Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon | Ohio

Emerald Resource Group•Columbus, OH

About The Position

Join a multispecialty surgical group providing reconstructive care after trauma, cancer, and congenital difference, as well as elective aesthetic care. The role combines a full-spectrum reconstructive and aesthetic caseload with responsibility for safe outcomes, clear treatment plans, and thorough counseling about recovery. The practice offers dedicated OR block time, a procedure suite, hospital privileges for inpatient reconstruction, surgical PA or NP support, a clinic coordinator, photography, microsurgery instrumentation, and access to a multidisciplinary tumor board. The surgeon reports to the chief of surgery or practice medical director. A defined first-year ramp, quarterly case-mix reviews, shared call, and clinic and OR schedules established before the start are provided.

Requirements

MD or DO degree.
Completion of an ACGME plastic surgery residency.
Board certification or active board eligibility in plastic surgery.
Unrestricted state medical license, or eligibility to obtain one before starting.
Current hospital privileges or a clean privileging file.
Demonstrated independent performance in microsurgical or complex flap reconstruction.
A defined aesthetic practice that can be described with outcomes.
Evidence of the ability to run clinic and OR days to schedule, including on-time starts, complete documentation, and complication review.
Comfort working in a team model with APPs, residents, and referring specialists.

Responsibilities

Build and complete a full-spectrum reconstructive and aesthetic caseload, meeting agreed volume, case-mix, and on-time start targets within the first year.
Reduce unplanned returns to the operating room and major complications through disciplined planning, surgical technique, and follow-up.
See new patients within the practice’s access standard and, when clinically appropriate, document a care decision within one visit.
Coordinate tumor, trauma, and wound cases with oncology, ENT, orthopedics, and wound teams to support scheduled combined procedures and explicit handoffs.
Ensure more than 90 percent of clinic patients leave with a written plan covering options, risks, cost, and the next appointment.
Teach residents or advanced practice clinicians on every applicable case and prepare operative notes that another surgeon can act on without a phone call.
Contribute to at least one quality or access improvement each year to shorten the time from referral to definitive reconstruction.
Meet agreed first-year volume and quality targets and participate in quarterly case-mix reviews.
Manage clinical work within a team model that includes APPs, residents, and referring specialists.