Pioneer an abdominal wall practice with Dell Medical School

The Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care at The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School in conjunction with the UT Health Austin are recruiting a full-time academic surgeon to develop a comprehensive abdominal wall reconstruction program and anchor a growing general surgery practice. The candidate must be board-certified or board-eligible in general surgery and have completed a fellowship with a focus on abdominal wall reconstruction.

​

Essential Functions:

• Serve as a clinical content expert on abdominal wall surgery for Dell Medical School and Dell Seton Medical Center at the University of Texas.
• Participate in the design and implementation of a new comprehensive abdominal wall reconstruction program within Dell Medical School’s Health Transformation Building and other sites of service.
• Participate in strategic planning and other efforts directly tied to the development and growth of a new comprehensive abdominal wall reconstruction program as well as a new Dell Med based general surgery clinic.
• Have the requisite leadership skills and track record to develop a quaternary referral center.
• Develop partnerships with referring physicians, hospitals, and ancillary providers in Austin and Central Texas.
• Assist in the creation of a data and evaluation infrastructure for regularly assessing the clinical quality and cost outcomes for patients.
• Participate in the development and implementation of Undergraduate and Graduate Medical Education curricula related to evaluation and management of common general surgery issues with a focus on abdominal wall hernias.
• Train and mentor medical students and residents on new models of care and clinical practice.
• Develop and foster an atmosphere of scientific and academic inquiry in conjunction with trainees and researchers within the multidisciplinary team.
• Collaborate with other schools at The University of Texas at Austin on multidisciplinary, value-based care models.
• Actively participate in the academic department by all required departmental policies.

Benefits:

• Full comprehensive benefits
• Retirement plan - TRS/ORP eligible
• PTO
• CME and professional development funds
• relocation assistance

About the Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care

The Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care is comprised of faculty in broad specialties (anesthesiology, cardiothoracic and vascular surgery, emergency medicine, general surgery, orthopaedic surgery, otolaryngology, plastic surgery and urology) with a focus on delivering outstanding care to the community.

The Department’s mission is: Transforming the health and lives of the diverse communities we serve through innovation in surgical care, research and education.

​

To accomplish this our priorities are:

• To develop new models of person-centered, multidisciplinary care that reward value.
• To educate and train future health care leaders.
• To develop research programs to evaluate new care delivery paradigms.

Our departmental Cultural Norms is a value system that highlights attributes we aspire to and use as a framework to guide us each day. One of those is we seek work/life balance and acknowledge that we are more than our work.