Aortic Fellow

About the role

The selected fellow will actively participate in management of patients on the Cardiovascular Surgery Service under the direct supervision of the attending cardiac surgeons. Responsibilities will include weekday nights and weekend days and nights for the service.

Responsibilities

• Active participation in management of patients on the Cardiovascular Surgery Service under the direct supervision of the attending cardiac surgeons.
• Weekday nights and weekend days and nights for the service.

Requirements

• Hold a current, unrestricted or institutional Pennsylvania medical license.
• Experience in cardiology, cardiac surgery, and/or critical care medicine.
• Not maintain an independent surgical practice or perform independent elective cardiovascular surgical procedures without direct supervision by the Chief of Cardiovascular Surgery or his designee.

Qualifications

• US Citizens or US permanent resident status only.

Skills

• Develop skills in the preoperative assessment of complex adult cardiac surgical problems, including aortic surgery.
• Develop skills in the preoperative assessment of patients with aortic pathology.
• Develop skills in the medical management of complex adult cardiac surgical problems including but not limited to aortic pathology.
• Develop skills and techniques of intraoperative repair of aortic and other complex adult cardiac surgical problems.
• Develop skills and techniques of the surgical management of patients with aortic pathology.
• Be responsible for post-operative management of patients with complex cardiac surgical problems including aortic surgery.
• Be responsible for the post-operative management of patients after aortic surgery and other complex cardiac surgical procedures.
• Participate in original research of the surgical management of aortic pathology.
• Experience a broad out-patient exposure and attend the Aortic Surgery Clinic with the Aortic Surgery team.
• Participate in the teaching activity of the Department of Surgery and the Division of Cardiac Surgery.

Benefits

• Rotating (United States of America)

Pay

N/A

Schedule

N/A

Benefits

• Medical (including prescription)
• Supplemental insurance
• Dental
• Vision
• Life and AD&D insurance
• Short- and long-term disability
• Flexible spending accounts
• Retail plans
• Tuition assistance
• Voluntary benefits