Pediatric General Surgery Opportunity in Louisville, KY

NORTON CHILDREN’S SURGERY, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine, and a part of Norton Children’s Medical Group, is seeking a board-certified, fellowship[1]trained pediatric surgeon interested in a leadership role in pediatric surgery. This surgeon will join a team of expert clinicians that includes six board-certified pediatric surgeons, five nurse practitioners and multiple skilled providers caring for pediatric surgery patients from birth through adolescence. The selected candidate will have the opportunity to develop leadership and administrative skills through participation in our American College of Surgeons (ACS) verification programs for children’s surgery and trauma care.

This opportunity will provide a career focus on quality and process improvement. The ideal candidate also will be appropriate for the rank of associate professor or professor.

All of our pediatric surgeons perform a broad spectrum of pediatric operations. They also serve as faculty in the UofL School of Medicine Department of Surgery and educate the next generation of surgeons through our involvement in the General Surgery Residency Program and Pediatric Surgery Fellowship. The team has led Norton Children’s Hospital’s efforts in achieving the highest level of certification (Level I) through both the ACS Children’s Surgery Verification Program and the ACS Trauma Verification Program

ABOUT THE POSITION:

• Collaborate with neonatologists, pediatric critical care specialists, emergency medicine specialists, pediatric hospitalists, pediatricians, gastroenterologists, all surgical subspecialists and adult surgeons.
• Perform the entire spectrum of pediatric surgery from prenatal/neonatal consultation through adolescence.
• Opportunities with the pediatric surgery fellowship training program, multidisciplinary clinics for congenital diaphragmatic hernia, aerodigestive diseases, and nutrition/feeding/gastrostomy issues
• Participate in a robust patient safety and quality improvement program.
• Inpatient and outpatient surgery at Norton Children’s Hospital, outpatient surgery at Norton Children’s Medical Center and Norton Women’s & Children’s Hospital
• Opportunities for basic science and clinical research
• Potential leadership of ACS programs within Norton Children’s Hospital

Norton Children’s Medical Group, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine, is the pediatric provider division of Norton Medical Group. Norton Children’s Medical Group employs more than 500 medical providers who work in over 170 locations in Kentucky and Southern Indiana. To support the community’s need for expanded care, Norton Children’s Medical Group encompasses all pediatric care, including inpatient, outpatient, specialty and primary care. Patients have access to multidisciplinary resources through Norton Medical Group’s extensive network of primary and specialty care practices, as well as Norton Children’s Hospital, Norton Women’s & Children’s Hospital, Norton Children’s Medical Center and Novak Center for Children’s Health. More information is available at NortonChildrens.com.

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