Permanent Surgery: Trauma Job in McAllen, Texas

• Position Type: Permanent
• Recruited Specialty: Surgery: Trauma
• 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: (not specified)
• Expected ER Call Coverage: 1:6 or better

Trauma Surgery McAllen, TX The trauma center at McAllen Medical Center has long served as the lead institution providing adult and pediatric trauma services to the Rio Grande Valley region of Texas. Currently, a State of Texas Advanced Level III Trauma Center, we are rapidly positioning ourselves for designation as an ACS-verified Level II Trauma Center. At this time, there are three hospital- employed trauma surgeons, providing trauma, surgical critical care and acute general surgery services exclusively at MMC, as part of a burgeoning multispecialty medical group (Valley Care Clinics). We seek an additional surgeon who is board eligible/certified in general surgery and surgical critical care. Total trauma admissions at MMC are anticipated to exceed 1400 annually. There is a significant admixture of penetrating injuries and high ISS cases within our current trauma experience. Additionally, there are no established institutional limits upon access to vascular, thoracic or complex gastrointestinal cases. H1-B Visa candidates, J1 okay for 2017. Student loan repayment will be offered.

• 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, H-1 Visa, J-1 Visa
• Preferred Experience Level: Currently In Training, Recently Trained, Experienced
• Accept Local Physicians within 25 mile Radius: Yes

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