Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Director Opportunity in Boston

Trauma & Acute Care Surgery Medical Director
St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Brighton, MA

St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center (SEMC) is seeking a fellowship trained ABS certified General Surgeon with clinical experience, leadership ability and the vision we share to bring our facility to an American College of Surgeons Verified Level II trauma center.

Founded in 1868, Steward St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center (SEMC) is a 308-bed acute care teaching hospital in the heart of Boston’s Brighton neighborhood and the flagship tertiary care facility of the Steward North Region of Steward Health Care. St. Elizabeth’s has been consistently recognized for providing the highest quality care to our community. Creation of a regional referral center for trauma care is a critical step in expanding our capability to provide tertiary services for the local catchment area and the Steward system hospitals throughout eastern Massachusetts.

St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center enjoys an academic and clinical relationship with Boston Medical Center (BMC) and is a primary teaching hospital for Boston University’s Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. BMC is an American College of Surgeons Verified Adult Level 1 and Pediatric Level 2 trauma center. The BMC Trauma Center has a reputation as one of the country’s finest and has the distinction of being the longest continuously verified Level I trauma program in Boston and the region. The Trauma Medical Director at SEMC will have clinical appointments at both facilities as part of our partnership with the BMC trauma program and both programs will share faculty, residents and expertise. The SEMC trauma chief will be eligible for a faculty appointment in the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine.

In addition to being board certified in General Surgery, the qualified candidate must have completed a fellowship in trauma critical care surgery, have demonstrated clinical expertise in treating injured patients along with previous leadership responsibilities and experience in a collaborative team approach to patient care, teaching and scholarly activity.

Steward Health Care’s physician-owned and -led business model was built to unlock access to the highest-quality care at a sustainable cost, committed to providing personalized, ongoing medical services that positively impact patients’ physical, emotional, and mental wellbeing.

Based in Dallas, Steward currently operates 44 hospitals worldwide, including 39 across Arizona (4), Arkansas (1), Florida (8), Louisiana (1), Massachusetts (10), Ohio (2), Pennsylvania (1), Texas (7) and Utah (5), as well as five internationally in Malta (2) and Colombia (3). For more information, visit www.steward.org.

Candidates should forward a letter of interest and curriculum vitae to:

Megan D’Eramo
Megan.deramo@steward.org
617-791-7063

Steward St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, a teaching hospital of Tufts University School of Medicine, offers patients access to some of Boston's most respected physicians and advanced treatments for a full-range of medical specialties including family medicine, cardiovascular medicine and surgery, vascular surgery, hepatobiliary surgery, robotic surgery, neurosciences, bariatric surgery, bone and joint health, hematology/oncology, and emergency medicine. St. Elizabeth's is a member of Steward Health Care System.

Steward Health Care’s physician-led model was created to provide patient’s access to the highest-quality care at a sustainable cost, providing personalized, and coordinated ongoing medical services that positively impact patients’ physical, emotional, and mental well-being.  

Founded in 2010, Steward Health Care is the nation’s largest accountable care organization (ACO), with more than 5,500 providers and 43,000 health care professionals who care for 12.3 million patients a year through its network of hospitals, urgent care centers, skilled nursing facilities, and behavioral health services. Steward received a perfect 100% quality rating by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Service’s (CMS) Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) in 2020. 

Based in Dallas, Steward is the largest private, physician-led health care network and currently operates 39 hospitals across Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Utah. For more information, visit www.steward.org.

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