Vascular Surgery Opportunity with UT Health RGV- Harlingen TX- Clinical and Academic Setting

A combined clinical and academic opportunity for a Vascular Surgeon to join Valley Baptist and UT Health Rio Grande Valley at our innovative and growing academic medical center serving South Texas. This role will help fulfill the community need for Vascular Surgery.  

• M-F clinic hours, shared call 
• 90/10% Clinical/Academic Requirement 
• 19 OR Suites
• Office short drive from VBMC Harlingen

Founded in 2013, the UTRGV School of Medicine educates students and graduate physicians, provides patient care, and performs advanced scientific research. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine uses innovative, competency-based medical education to train the next generation of physicians who are committed to improving the lives and well-being of their communities through innovative research and compassionate, patient-centered care, as well as biomedical scientists who will lead the charge in advancing research on diseases such as diabetes and infectious diseases that affect the Rio Grande Valley and beyond.

Rio Grande Valley

The Rio Grande Valley, one of the fastest growing areas in TEXAS, is a scenic cultural place where palm trees and citrus thrive. Famous for bird watching migration and known as Texas' Tropical Playground, we are located a short 40 minutes from South Padre Island.

• Year-round semi-tropical weather
• No state income tax / Tort reform
• Lowest cost of living in the U.S.
• Great schools / Affordable housing
• Golfing, hunting, birding, fishing, boating

The Rio Grande Valley (The Valley), located in the southernmost tip of Texas, in close proximity to the best Texas beaches.  Known as the Texas Tropical Playground, where palm trees and citrus orchards thrive and famous for bird watching migration. It is home to 1.5 million residents who enjoy year-round sunny mild weather.  This four-county paradise is one of the fastest growing regions in the United States with sprawling residential neighborhood communities and golf courses.  The robust economy and vast tourism support a vast array of restaurants and shopping establishments. Three major international airports keep this region well connected to most major cities.  The economy is fueled with Gulf Port international business, their legendarily rich agricultural land, multi-national manufacturing with twin-plant operations in Mexico.  The Port of Brownsville is the home of Elon Musk’s Space X South Texas Launch Site.  The population swells in the winter months with an elderly population known as “Winter Texans”.  Winter residents migrate from the Northern US and Canada, attracted to the warm winters and low cost of living; many establish permanent residency. The community members in this family-centric culture has a long standing history for embracing new-comers.

Most first-time visiting physicians are surprised with the Valley’s extensively comprehensive medical community, offering cutting edge medicine with state-of-the-art equipment and clinical support. This concentrated four-county market has 11 hospitals and a medical school.  The service area is vast and crosses international lines throughout Latin America.

Please submit CV for immediate consideration!

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.

Valley Baptist Health System, with two full service campuses and 800+ beds, is a part of Tenet Health System, a national healthcare organization with 88 hospitals and 36,000 affiliated physicians.

With 3,000 employees and over 450 physicians on the medical staffs, Valley Baptist Medical Center-Brownsville and Valley Baptist Medical Center - Harlingen, are focused on safety, quality and high level patient satisfaction.

VBMC is fully accredited by the Joint Commission, and is a full-service, acute care hospital with specialized services including:
24-Hour Emergency Care

Cardiovascular Services

Orthopedics

Women and Children's Services

Established in 1923, VBMC - Brownsville has 243 beds, 302 physicians on Medical Staff and a wonderful place to enjoy a work/life balance.

Established in 1925, VBMC - Harlingen has 586 beds, 375 physicians on Medical Staff and is also a wonderful place to enjoy work/life balance.  

The Rio Grande Valley, one of the fastest growing areas in TEXAS, is a scenic cultural place like no other.  Known as Texas' Tropical Playground, we are located a short 40 minutes from South Padre Island.

• Year-round semi-tropical weather
• No state income tax / Tort reform
• Lowest cost of living in the U.S.
• Great schools / Affordable housing
• New medical school (UT-RGV) opening fall 2016
• Golfing, hunting, birding, fishing, boating

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.