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Overview:

Overview

Sentara Medical Group is seeking a skilled and experienced Abdominal Transplant Surgeon to join our well-established transplant programs in Norfolk Virginia. This is an exceptional opportunity for a motivated team-oriented physician with strong clinical and interpersonal skills to help shape and expand a dynamic program.

Sentara Norfolk General Hospital has been a leading center for kidney and pancreas transplants since 1972 performing over 2000 successful transplants and offering comprehensive care for patients with end-stage renal disease. The Sentara Transplant center is recognized as one of the most active kidney transplant centers in Virginia performing between 90-120 transplants annually including multivesicular kidney pancreas and heart kidney transplants. The program also offers robotic and laparoscopic living donor kidney transplantation and participates with the National Kidney Registry. Additionally 8-12 pediatric kidney transplants are performed annually in collaboration with the Childrens Hospital of the Kings Daughters.

Position Highlights:

• Join a team of 2 experienced Abdominal Transplant surgeons to facilitate program growth and development. The ideal candidate should have 3-5 years of experience and demonstrate robust capabilities with a commitment to quality and regulatory metrics. There are opportunities for clinical and translational research and participation in medical student and resident education are expected.

Education

• Completion of an accredited American Board of Surgery general surgery residency program and an ASTS-approved fellowship program in solid organ transplantation.

• Eligible for or a licensed to practice medicine in Virginia
• Candidates must be actively performing or trained to perform living donor nephrectomies and kidney transplantation in their current position and have a strong interest in living donor kidney transplantation.
• Preferred experience/training in Liver transplantation

Certification/Licensure

• Eligible for or a licensed to practice medicine in Virginia (Required)

Benefit Highlights:

• Comprehensive Benefits and Retirement Packages
• $7500 CMEper year to advance your expertise
• Sign-on and Commencement bonus
• Annual Quality Bonus
• Malpractice and Tail Coverage
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Fully Integrated EHR (Epic)

Live Where others Vacation Wonderful Coastal living- consistently ranked among the top places to live in US

Sentara Norfolk General Hospital serves the 7 cities that comprise Hampton Roads and includes Norfolk Virginia Beach Portsmouth Chesapeake Hampton Newport News and Suffolk. The area offers an affordable and spectacular lifestyle which blends culture with water-front living. Come to this beautiful city and coastal community rich in history culture and recreation; dedicated to quality education and work-life balance. There is access to exceptional public and private schools colleges and universities and endless all-season recreation. Four mild and distinctive seasons with moderate temperatures make year-round outdoor living possible. Music and theater venues abound. Easy drive or train ride to Washington DC Richmond or the Research Triangle of NC.

Sentara Health is an award-winning nationally recognized innovative nonprofit healthcare system. Our physician-led organization is a top-tier high performing multi-specialty group that brings together over 2000 providers to deliver quality and compassionate care to our communities.

Join us in Norfolk and step into a fulfilling career where compassionate care meets professional growth. Contact and discover why Norfolk is not just a place to work but a place to call home.

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Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30000-member workforce. Diversity inclusion and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.

In support of our mission to improve health every day this is a tobacco-free environment.

For positions that are available as remote work Sentara Health employs providers in the following states:

North Carolina Nevada South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Virginia West Virginia and Wisconsin.