Transplant Surgery Job In Houston, Texas
Transplant Surgery Physician
Description
Specialization:
Surgery Transplant
Job Summary:
HCA Houston Healthcare is seeking to employ a board certified adult cardiothoracic transplant surgeon to serve as the heart transplant surgical director and lead the development of an advanced and growing transplant and cardiothoracic program in Houston, Texas. The position would have the surgeon working primarily with HCA's Medical Center hospital, located just north of the Texas Medical Center.Qualifications:
- Preferred candidates will have 5 or more years of experience in adult heart transplantation, mechanical circulatory support, and ECMO
- Must be Board Eligible or Board Certified in Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Surgery Fellowship required
- Ability to obtain or maintain an active Texas Medical license in good standing.
- HCA Houston Healthcare will offer a competitive salary.
- Comprehensive benefits include health, vision, dental, short and long term disability, 401K, paid time off.
- Sign-on bonus.
- Relocation assistance.
About HCA's Houston Heart team:
Houston Heart’s goal is to provide exceptional cardiac and vascular care to every patient. Our philosophy always comes back to one word. Care. This is our foundation. Our focus, always, is how our patients and their families feel when they’re with us. We are supportive and optimistic. We lift people up. Because in our experience, it’s not the medical treatment that patients remember. It’s how they were treated…as human beings.
Led by highly experienced heart and vascular specialists, we utilize the latest surgical and non-surgical techniques. The Houston Heart team performs a full range of cardiovascular treatments—from noninvasive and minimally invasive procedures to open heart surgery.
As a part of HCA Houston Healthcare, we can ensure that care is close to home. Houston Heart is building better hearts for (and from) ours.
The nation’s fourth-largest city, Houston is a vibrant metropolis that leads the nation in creating new jobs. The world capital of the energy industry and home to the world-famous Texas Medical Center. When it comes to entertainment and recreation, Houston has a lot to offer, including professional sports teams, theater district and museum district, hundreds of clubs and live music venues. With its gigantic Galleria and more, Houston is a shopper’s paradise. Houston’s sunny climate makes it easy to enjoy the city’s 300 municipal parks, jogging paths, and bike trails. Piney woods, area lakes, Galveston Bay, and sunny Gulf Coast beaches are less than an hour away. Families will appreciate the excellence of the area’s public and private schools and availability of institutions of higher learning.
HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center is a 444-bed acute care hospital located on Hermann Drive in the heart of Houston’s museum district. Established in 1975, the hospital has been serving Houston for more than 40 years. HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center provides a wide range of medical services that includes cardiology, bariatrics, orthopedics, neurology, emergency care and more.
HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center offers the convenience of a community hospital with the medical services of a large urban medical facility.