UNIV - Open Rank Faculty - Surgery: Burn Surgery
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 for a Trauma, Acute Care, and Burn Surgeon at the Assistant Professor level, with a shared appointment within the Division of Acute Care Surgery. The role involves clinical effort divided between acute care surgery services (trauma, emergency general surgery, and surgical critical care) and the burn service. It provides an opportunity for early-career surgeons to develop a broad, high-acuity clinical practice and an academic program in education, research, or quality improvement with divisional support. The MUSC Division of Acute Care Surgery encompasses trauma, emergency general surgery, surgical critical care, and burn surgery, and is committed to education, mentorship, and collaborative research. The division supports fellowships in Surgical Critical Care and Burn and Acute Care Surgery. MUSC is a leading academic health system and the only ACS-verified Level I Trauma Center serving the Lowcountry region of South Carolina. The system is undergoing clinical expansion, including new adult and pediatric burn centers. Charleston, South Carolina, offers a high quality of life with a historic coastal setting, a thriving medical community, a temperate climate, and access to cultural events and family-friendly communities.
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
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.
Benefits
- Participates in the federal E-Verify program to confirm the identity and employment authorization of all newly hired employees.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
