Trauma, Acute Care & Burn Surgeon (Assistant Professor)

Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC); Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 210,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in Charleston, SC seeks a Trauma, Acute Care, and Burn Surgeon at the Assistant Professor level to join the Division of Acute Care Surgery. The role blends clinical duties on trauma, emergency general surgery, surgical critical care, and burn care with academic development and teaching responsibilities.

You will provide operative and nonoperative care, mentor residents and fellows, and contribute to quality improvement and research initiatives

Qualifications

• Board Certified or Board Eligible in General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care.
• Eligible for medical licensure in South Carolina.
• Fellowship training in burn surgery, or substantial burn experience during residency or fellowship, preferred
• 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

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.

Skills

Trauma care

Emergency general surgery

Surgical critical care

Burn care

Academic surgery

Education

General Surgery Board Certification

Surgical Critical Care Board Certification

SC medical licensure eligibility

Job description

The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in Charleston, SC seeks a Trauma, Acute Care, and Burn Surgeon at the Assistant Professor level to join the Division of Acute Care Surgery. The role blends clinical duties on trauma, emergency general surgery, surgical critical care, and burn care with academic development and teaching responsibilities.

You will provide operative and nonoperative care, mentor residents and fellows, and contribute to quality improvement and research initiatives