The Memphis VA Medical Center has an opening for a Cardiothoracic Surgeon that comes with a dual academic affiliation appointment with the University of Tennessee.

The Medical Center consists of one main campus and ten community-based outpatient clinics (CBOCs). The Medical Center is a 1a complexity tertiary care VA healthcare system located in one of the fastest growing Veteran population regions in the United States. The facility provides comprehensive care to almost 69,000 enrolled Veterans in a 52-county area of Western Tennessee, Northern Mississippi, and Northeast Arkansas. It includes 236 inpatient beds with a 26-bed Spinal Cord Injury Unit. It is a teaching hospital, providing a full range of patient care services, with state-of-the-art technology, as well as extensive education and research programs.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Responsible for pre-operative, operative, and postoperative care of patients to correct or treat various pathological conditions of the heart and related blood vessels and structures within the chest
• Responsible for the care of patients with congenital and acquired pathologic conditions within the chest to include the heart, coronary arteries, myocardium, pericardium, lungs, esophagus, chest wall, and diaphragm
• Experienced and responsible for minimally invasive thoracic surgery and valve reconstruction
• Responsibilities include clinical activities supporting multi-disciplinary programs in chest oncology, research, teaching, and training residents/fellows
• Responsible for providing the patient with risks, benefits and alternative treatments and securing the informed consent of the patient/family prior to conducting invasive procedures
• Consultation/referral to other services/sections as appropriate

Highlights of this position include:

• Experience Based Salary $400,000
• Recruitment Incentive Bonus-Student Loan Repayment
• Annual Performance Bonuses
• Work Schedule: Mon-Fri: 8AM-4:30PM
• CME Reimbursement: Possible $1000 per year (must be Board Certified)
• Malpractice Liability Protection with tail coverage and no physician contracts

We Offer:

• Paid Time Off: 26 paid vacation days, 13 paid sick days, and 11 paid holidays, 5 paid CME attendance days
• Pay Incentives: Regular salary increases and annual performance bonus
• Health, Dental, & Vision Insurance
• Retirement: Traditional Federal Pension (5-year vesting) and Federal 401K with up to 5% agency match
• No Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting
• Predictable work schedules with a focus on quality rather than volume

Requirements:

• Board Eligible/Board Certified in Thoracic Surgery
• Experience/training in Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
• Full and unrestricted license from ANY state
• US Citizenship: Non-citizens may be considered when it’s not possible to recruit qualified citizens
• Be proficient in the written and spoken use of the English language

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About Memphis VA Medical Center

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the largest integrated health care system in the United States, providing care at 1,321 health care facilities, including 172 VA Medical Centers and 1,138 outpatient sites of care of varying complexity (VHA outpatient clinics) to over 9 million Veterans enrolled in the VA health care program. VHA Medical Centers provide a wide range of services including traditional hospital-based services such as surgery, critical care, mental health, orthopedics, pharmacy, radiology and physical therapy. In addition, most of our medical centers offer additional medical and surgical specialty services including audiology & speech pathology, dermatology, dental, geriatrics, neurology, oncology, podiatry, prosthetics, urology, and vision care. Some medical centers also offer advanced services such as organ transplants and plastic surgery.

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