Retina Specialist - Opthalmologist

Retina Specialist - Opthalmologist

El Paso, TX is an All-American City ranked among safest in the US. El Paso is situated in the far western corner of the state of Texas. El Paso stands on the Rio Grande, across the border from Ciudad Jurez, Chihuahua, Mexico. The two cities, along with Las Cruces (in the neighboring state of New Mexico), form a combined international metropolitan area, sometimes referred as the Paso del Norte or El PasoJurezLas Cruces. The region of over 2.7 million people constitutes the largest bilingual-binational work force in the Western Hemisphere. In 2010, El Paso received an All-America City Award. El Paso has been ranked the safest large city in the U.S. for four consecutive years and ranked in the top three since 1997. The city is the headquarters of one Fortune 500 and three publicly traded companies, as well as home to the Medical Center of the Americas, the only medical research and care provider complex in West Texas and southern New Mexico, and the University of Texas at El Paso, the city's primary university. The city hosts the annual Sun Bowl, the second oldest bowl game in the country.

The El Paso VA Health Care System serves Veterans in far Southwest Texas and Doa Ana County, New Mexico. The El Paso VA Health Care System (VAHCS) includes the main health care facility located adjacent to William Beaumont Army Medical Center (WBAMC) on Ft. Bliss, Texas, and two VA-staffed Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC) one in Las Cruces, New Mexico, the second in east El Paso. The VAHCS provides primary and specialized ambulatory care services at its main campus with consultants and fee-basis specialists supplementing the medical staff. Location: 5001 N Piedras Street, El Paso TX 79930

Responsibilities

• Perform comprehensive examinations of the visual system to determine the nature or extent of ocular disorders
• Test patient vision
• Perform ophthalmic surgeries such as cataract, glaucoma, refractive, corneal, vitro-retinal, eye muscle, and oculoplastic surgeries
• Operate on patients to treat conditions
• Diagnose or treat injuries, disorders, or diseases of the eye and eye structures including the cornea, sclera, conjunctiva, or eyelids
• Diagnose medical conditions
• Treat chronic diseases or disorders
• Document or evaluate patients' medical histories
• Record patient medical histories
• Provide or direct the provision of postoperative care
• Monitor patients following surgeries or other treatments
• Perform, order, or interpret the results of diagnostic or clinical tests
• Analyze test data or images to inform diagnosis or treatment
• Order medical diagnostic or clinical tests
• Develop treatment plans based on patients' histories and goals, the nature and severity of disorders, and treatment risks and benefits
• Develop medical treatment plans
• Prescribe or administer topical or systemic medications to treat ophthalmic conditions and to manage pain
• Prescribe medications, corrective lenses such as glasses and contact lenses
• Perform laser surgeries to alter, remove, reshape, or replace ocular tissue
• Operate on patients to treat conditions
• Provide ophthalmic consultation to other medical professionals
• Advise medical personnel regarding healthcare issues
• Educate patients about maintenance and promotion of healthy vision
• In-office procedure to treat Retinal Diseases:
• Micro-pulse laser therapy
• Photodynamic Therapy
• Panretinal Photocoagulation
• Intravitreal Injections
• Yag laser capsulotomy
• Cryotherapy

Qualifications

• Current, full and unrestricted license to practice medicine in any State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States or the District of Columbia
• Board Certified /Board Eligible by the American Board of Ophthalmology (ABO)
• Currently certified in Basic Life Support (BLS) or Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS).
• Sub-specialized in diseases and surgery of the vitreous body of the eye and the retina. This subspecialty is sometimes known as vitreoretinal medicine. Provide a copy of vitreoretinal medicine training certification.
• Minimum 1 year of a Retina-Vitreous Fellowship

Term: 1 year base contract with options