Vascular Surgeon | Lehigh Valley Health Network

Join a team that delivers excellence. Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) is home to nearly 23,000 colleagues who make up our talented, vibrant and diverse workforce.

About the role

Lehigh Valley Health Network, proudly part of Jefferson, is recruiting an attending Vascular Surgeon to assume an established practice from a senior retiring surgeon. The ideal candidate will have an interest and ability in all manners of arterial and venous surgery. Practice locations will include clinic, hospital, OR, and interventional lab privileges in the Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, and East Stroudsburg region of Pennsylvania. There will in addition be clinical opportunities and responsibilities at teaching hospitals in the Lehigh Valley; those locations include vigorous clinical programs in complex aortic surgery, limb salvage, and comprehensive care for venous disease.

There will be an opportunity to teach and mentor medical students, general surgery residents, and integrated vascular residents. Similarly, there will be the occasion to conduct clinical research, pursue academic scholarship, participate in regional and national surgical societies, and assume clinical leadership responsibilities in a financially secure and vigorous regional health care network.

While an established and experienced vascular surgeon might be the ideal candidate for this position, all applicants will be considered, including surgeons recently out of training.

Responsibilities

• Perform all manners of arterial and venous surgery
• Provide clinical care in clinic, hospital, OR, and interventional lab settings
• Teach and mentor medical students, general surgery residents, and integrated vascular residents
• Conduct clinical research and pursue academic scholarship
• Participate in regional and national surgical societies
• Assume clinical and administrative leadership responsibilities

Qualifications

• Board-certified or board-eligible in Vascular Surgery
• Interest and ability in all manners of arterial and venous surgery

Benefits

LVHN has been ranked among the "Best Hospitals" by U.S. News & World Report for 23 consecutive years. We're a Magnet™ Hospital, having been honored five times with the American Nurses Credentialing Center's prestigious distinction for nursing excellence and quality patient outcomes. Lehigh Valley Hospital - Cedar Crest, Lehigh Valley Hospital - Muhlenberg, Lehigh Valley Hospital- Hazleton, and Lehigh Valley Hospital - Pocono each received an 'A' grade on the Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group in 2020, the highest grade in patient safety.

The award-winning physicians at Lehigh Valley Heart and Vascular Institute are all board-certified, many having served fellowships or received additional training with leading programs. Our expert clinicians utilize continuing medical education to further refine their skills.