Plastic Surgeon - Reading Hospital

Reading Hospital Tower Health is seeking a Board Certified or Board Eligible Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon to join an experienced, busy, and collaborative surgery practice.  This position will fully support Reading Hospital/Tower Health's Independent Tract Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship as Core Faculty including completing ACGME required research mandates.  The new surgeon will be able to customize their own practice which encompasses everything within the spectrum of plastic surgery and will participate in the Reading Hospital Tower Health Hospital, Trauma, ER, and Transfer Center based call schedule.

Reading Hospital is a 714-bed hospital, the flagship, Magnet Recognized, acute care hospital of Tower Health located in West Reading, Pennsylvania.  Reading Hospital is home to many top-tier specialty care centers, including Reading HealthPlex, McGlinn Cancer Institute, Miller Regional Heart Center, Emergency Department, Level I Trauma Center and Beginnings Maternity Center, which houses the region's only Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). With more than 1,000 physicians and providers across 49 locations, Reading Hospital has been recognized for its quality outcomes and clinical expertise across services lines. It is listed as one of America's 100 Best Hospitals for five consecutive years, America's 50 Best Hospitals for 2022 & 2024 as well as receiving a 5-Star Rating from CMS two years in a row. For more information, visit towerhealth.org.

Tower Health & Drexel University College of Medicine have partnered to open a brand new medical school 1/2 miles from the Reading Hospital campus.  The medical school opened in July 2021; when fully operational, the medical school will enroll 200 medical students. 

Reading Hospital Awards and Recognition:

   Healthgrades-

• America's 50 Best Hospitals Award™ (2022-2024) 
• America's 100 Best Hospitals Award™ (2017-2024) 
• America's 250 Best Hospitals Award™ (2014-2024) 

• America’s 100 Best Specialty Care (2017-2024)

   Newsweek-   

• World's Best 100 Hospitals (2021, 2023, 2024)
• One of 10 Best Value Hospitals in Pennsylvania 
• Top 1 percent of U.S. hospitals for clinical outcomes
• Reading Hospital recognized on Newsweek's World Best Hospitals (92^nd) 2021 List

Plastics Surgery Highlights:

• A new surgical tower, HealthPlex, a 476,000 square foot state-of-the-art surgical and inpatient facility with 24 surgical suites, including 6 hybrid capable operating rooms
• Joining an experienced, busy & collaborative surgical team
• Core Faculty for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship
• Build and customize your own practice
• Support Reading Hospital Tower Health System Hospital, ER, Trauma, and Transfer Center Call

The Benefits We Offer:

• Competitive compensation package
• Comprehensive benefits including health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
• Retirement savings plan with employer automatic contribution and employer match.
• Malpractice insurance
• Retention Bonus
• Resident/Fellowship Stipend
• Generous paid time-off allowance
• CME time and money
• Relocation assistance
• H1B & Green Card Support (cannot support J-1 Visas)
• Supportive health system to advance goals

The Community:

Reading Hospital is located in West Reading, part of Berks County, Pennsylvania. This is an area that offers many wonderful places to live and raise a family. Berks County is within driving distance of major metropolitan areas like Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York City, offering an easy chance to get away for some big city excitement.

The Reading Symphony Orchestra and Reading Public Museum are considered among the best in the state. GoggleWorks is one of the nation's largest interactive community arts centers. And each year, the Berks Arts Council presents the largest jazz festival on the east coast. In addition, the Santander Arena and Performing Arts Center bring some of the world’s top acts to Reading.

The great outdoors is right in your backyard, including the National Scenic Appalachian Trail, Blue Marsh Lake, French Creek State Park, and the Hawk Mountain Sanctuary. And you'll find lakes for boating, swimming, ice fishing, and skating. Reading also ranks fourth nationwide in minor-league sports markets, hosting our own minor league hockey (Reading Royals) and baseball (Reading Fightin’ Phils) teams.

Videos

Virtual Tour – Reading Hospital

Drexel University College of Medicine at Tower Health  

Living in Berks County – From Reading Fellows (Video)

Websites:

Reading Hospital Campus Map

Facts About Reading Hospital

Berks County Living Website

Newcomers Guide to Berks County

Pennsylvania’s Americana Region

Contact Name: Ken Nichols

Contact Email: Kenneth.nichols@towerhealth.org

Contact Phone: 484-628-6581

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• MD or DO
• BE/BC in Plastic Surgery
• Licensed/eligible to obtain Pennsylvania Medical License
• Fellowship training and post-training practice experience preferred but not mandated

Tower Health is a regional integrated healthcare system that offers compassionate, high-quality, leading-edge healthcare and wellness services to communities in Berks, Chester, Montgomery, and Philadelphia Counties. With approximately 11,500 employees, Tower Health consists of Reading Hospital in West Reading; Phoenixville Hospital in Phoenixville; Pottstown Hospital in Pottstown; and St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia. Tower Health has partnered with Drexel University College of Medicine to open a new medical school one-half mile walking distance from Reading Hospital, a regional medical campus for Drexel University College of Medicine at Tower Health. The school opened in 2021 and is currently accepting enrollment applications for the second class in 2024. In addition, Reading Hospital is the main training hospital for the medical school and supports ACGME accredited residency and fellowship programs. For more information, visit towerhealth.org.