Physician - Trauma Surgeon

Sanford Health•Fargo, ND

About The Position

Sanford Health is one of the largest and fastest-growing not-for-profit health systems in the United States. We’re proud to offer many development and advancement opportunities to our nearly 50,000 members of the Sanford Family who are dedicated to the work of health and healing across our broad footprint. FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA (USA). Sanford Health is looking for a BE/BC general surgeon fellowship trained in surgical critical care with extensive experience in trauma to join their emergency general surgery, trauma, and surgical critical care team in Fargo, North Dakota. • This position covers the Surgical Critical Care Service, Emergency General Surgery, and Trauma Surgery Service • Team consists of ten surgeons and six nurse practitioners • Region’s only Level 1 Adult Trauma Center, Level 2 Pediatric Trauma Center, & Joint Commission accredited Comprehensive Stroke Center • Trauma Volume 2700/year. 95% blunt trauma • High volume complex emergency general surgery • Obtain an academic appointment through University of North Dakota Medical School • Teaching of medical students & surgical residents and research opportunities are available • Critical Care Fellowship beginning 2026 The Fargo-Moorhead and West Fargo metro area is a diverse, family-oriented community of 250,000 people that offers high quality of life and low cost of living. Outstanding schools, a vibrant business community, a thriving downtown district, cultural activities, and a wide variety of sports and recreation are just a few of the many reasons people love to call the Fargo area home. Sanford Health offers a nationally competitive compensation plan with an additional physician benefits package including a health, dental and vision insurance, 401K plan, short-term and long-term disability, life insurance, CME allowance, allowed time away, malpractice insurance and tail coverage, and a relocation allowance.

Requirements

M.D. or D.O. degree.
Meets all criteria for appointment to the Surgery Department of the Medical Staff and holds current Board Certification in a surgical specialty recognized by the American Board of Surgery, or be board eligible by these organizations.
If applicant is not Board Certified, they may apply for consideration as per Alternate Pathway Criteria established by the ACS.
An applicant who has just completed a residency shall provide his/her residency or fellowship log.
An applicant who is not applying directly out of a residency shall provide a quality profile from hospital(s) where he/she currently has privileges showing his/her clinical activity for the past 12 months, including numbers of procedures morbidity, mortality, infection rates and other complications.
Applicant 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 from the hospital(s) where the applicant currently has privileges, documentation of the applicant’s clinical activity for the past 12 months is required.
Applicant 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.
More education and experience may be required the more advanced the practice becomes.

Responsibilities

Trauma Surgeon admitting privileges will be under the authority of the Trauma Medical Director.
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.
Trauma Service Privileges require the Trauma Medical Director to conduct an annual evaluation of the following criteria:
For surgeons who are Board-eligible or Board-certified, maintenance of certification demonstrates evidence of ongoing trauma related education.
For any trauma surgeon previously approved through the Alternate Pathway Criteria, continued competency for the care of trauma patients must be demonstrated by: A. 36 hours of verifiable external trauma-related CME over a 3 year period B. Performance improvement assessment by the Trauma Medical Director to ensure that patient outcomes compare favorably to other members of the trauma call panel.
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
Attendance at a minimum of 50% of the Trauma Quality and Safety QI meetings per year.
Maintenance of ATLS certification every 4 years.