Permanent Surgery: Cardiothoracic Job in Dothan, Alabama

• Position Type: Permanent
• Recruited Specialty: Surgery: Cardiothoracic
• Does the Physician Need To Be Trained In Specialty Being Recruited: Yes
• Structure of Position: Employed by Hospital/Clinic/MSO/Other
• Partnership Opportunity: Unknown
• Expected Patient Call Coverage: 1:4
• Expected ER Call Coverage: No call

The CV surgery program is supported by four very well respected and busy full-time cardiologists, two of whom are interventional.  Facility al has four rooms in its busy cath lab as well as full cardiology diagnostics and rehab programs.  The program can produce upward of over 150 CV surgeries per year.  Hospital has a large catchment area of over 300,000 people with a high incidence of cardiac illness and comorbidities.  The CV program currently has a full-time nurse practitioner/RNFA and is supported by 24/7 perfusion coverage.  A highly skilled OR team is available that routinely performs complex heart and vascular cases.  Dedicated operating room block time is scheduled for the specialty. The surgeon would have ample office space co-located with other surgeons in a physician office building attached to the hospital.  The anesthesiology program is very strong, with physicians who live and work in the community and have deep CV surgery experience.  An MDA or CRNA is available 24/7 in-house. The structure of the program is one full-time CV surgeon and one full-time nurse practitioner.  The surgeon would be required to be on-call the propensity of the month with periodic locum tenenes support for time-off and holidays.  The surgeon must live in the Dothan area for rapid response in emergent cases.  Hospital is a major referral center for the Tri-State area of south Alabama, southwest Georgia and northwest Florida. 

• Location of Medical Training: American Medical Graduate (AMG), Foreign Medical Graduate (FMG)
• Medical Training Type: Allopathic (MD), Osteopathic (DO)
• Board Certification: Board Certified, Board Eligible
• Work Status Requirements: US Citizen, Green Card
• Preferred Experience Level: Currently In Training, Recently Trained, Experienced, Very Experienced
• Accept Local Physicians within 25 mile Radius: Yes

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