Physician - Trauma Surgeon

Sanford Health•Fargo, ND

8d•Onsite

About The Position

Sanford Health is seeking a Board-Eligible or Board-Certified General Surgeon with fellowship training in Surgical Critical Care and extensive experience in trauma to join their Emergency General Surgery, Trauma, and Surgical Critical Care team in Fargo, North Dakota. This role involves covering the Surgical Critical Care Service, Emergency General Surgery, and Trauma Surgery Service. The team comprises ten surgeons and six nurse practitioners. Sanford Health operates the region's only Level 1 Adult Trauma Center, Level 2 Pediatric Trauma Center, and is a Joint Commission accredited Comprehensive Stroke Center. The trauma volume is approximately 2700 cases per year, with 95% being blunt trauma. The position also includes high-volume complex emergency general surgery cases. Opportunities for academic appointment through the University of North Dakota Medical School, teaching medical students and surgical residents, and research are available. A Critical Care Fellowship is set to begin in 2026.

Requirements

M.D. or D.O. degree.
Meet all criteria for appointment to the Surgery Department of the Medical Staff.
Hold current Board Certification in a surgical specialty recognized by the American Board of Surgery, or be board eligible by these organizations.
If not Board Certified, may apply for consideration as per Alternate Pathway Criteria established by the ACS.
Demonstrated competency in the care of adult and pediatric trauma patients.
Must meet and abide by the Medical Staff bylaws of Sanford USD Medical Center.
If applicant is not Board Certified, they may apply for consideration as per Alternate Pathway Criteria established by the ACS.
If applicant has just completed a residency, provide residency or fellowship log.
If not applying directly out of a residency, provide a quality profile from hospital(s) where he/she currently has privileges showing clinical activity for the past 12 months, including numbers of procedures, morbidity, mortality, infection rates, and other complications.
Must be able to demonstrate active involvement in the clinical aspects of General Surgery and case volumes should show performance of at least 100 procedures in the past 12 months.
If a quality profile is not available, documentation of the applicant’s clinical activity for the past 12 months is required.
Maintenance of certification demonstrates evidence of ongoing trauma related education (for Board-eligible or Board-certified surgeons).
Continued competency for the care of trauma patients must be demonstrated (for those approved through Alternate Pathway Criteria).
For the Adult Trauma Medical Director and Pediatric Trauma Medical Director, CME requirements must be met by accrual of 12 hours of external trauma-related CME per year or a total of 36 CME/3 years.
For the Pediatric Trauma Medical Director, at least 9 hours of the external trauma-related CME in 3 years must be related to clinical pediatric trauma care.

Nice To Haves

Fellowship trained in surgical critical care.
Extensive experience in trauma.

Responsibilities

Cover the Surgical Critical Care Service, Emergency General Surgery, and Trauma Surgery Service.
Provide care for adult and pediatric trauma patients.
Obtain an academic appointment through University of North Dakota Medical School.
Teach medical students and surgical residents.
Engage in research opportunities.
Attend a minimum of 50% of the Trauma Quality and Safety QI meetings per year.
Maintain ATLS certification every 4 years.