Transplant Surgery Opportunity in Greenville, NC-Academic Employment

The Department of Surgery at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine and ECU Health Medical Center are seeking a surgeon for the Division of Transplant Surgery and Immunology to contribute to the growth and development of the kidney and kidney pancreas program. The transplant program at ECU Health provides state of the art care to patients with end stage organ disease in eastern North Carolina. Our 29-county service area serves 1.4 million patients and has the fifth highest incidence of renal failure in the country. The program has experienced rapid growth over the past few years with an annual volume of 120+ renal transplants, both cadaveric and living donor. The program is expanding into robotic donor nephrectomy and transplantation having performed the first of these procedures in North Carolina. Dialysis access needs and a growing portion of the general surgical needs are provided by the transplant surgery division.

Candidates should have an interest in providing vascular access surgery and general surgery coverage for transplant patients. Candidates must have completed a kidney and pancreas ASTS certified fellowship and should be board certified or eligible in general surgery or urology. Experience in patient care as part of a multi-disciplinary team is required. Candidates should also have a proven interest and ability to teach residents and medical students and possess a strong background in basic science or clinical research. Qualified candidates will be considered for a Clerkship Director role. Highlights:

· Employment by ECU Health Physicians-Academic Employment Model

· Hospital privileges at ECU Health Medical Center, a 974-bed level 1 trauma center

· Opportunity to operate at the ECU Health Surgicenter

· Established division inclusive of 4 surgeons

· Division is clinically productive, highly respected and actively involved in training of medical students, residents and fellows

· High volume surgical program

· Access to DaVinci Xi and V Robots with teaching console

· Academic employment at rank of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor

· Tenure track or fixed term appointments are available

· 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

· Additional supplemental insurance benefits options – Accident, AD&D, Cancer, Critical Illness, Dental, FSA for Healthcare and Dependent Care Expenses, Life, and Vision

For more information please forward your CV to Amanda.Mercer@ecuhealth.org or call 252-847-9029.

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 Children’s 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

ECU Health Physicians includes an academic practice model (ECU employment) and a community practice model (health system employment). There is shared leadership and shared services to support the overall group and to ensure alignment for clinical care, research, education and strategy.

This innovative structure creates opportunities within ECU Health Physicians ranging from acute to ambulatory, academic practice to community practice, regional to rural, and everything in between.

The School of Medicine provides accredited education programs for medical students, residents and fellows, doctoral students in the basic medical sciences, and practicing physicians. The hallmarks of these programs are close-faculty student interaction, experiential learning, and development of students’ ability to continue learning even after they leave the formal educational setting. Our education programs are consistent with our missions of enhancing generalist training and offering opportunities in medicine to minority and disadvantaged students.

Widely recognized as the thriving cultural, educational, economic and medical hub of eastern North Carolina, Greenville is the 10^th largest city in the state with a metropolitan population of nearly 100,000. The Dickinson Avenue Arts District offers a vibrant arts, music, culinary and festival scene in the Uptown Greenville district. Greenville is also home to East Carolina University, the Brody School of Medicine, and Pitt Community College. Excellent affordability, convenient location and natural resources combined with all of the amenities of a metropolitan university town, Greenville is the perfect place to live, work and play!

• Located inland off of the North Carolina coast, Greenville is 45 miles east of interstate 95, just over an hour to Raleigh, a little over an hour to the pristine beaches of the Crystal Coast of NC
• Home to East Carolina University (ECU), a vibrant university with an annual enrollment of more than 24,000 students
• Numerous waterways and the Greenville Greenway System are perfect for boating, kayaking, fishing, hiking and camping
• Mild climate perfect for year-round outdoor activities
• Cost of living below the national average, diverse and affordable housing and excellent educational opportunities, both public and private
• Investment of more than $500 million in downtown Greenville’s revitalization bringing new restaurants, shops, businesses, and residents to the area

It is the goal of ECU Health and its entities to employ the most qualified individual who best matches the requirements for the vacant position. Offers of employment are subject to successful completion of all pre-employment screenings. We value diversity and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Decisions of employment are made based on business needs, job requirements and applicant’s qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, genetic information and testing, family and medical leave, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other status protected by law.