Valhalla, NY
Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care
(Posted May 11, 2016) – The Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care is seeking fellowship trained surgeons with a specialization in critical care and trauma surgery to join our busy Level I Trauma Center, located in Valhalla, 35 minutes north of New York City. Westchester Medical Center is a regional Level I Trauma and Burn Center with more than 40,000 emergency room visits per year. This is a busy academic service and candidates may be expected to provide coverage at other locations within the WMCHealth integrated trauma system. Applicants must be board certified by the American Board of Surgery in general surgery and surgical critical care and possess demonstrated skills in emergency surgery, surgical critical care, trauma and/or burn patient care. The successful candidate will have 3-5 years of experience working in a busy Level 1 trauma center, and have a record of teaching as well as research experience (health services, translational or basic science research). We are at the forefront in the development of a regional Telehealth Program and interested candidates will be encouraged to work in and perform research in this area. As the primary teaching hospital of New York Medical College, you will have close interaction with the program’s residents and fellows. With a collegial atmosphere, academic rounding and educational opportunities will be available at both the Westchester Medical Center and MidHudson Regional Hospital campuses. An academic appointment may be offered, if appropriate. This is an employed position within our academic group practice with comprehensive benefits and malpractice coverage. The Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) is a 1,900-bed healthcare system headquartered in Valhalla, New York, with 10 hospitals on seven campuses spanning 6,200 square miles of the Hudson Valley. WMCHealth employs more than 12,000 people and has nearly 3,000 attending physicians. From Level 1, Level 2 and Pediatric Trauma Centers, the region’s only acute care children’s hospital, an academic medical center, several community hospitals, dozens of specialized institutes and centers, skilled nursing, assisted living facilities, homecare services and one of the largest mental health systems in New York State, today WMCHealth is the pre-eminent provider of integrated healthcare in the Hudson Valley.
How to apply
For more information about this opportunity, please contact Allen Kram, Director of Physician Recruitment at (914) 909-6756, or to apply, forward a letter of interest and your Curriculum Vitae to; Rifat Latifi, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.I.C.S., Director of Surgery, Westchester Medical Center at, physiciancareers@WMCHealth.org.
Location
100 Woods RoadValhalla, NY 10595
United States