South Shore University Hospital - Northwell Health Posted Jan 8, 2025

Bay Shore, NY

Trauma Medical Director

Northwell Health in conjunction with South Shore University Hospital is seeking a fulltime academic Trauma Medical Director/Acute Care Surgeon BE/BC in Surgical Critical Care/Trauma Surgery to join the faculty at our South Shore Hospital campus (in Bayshore, NY). This is an excellent opportunity to work as a Clinical Educator in a high acuity environment with a very supportive and experienced team.
The qualified candidate will join a team of five other attendings in South Shore University Hospital Division of Acute Care Surgery. Surgeons will rotate through the Surgical ICU and Acute Care Surgery services. South Shore Hospital recently received American College of Surgeon Level 1 status. South Shore Hospital admits approximately 800 trauma and surgical patients annually. South Shore is the newest surgical residency. South Shore is the site of our newest surgical residency. Northwell has four surgical residencies in its 23-hospital system. The Division also manages a 10-bed Surgical Intensive Care Unit. Lastly, the Division is actively involved in research at the basic science, translational, and clinical level.

South Shore University Hospital is a 341-bed hospital with physicians, nurses and staff who provide health care services in all medical specialties. Our centers of excellence include Cardiology, Orthopedics, Neuroscience and Women’s Health.
We continually recruit a diverse physician workforce to meet the needs of the diverse patients we seek to serve; as a result, our Health System is proudly ranked by Diversity Incorporated as the #1 Hospital and Health System in the US. We fully understand that diversity is integral for our institutional excellence and a means to attaining health equity. As a result, our diversity and inclusion efforts are a part of everything we do, from education to clinical care, to research, to physician well-being. For more information and resources regarding our initiatives, please visit our Center for Equity of Care, https://www.northwell.edu/education-and-resources/community-engagement/center-for-equity-of-care

Northwell Health is New York State’s largest health care provider and private employer, with 23 hospitals, 830 outpatient facilities and more than 16,600 affiliated physicians. We care for over two million people annually in the New York metro area and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Our 88,000 employees – 18,900 nurses and 4,800 employed doctors, including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners – are working to change health care for the better. We’re making breakthroughs in medicine at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. We're training the next generation of medical professionals at the visionary Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and the Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies.
The right candidate will have a strong commitment to medical student and resident education. Interest in translational and/or clinical research is also desirable. We are an equal opportunity employer; rank at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell will be commensurate with qualifications.

How to apply

For more information and to apply, please contact Katelyn at kstitt@northwell.edu.

Location

Bay Shore, NY 11706

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