Abdominal Transplant Surgeon

Mass General Brigham; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 350,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

Massachusetts General Brigham's Division of Transplant Surgery is seeking a full-time, board-certified multi-organ transplant surgeon for a faculty position with appointments at Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Harvard Medical School.

The successful candidate will have experience in liver, kidney, and pancreas transplantation with robotic donor nephrectomy, and will participate in education and research across a premier transplant program.

Qualifications

• Board-certified or board-eligible in general surgery.
• Graduate of an ASTS-approved transplant fellowship program.
• Eligible for a Massachusetts State Medical License.

Responsibilities

• Join the region's comprehensive Abdominal Organ Transplant Program with education responsibilities for fellows, residents and medical students.
• Engage in basic, translational or clinical research.

Skills

Transplant surgery

Robotic surgery

Multi-organ transplantation

Research experience

Education

ASTS-approved transplant fellowship

Massachusetts Medical License eligibility

Job description

The Division of Transplant Surgery at Massachusetts General Brigham is seeking a full-time, board-certified multi-organ transplant surgeon for a full-time faculty position. This surgeon will have an appointment at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and an academic appointment at Harvard Medical School, anticipated at the Instructor, Assistant or Associate Professor level.

Qualifications:

• Candidates should be board certified or board eligible in general surgery, a graduate of an ASTS-approved transplant surgery fellowship program and be eligible for a Massachusetts State Medical License.
• Candidates must have experience in liver, kidney, and pancreas transplantation, as well as multi-organ donor experience, including laparoscopic AND robotic donor nephrectomy.
• Exposure in live donor liver transplantation is important but not mandatory.
• The ideal candidate should have strong interest in robotic surgery, machine perfusion, dialysis access and multi-organ transplantation.
• Interest and experience in basic, translational and/or clinical research.

The successful candidate will be joining the region’s most comprehensive about Abdominal Organ Transplant Program, which currently performs approximately 200 kidneys, 180 livers, and anticipate 5 kidney/pancreas transplants annually. Also, the Live Donor Program currently performs roughly 80 live kidney donor transplants and anticipate 20 live liver transplants annually.

In addition, the candidate will actively participate in the education of transplant surgery fellows, residents, and medical students and advances care providers (NPs and PAs). Faculty rank and financial compensation are commensurate with background and experience.

Mass General Brigham and the Department of Surgery are committed to ensuring our community feels welcome, cared for and valued. Candidates who have experience working with a broad range of faculty, staff, and patients are encouraged to apply.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and as such all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions or any other characteristic protected by law.

A selection committee, headed by Dr. Shimul Shah, Chief of the Division of Abdominal Transplant Surgery at Mass General Brigham, will be reviewing all applications.