Academic Transplant Surgery Chief Opportunity

ECU Health Physicians and East Carolina University’s Department of Surgery, located in Greenville, NC, are seeking a Transplant Surgeon to serve as Division Chief of Transplant Surgery and Immunology. Applicants should be board certified in general surgery and must have completed an ASTS certified abdominal organ fellowship. Leadership experience and a strong background in clinical research is preferred.

The ECU Health Transplant Program delivers state-of-the-art care to patients with end-stage organ failure across eastern North Carolina. The program plans to launch a liver transplant service in the near future, with the Transplant Surgery Chief playing a key role in its development. Our 29-county service area serves 1.4 million patients and has the fifth highest incidence of renal failure in the country. The program has experienced rapid growth over the past few years with an annual volume of 120+ renal transplants, both cadaveric and living donor. The program is expanding into robotic donor nephrectomy for transplantation, having performed the first of these procedures in North Carolina. Candidates should have an interest in providing vascular access surgery and general surgery coverage for transplant patients. Experience in patient care as part of a multi-disciplinary team is required.

Highlights

• Employment by ECU Health Physicians-Academic Employment Model
• Hospital privileges at ECU Health Medical Center, a 974-bed academic medical center and eastern North Carolina’s only level 1 trauma center
• Opportunity to operate at the ECU Health Surgicenter
• Established division inclusive of 4 surgeons
• Division is clinically productive, highly respected and actively involved in training of medical students, residents and fellows
• Active, collaborative clinical, teaching and research program
• High volume surgical program
• Access to DaVinci Xi and DaVinci DV5 Robots with teaching console
• Academic employment at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor
• Tenure track or fixed term appointments are available
• Comprehensive benefits including relocation assistance, vacation & sick PTO, CME days & reimbursement, malpractice (with tail), retirement benefits, state health plan health insurance, employer paid dependent health insurance, medical and dental reimbursements, employer paid AD&D, disability, and life insurance