General Surgeon

Woman's Hospital•St. George, LA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Woman’s Hospital seeks a Board Certified or Board Eligible General Surgeon to join its established general surgery practice in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The role combines an independent general surgery patient population with a highly collaborative surgical environment alongside more than 60 OB/GYNs, GYN oncologists, breast surgeons, and other specialists on the Woman’s campus. A meaningful part of the practice involves providing general surgery expertise in combined cases with OB/GYN and GYN oncology physicians during complex abdominal and pelvic procedures. The practice includes robotic and minimally invasive surgery, abdominal surgery, hernia repair, soft tissue procedures, endoscopy, thyroid surgery, bariatric surgery, and combined complex surgical cases. All surgeries are performed at Woman’s Hospital, where the surgical program has access to three da Vinci Xi robotic surgical systems. The position is suited to a surgeon who values a broad clinical practice, physician collaboration, an interest in women’s health, and a work environment designed to support work/life balance. Woman’s Hospital is a private, nonprofit specialty hospital in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, dedicated to the care of women and infants. It has 178 licensed hospital beds and 84 NICU beds; annually, it delivers approximately 8,000 babies, performs approximately 10,000 surgeries, and cares for more than 1,200 new cancer patients. Newsweek has recognized the hospital as one of the World’s Best Hospitals for three consecutive years.

Requirements

MD or DO degree.
Board Certified or Board Eligible in General Surgery.
Robotic surgery capabilities.

Nice To Haves

Interest in women’s health.
Enjoyment of working collaboratively with other surgical specialists.
Interest in a broad clinical practice and multidisciplinary care.

Responsibilities

Manage an independent general surgery patient population.
Provide general surgery expertise in combined cases with OB/GYN and GYN oncology physicians during complex abdominal and pelvic procedures.
Perform a broad range of procedures, including robotic and minimally invasive surgery, abdominal surgery, hernia repair, soft tissue procedures, endoscopy, thyroid surgery, and bariatric surgery.
Perform surgeries at Woman’s Hospital and collaborate with surgical specialists in multidisciplinary care.