UNIV - Open Rank Faculty - Surgery: Burn Surgery

Medical University of South Carolina • Charleston, SC

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Surgery at The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in Charleston, SC is seeking a full-time faculty member. This position is a shared appointment within the Division of Acute Care Surgery, with clinical effort divided between the acute care surgery services (trauma, emergency general surgery, and surgical critical care) and the burn service. It offers an opportunity for early-career surgeons to build a broad, high-acuity clinical practice while developing an academic program in education, research, or quality improvement with the support of an engaged and collaborative division.

Requirements

• Board Certified or Board Eligible in General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care
• Eligible for medical licensure in South Carolina
• Demonstrated clinical interest in trauma, emergency general surgery, surgical critical care, and burn care
• Interest in pursuing a career in academic surgery
• Appropriate research experience, or a clear interest in developing a scholarly focus

Nice To Haves

• Completion of fellowship training in burn surgery, or substantial burn experience during residency or fellowship, preferred

Responsibilities

• Provide operative and nonoperative care on the trauma and emergency general surgery services, including in-house trauma call
• Provide intensive care unit coverage for critically ill surgical, trauma, and burn patients
• Participate in the full continuum of burn care, including acute resuscitation, excision and grafting, wound management, and outpatient burn follow-up
• Teach and mentor medical students, general surgery residents, and surgical critical care and burn fellows
• Contribute to the academic, quality improvement, and performance improvement missions of the trauma, burn, and acute care surgery programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level