Physician - Transplant Surgeon

About the role

The Pittsburgh VA Medical Center is looking to fill the role of an Abdominal Transplant Surgeon. Transplant surgeons at the Department of Veterans Affairs play a crucial role in providing life-saving organ transplants to veterans. They are responsible for performing transplant procedures - conducting pre-transplant evaluations - and post-transplant monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Patient Evaluation: Thoroughly assessing potential organ recipients' medical history - current health status - and suitability for transplantation
• Performing necessary diagnostic tests to evaluate organ function and compatibility with potential donors
• Discussing risks and benefits of transplantation with patients and their families
• Evaluating patients with liver cancer
• Donor Selection: Evaluating potential organ donors for compatibility with waiting recipients and performing organ procurements
• Experience with Normothermic Regional Perfusion and currently available hypothermic and normothermic perfusion devices
• Assessing organ quality and viability for transplantation
• Coordinating with organ procurement organizations to identify suitable donors
• Surgical Procedures: Currently performing complex organ transplant surgeries - including kidney - liver - segmental - living donor kidney/liver - and simultaneous liver-kidney transplants
• Provide all aspects of pre and peri transplant care
• Hepatobiliary surgery
• Utilizing advanced surgical techniques and technologies to minimize complications - experience in robotic surgery preferred
• Collaboration: Working closely with a multidisciplinary transplant team including transplant coordinators - nephrologists - cardiologists - nurses - and other specialists
• Active participation in Transplant Quality Initiatives - meetings with Organ Procurement Organizations and regular transplant committee meetings
• Communicating effectively with patients - families - and other healthcare providers
• Supervises the work of medical students or physician residents
• Developing outreach strategies to increase referrals for transplant and hepatobiliary service and affiliations with other VA centers