Senior Acute Care Surgeon - Assistant Trauma Director - Hartford Hospital
About The Position
Hartford Hospital, an 867-bed tertiary care academic medical center in Hartford, Connecticut, is seeking an experienced, board-certified Acute Care Surgeon to join our nationally recognized and expanding Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, and Emergency General Surgery. This opportunity is specifically designed for a seasoned surgeon seeking a long-term role within a highly collaborative, academically driven, and clinically advanced Acute Care Surgery program at/or able to attain the level of associate professor. We are seeking a physician interested not only in clinical excellence, but also in mentorship, teaching, program development, and partnership within a mature, high-functioning surgical department. Affiliated with the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Hartford Hospital is an American College of Surgeons (ACS) verified Level I Trauma Center serving a regional catchment area of more than 1.5 million people. As part of Hartford HealthCare’s integrated nine-hospital system, Hartford Hospital offers the resources, infrastructure, and stability of one of the Northeast’s leading healthcare organizations. The Division of Acute Care Surgery provides comprehensive multidisciplinary care across trauma surgery, surgical critical care, and emergency general surgery within one of the busiest surgical hospitals in the region. This position offers the opportunity to join a highly collegial division where experienced surgeons play an integral role in mentorship, quality initiatives, operational leadership, and the continued evolution of the service line. Hartford Hospital serves as a major academic hub within the University of Connecticut surgical training system and offers extensive opportunities for surgeons interested in education, innovation, and clinical research. The division works closely with Hartford HealthCare’s Innovation Institute on emerging technologies and clinical advancement initiatives, including: AI-driven hypotension prediction models in the surgical ICU Virtual reality applications for rib fracture visualization and operative planning System-wide initiatives focused on the responsible integration of artificial intelligence into surgical and critical care practice Creation of a novel Hospital-based violence intervention program database Collaboration with the Ukrainian Ministry of Health to establish a training paradigm for general surgeons to trauma surgeon program Collaborations with MIT and Harvard Medical School
Requirements
- Experienced, board-certified Acute Care Surgeon
- Able to attain the level of associate professor
- Board Certified in Acute Care Surgery
- Eligible to be licensed in CT
- Completion of a Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
Nice To Haves
- Seeking a long-term role
- Interested in clinical excellence, mentorship, teaching, program development, and partnership
- Interested in education, innovation, and clinical research
Responsibilities
- Clinical excellence
- Mentorship
- Teaching
- Program development
- Partnership within a mature, high-functioning surgical department
- Providing comprehensive multidisciplinary care across trauma surgery, surgical critical care, and emergency general surgery
- Playing an integral role in mentorship, quality initiatives, operational leadership, and the continued evolution of the service line
- Active involvement in resident, fellow, medical student, and APP education
- Faculty research presentations at national meetings
- Investigator-led research, quality improvement, and health system innovation
- Working closely with Hartford HealthCare’s Innovation Institute on emerging technologies and clinical advancement initiatives
Benefits
- Resources, infrastructure, and stability of one of the Northeast’s leading healthcare organizations
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
