UNIV - Open Rank Faculty - Surgery: Burn Surgery

About the role

Trauma, Acute Care, and Burn Surgeon Assistant Professor position within the Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery at MUSC. Shared appointment with clinical effort divided between acute care surgery services (trauma, emergency general surgery, surgical critical care) and the burn service. Opportunity for early‑career surgeons to build a high‑acuity clinical practice while developing an academic program in education, research, or quality improvement.

Responsibilities

• Provide operative and nonoperative care on the trauma and emergency general surgery services, including in‑house trauma call
• Provide intensive care unit coverage for critically ill surgical, trauma, and burn patients
• Participate in the full continuum of burn care, including acute resuscitation, excision and grafting, wound management, and outpatient burn follow‑up
• Teach and mentor medical students, general surgery residents, and surgical critical care and burn fellows
• Contribute to the academic, quality improvement, and performance improvement missions of the trauma, burn, and acute care surgery programs

Requirements

• Board Certified or Board Eligible in General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care
• Eligible for medical licensure in South Carolina
• Completion of fellowship training in burn surgery, or substantial burn experience during residency or fellowship, preferred
• Demonstrated clinical interest in trauma, emergency general surgery, surgical critical care, and burn care
• Interest in pursuing a career in academic surgery
• Appropriate research experience, or a clear interest in developing a scholarly focus

Schedule

Scheduled weekly hours: 40

Physical Requirements: Ability to perform job functions in an upright position (Frequent); Ability to perform job functions in a seated position (Frequent); Ability to perform job functions while walking/mobile (Frequent); Ability to work indoors (Continuous); Ability to work outdoors in all weather and temperature extremes (Infrequent); Ability to work in confined/cramped spaces (Infrequent); Ability to perform job functions from kneeling positions (Infrequent); Ability to squat and perform job functions (Infrequent); Ability to perform 'pinching' operations (Infrequent); Ability to fully use both hands/arms (Frequent); Ability to perform repetitive motions with hands/wrists/elbows and shoulders (Frequent); Ability to reach in all directions (Frequent); Possess good finger dexterity (Continuous); Ability to maintain tactile sensory functions (Continuous); Ability to lift and carry 15 lbs., unassisted (Infrequent); Ability to lift objects, up to 15 lbs., from floor level to height of 36