Academic Plastic Surgeon-General Reconstruction & Wound Care

Key Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive general plastic and reconstructive surgical care, with a significant focus on acute and chronic wound management and complex soft tissue coverage and reconstruction.
• Collaborate with Wound Care leadership to support clinical operations, protocol development, quality improvement initiatives, and multidisciplinary care pathways.
• Contribute to strategic growth of complex wound care across the health system, mentor advanced practice providers and trainees in wound management, and help standardize evidence-based practices in complex wound care and limb salvage.
• Participate in shared call coverage within the Division of Plastic Surgery.
• Primary clinical activities will take place at tertiary care centers within the Indiana University Health system, including IU Health North, IU Health University Hospital, IU Health Methodist Hospital, and the Richard L. Roudebush Veterans Administration Medical Center. Outpatient care will be delivered through affiliated specialty and wound care clinics in suburban and urban locations, with access to advanced practice provider support and multidisciplinary services.

Qualifications

• MD or DO degree.
• Board-certified or board-eligible in Plastic Surgery.
• Demonstrated commitment to education and collaborative patient care.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Commitment to inclusive excellence in clinical and academic environments.

Scholarship

• Engage in clinical outcomes research, quality improvement, health services research, or educational scholarship related to general plastic surgery and wound care, aligned with individual interests.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams including Wound Care, Vascular Surgery, Trauma Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery, General Surgery, Surgical Oncology, and Rehabilitation Services.
• Participate in institutional and divisional service activities.
• Opportunities to engage in outreach or global surgery initiatives, if desired.

Appointment & Rank

Academic appointment will be at the Assistant, Associate, or Professor level, commensurate with experience and academic accomplishments. Track will be determined based on qualifications and career goals.