:

• Applicants should be Board Certified or Board Eligible in General Surgery.
• Advanced training in Hernia and Complex Abdominal Wall Reconstruction.
• MD or DO from an appropriately accredited institution and conferred by the time of hire, or completed foreign medical education accepted and recognized for ECFMG Certification.

License or Certification Required by Statute or Regulation:

• North Carolina Medical License
• Board certified or board eligible with the American Board of Surgery

Preferred Experience, Skills, Training/Education:

• Special interest in teaching and research.