Employed Thoracic Surgeon Opportunity

Wonderful opportunity for a BC/BE Thoracic Surgeon to join an existing group of Cardiologists who provide cardiology services to patients of the Detroit Medical Center health system in Metro Detroit, Michigan. 

DMC is academically affiliated with Wayne State University; Level1 trauma center located at Detroit Receiving Hospital and a Level2 trauma center located at Sinai Grace Hospital. Employment is through Tenet Physician Resources/DMC Medical Group.

This position provides services primarily to Sinai Grace Hospital, with additional coverage for Harper Hospital and Detroit Receiving Hospital (adult central campus) Monday-Friday. Weekends and holiday call coverage is shared with the group of two cardio thoracic surgeons. Outpatient clinic 1–2 days per week. OR time based on case load and consults from ER.  

Required inpatient rounding including the ICU units. A team of 2 cardiothoracic surgeons and 2 cardio thoracic surgical PAs are available to assist with rounding and call coverage.   

Requirements:

• Board certification
• Minimum of 3–5 years experience;
• Active Michigan medical License (or willingness to obtain)
• DEA

Benefits Include:

1. Competitive compensation
2. Comprehensive Benefits (Health, Dental, Vision insurance, 401k, & more!)
3. Malpractice coverage provided
4. CME allowance provided

Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by an applicant's or employee's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.

DMC SINAI-GRACE HOSPITAL is DMC’s largest hospital. As a full-service community hospital located in northwest Detroit, Sinai-Grace offers a comprehensive heart center, cancer care, gerontology, emergency medicine, obstetrics/gynecology and cosmetic/plastic surgery. Sinai-Grace’s joint replacement program features a revolutionary minimally invasive knee replacement surgery that attracts people from all over the country. Sinai-Grace is one of 10 hospitals in the nation to be awarded a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant to set the standards of cardiac care for hospitals and physicians throughout the nation.

•Reginald Eadie, MD, President of DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital, was recently named among the top 100 Physician Leaders of Hospitals and Health Systems by Becker's Hospital Review (2012).

•Hour Magazine

o    Won Top Hospital for Accident/Trauma (2008)

•U.S. News & World Report’s Ranked #9 in the Detroit Metro area (2012-2013) and #11 in southeastern Michigan (2012-2013). Sinai-Grace is listed with nine high-performing specialties:

•Cardiology & Heart Surgery

•Diabetes & Endocrinology

•Gastroenterology

•Geriatrics

•Nephrology

•Neurology & Neurosurgery

•Orthopedics

•Pulmonology

•Urology

• US News & World Report’s Most Connected Hospitals—Stage 6  (2011)

• Leapfrog Group Top Hospital for Safety and Quality (2008, 2012)

• HealthGrades 
  • Stroke Care Specialty Excellence Award (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
  • Critical Care Specialty Excellence Award (2007, 2008)
  • Gastrointestinal Specialty Excellence Award (2009, 2012)
  • Gastrointestinal Surgery Specialty Excellence Award (2009)
  • Joint Replacement Specialty Excellence Award (2009, 2010)
  • Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence (2007, 2009, 2010)
  • Superior Clinical Performance in Cardiac Care (2009)
  • Emergency Medicine Excellence Award (2010, 2011)
  • Women’s Health Excellence (2009/2010, 2010/2011, 2011)

• MPRO Governor’s Award: Appropriate Care Measures Award, Surgical Care Improvement Project Award, Computerized Physician Order Entry Level III, and the Bar Code Enabled Point-of-Care Level III.    2007 (awarded in Oct 2008)

• JCAHO Advanced Certification - Primary Stroke Center (2009)

• Aster Awards - Earned two Gold Awards, for Cancer Direct Mail Services and for an Invitation to the Sinai Grace Wound Care Center Open House

•DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital named 2012 Top Hospital by the Leapfrog Group

o    DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital recently earned an "A" Hospital Safety Score from The Leapfrog Group, recognizing the hospital for being among the safest in the nation (2012).

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