Surgical Director and Primary Liver Transplant Surgeon
About the role
The West Virginia University Health System, the state’s largest health system and largest private employer, comprises 18 hospitals throughout the state and bordering states. In addition, it includes five institutes, as well as providing management services for other local hospitals through affiliate agreements. Whether you are caring for our patients at one of the critical access hospitals, community sites, regional or academic medical centers, we are all one WVU Health System. Work Here. Thrive Here.
Responsibilities
- Practice in the areas of Liver Transplant Surgery
- Provide excellent patient care
- Achieve excellence in teaching medical students, residents, and fellows
- Strategically oversee and clinically direct a comprehensive liver transplant program, with particular emphasis on the continued growth and excellence of a robust living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) program
- Be an experienced liver transplant surgeon with demonstrated expertise in both deceased and living donor transplantation
- Show a strong commitment to donor safety and recipient outcomes
- Have a clear vision for programmatic growth in an academic setting
Qualifications
- Candidate must have an MD or DO degree or foreign equivalent and be eligible for state medical license
- Must have completed General Surgery residency program, as well as transplant fellowship program or equivalent training meeting OPTN/UNOS primary surgeon requirements
- Must be board certified / eligible in transplant surgery
- Must meet OPTN/UNOS criteria as a Primary Liver Transplant Surgeon and demonstrate experience in liver transplant with documented case log sufficient to support UNOS credentialing
About the WVU Health System
The WVU Medicine Transplant Alliance is West Virginia’s first and only multi-organ transplant center. WVU Transplant Alliance completed its first heart transplant in 2019 and kidney transplant in 2020. Since then, our team has helped many patients from West Virginia and surrounding regions to navigate complex medical challenges, explore transplant candidacy, and make informed decisions regarding their health.
Schedule
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
Pay
United States of America (Exempt)
Company
UHA University Health Associates
Cost Center
8240 UHA Surgery
Address
1 Medical Center Drive Morgantown West Virginia
Equal Opportunity Employer
West Virginia University Health System and its subsidiaries (collectively "WVUHS") are equal opportunity employers and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. WVUHS strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. All WVUHS employees, other workers, and representatives are prohibited from engaging in unlawful discrimination. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment.