Health surgeon

Creighton University School of Medicine in partnership with CHI Health seeks a fellowship trained Rhinologist and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgeon to join our growing Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery in Omaha, NE. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the development of a new and expanding academic department and help shape the future of otolaryngology in the region.
The busy Rhinologist will join a growing group of academic surgeons encompassing a wide breadth of otolaryngology cases in the setting of a large established referral base within a wide reaching integrated health care system. In collaboration with Creighton University School of Medicine, the Department of Otolaryngology will establish a residency program, led by our founding Department Chair.
This remarkable leadership opportunity builds on existing strengths including a cohesive Omaha metro-wide health care system with a large referral base of primary care providers, skull base program, expertise in vestibular disorders, collaborative opportunities with NIH-funded investigators in hearing and vestibular research. Additionally, it encompasses collaboration with sister programs in adult and pediatric head and neck programs including Nebraska Methodist Health System & Children's Nebraska.
The ideal candidate will be board certified or eligible in Otolaryngology with clinical experience in the management of anterior skull based and rhinology surgery. In addition, the candidate should have a strong academic interest with a desire to educate and participate in research.

Academic Appointment: Open rank (Assistant, Associate, or Professor) commensurate with experience and career stage

• Comprehensive rhinology with diverse practice including endoscopic sinus surgery, revision procedures, allergy/rhinology, and multidisciplinary endoscopic skull base surgery. Close partnership with highly collaborative neurosurgical team for skull base cases
• Academic tertiary care setting
• 1:6 call responsibilities with weekday APP support
• Opportunity for 1:1 APP practice support
• Growing department with current 5 faculty members including general otolaryngology, head and neck surgery with microvascular reconstruction, facial plastic and reconstructive surgery, and laryngology
• Robust department infrastructure with five APPs, five Audiologists, dedicated nursing and administrative staff
• Research: institutional support for clinical, translational, and outcomes-based research with access to biostatistics, clinical trial infrastructure, and potential for protected acade