Valhalla, NY
Westchester Medical Center Health Network
(Posted Oct 7, 2016) – The Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth), Department of Surgery is recruiting for a Chief of the Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical and Emergency Surgery to lead and manage the integrated trauma and acute care surgery services across the trauma centers of two campuses of WMCHealth. The successful candidate will have 5-10 years of progressive, strong academic leadership experience in the operations of a trauma program. Applicant must be Board Certified in General Surgery, have completed a Trauma or Critical Care Fellowship, and be eligible for a New York State Medical License. She/he must be able to demonstrate evidence of a record of clinical excellence. Strong leadership experience is required to support the anticipated growth of the program. The trauma center of Westchester Medical Center is ACS Level I trauma with around 2500 trauma admission, 11 faculty members, and ACGM approved Surgical Critical Care fellowship. We have a newly established Department of Surgery Clinical Research Unit (DSCRU) with international research fellowships, which provides ample opportunities for research support for the faculties. 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 has more than 12,000 employees 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, a state of the art Telemedicine program, 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
Interested candidate should send curriculum vitae to Rifat Latifi, MD, FACS, Director of the Department of Surgery, along with a letter of interests by email to; physiciancareers@wmchealth.org or, contact Allen Kram, Director of Physician Recruitment for Westchester Medical Center at: (914) 909-6756. Westchester Medical Center Advanced Physician Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Location
100 Woods RoadValhalla, NY 10595
United States