Emergency General Surgeon (EGS) Health Sciences Clinical Professor - All Ranks

The Division of Emergency General Surgery at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine is recruiting for an acute care surgeon and surgical intensivist, hired at the Health Sciences Clinical Professor Series at the Assistant, Associate, or Professor Level, dependent upon the candidate’s qualifications.

About the role

This position would be primarily located at the brand-new Irvine campus hospital, a 144-bed hospital opening in December 2025, which will feature a surgical intensive care unit as well as a busy emergency general surgery service. Additionally, the faculty would develop a robust elective general surgery practice in Irvine. The Surgical Intensive Care Unit would include patients from most of the surgical specialties including the emergency general surgery service. The new Irvine hospital will feature an Emergency Department, urgent care, and have most of the specialty services with state-of-the-art operating rooms. While the Irvine hospital is not a trauma center, there may be opportunities for additional trauma call at the Orange Campus, the only ACS-verified Adult Level 1 Trauma Center and Level II Pediatric Trauma Center in Orange County, serving a population of 3.2 million with over 6,100 trauma activations annually. The Orange Campus also includes the county’s only ABA-verified Burn Center. Participation in trauma call is optional and may be available depending on departmental needs and scheduling.

Requirements

• M.D., M.D./Ph.D., board certification or eligibility in the specialty, with a California medical license and DEA required on the first day of employment.

Qualifications

• Strong interest and demonstrated abilities in delivering patient care in an academic clinical setting, teaching residents, fellows, and medical students, clinical research, and providing service to the University are required.

Skills

Not specified.

Benefits

Membership in the health science compensation plan, which provides for eligibility for additional compensation.

Pay

Total Negotiated Salary (TNS) calculation includes AAMC salary benchmarks for Trauma Surgery ranging from $426,922 - $532,453. The posted UC salary scales set the base pay determined by rank and/or step at appointment.

Schedule

Not specified.