Description
The Medical College of Georgia Department of Surgery at Augusta University is seeking a full-time General Thoracic Surgeon to join our faculty at the Assistant Professor level. Qualified candidates should be: Board-Certified or Board Eligible (ABTS), Fellowship trained in Thoracic Surgery, Robotic trained and/or Robotic experience required, Robotic bronchoscopy and EBUS trained and/or experience required and new graduate or less than 5 years post-fellowship experience. This individual will be in a non-tenured position. The candidate will be involved in the treatment of patients with benign and malignant thoracic diseases. The oncology patients will be managed in multidisciplinary clinics located at the Georgia Cancer Center (GCC) with our colleagues in interventional pulmonology, medical oncology and radiation oncology. Our institution has a well-established lung cancer screening program and a pulmonary nodule clinic that is led by the Thoracic Surgery team. GCC is one of only five sites in the US that is using an Artificial Intelligence Diagnostic Tool (Optellum) to help management of indeterminate pulmonary nodules. The new faculty member will have blocked operating (DaVinci Xi robotic and non-robotic rooms) time as well as blocked diagnostic time in the Physician Diagnostic Center for robotic bronchoscopy, endobronchial ultrasound and esophageal endoscopy. The new faculty member will join a team of well-established thoracic surgeons and thoracic surgery specialists that include PAs, NPs, junior and senior residents, medical students and outstanding nursing support in the GCC, clinics, operating rooms and on the hospital floors and ICUs. In addition to clinical duties, the new faculty member will provide educational training to medical students and residents, and actively contribute to our research and academic goals. Applicants should expect to work in a friendly environment with a collegial and supportive administration with a focus on quality care and healthy wellness of employees.
Requirements
MD/DO degree; candidates should be board eligible in general surgery
Board-Certified or Board Eligible (ABTS).
Fellowship trained in Thoracic Surgery.
Robotic trained and/or Robotic experience required.
Robotic bronchoscopy and EBUS trained and/or experience preferred.
New graduate or less than 5 years post-fellowship experience.
Assistant Professor- Early level career as a faculty member with appropriate post graduate training
Associate Professor- Mid level career faculty member with at least five years at rank of Assistant Professor or comparable training, background, and experience.
Required faculty employment qualifications for all USG institutions and all academic ranks within these institutions shall be:
Consistent with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)’s requirements for institutional accreditation;
Evidence of ability as a teacher;
Evidence of activity as a scholar and ability in all other duties assigned;
Successful experience (which will necessarily be waived for those just entering the academic profession who meet all other requirements); and,
Desirable personal qualities judged on the basis of personal interview, complete biographical data, and recommendations.
