Trauma, Burn & Acute Care Surgeon — Assistant Professor

Medical University of South Carolina; Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 180,000 - 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 with a shared appointment in the Division of Acute Care Surgery.

The role blends clinical duties across trauma, emergency general surgery, surgical critical care, and burn care with opportunities to build an academic program in education, research, or quality improvement.

Qualifications

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

Burn care

Education

Board Certified/Eligible in General Surgery & Surgical Critical Care

South Carolina medical licensure eligible

Fellowship in burn surgery or substantial burn experience

Research interest or experience

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 with a shared appointment in the Division of Acute Care Surgery.

The role blends clinical duties across trauma, emergency general surgery, surgical critical care, and burn care with opportunities to build an academic program in education, research, or quality improvement.