Physician - Transplant Surgeon

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Major Duties Include, But Are Not Limited To:

Patient Evaluation:

• Thoroughly assessing potential organ recipients' medical history, current health status, and suitability for transplantation.
• Performing necessary diagnostic tests to evaluate organ function and compatibility with potential donors.
• Discussing risks and benefits of transplantation with patients and their families.
• Evaluating patients with liver cancer.

Donor Selection:

• Evaluating potential organ donors for compatibility with waiting recipients and performing organ procurements.
• Experience with Normothermic Regional Perfusion and currently available hypothermic and normothermic perfusion devices.
• Assessing organ quality and viability for transplantation.
• Coordinating with organ procurement organizations to identify suitable donors.

Surgical Procedures:

• Currently performing complex organ transplant surgeries, including kidney, liver, segmental, living donor kidney/liver, and simultaneous liver-kidney transplants.
• Provide all aspects of pre and peri transplant care.
• Hepatobiliary surgery.
• Utilizing advanced surgical techniques and technologies to minimize complications - experience in robotic surgery preferred.

Collaboration:

• Working closely with a multidisciplinary transplant team including transplant coordinators, nephrologists, cardiologists, nurses, and other specialists.
• Active participation in Transplant Quality Initiatives, meetings with Organ Procurement Organizations and regular transplant committee meetings.
• Communicating effectively with patients, families, and other healthcare providers.
• Supervises the work of medical students or physician residents.
• Developing outreach strategies to increase referrals for transplant and hepatobiliary service and affiliations with other VA centers.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards.

Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases

Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME)

Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA

Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

CME: Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification)

Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided

Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting

Work Schedule: Flexible work schedule, supervisory discretion.