Cardiothoracic Surgery Job In San Antonio, Texas
Heart & Lung Procurement Surgeon
Description
Specialization:
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Job Summary:
Methodist Healthcare System & Texas Transplant Institute is recruiting a heart & lung procurement surgeon to join our growing program in San Antonio, Texas.Qualified Candidates:
- MD or DO degree with board certification in cardiac surgery, fellowship in cardiothoracic transplant, lung transplant & thoracic surgery preferred.
- Board certified or board eligible required
- Eligible for an unrestricted medical licensure in Texas required
- Visa sponsorship not available
- Evaluation of donor organs (heart, lung, and heart/lung) and organ procurement including DCD recoveries
- Participation in normothermic regional perfusion
- Supervision of surgical assist, preservation, perfusion, or other organ recovery support staff
- Participation in VA ECMO
- Assist with Mechanical Circulatory Support Implant and Explant
- Management of Heart Failure and Transplant Program Patients
- Availability on a rotational basis to provide 24/7 coverage and to work in teams when needed to support multiple or sequential procurement
- Extensive surgical experience
- Leadership, time management, teamwork and problem-solving
- Knowledge of transplant/organ procurement regulations
- Excellent communication skills in normal or high-pressure situations
- Flexibility and ability to respond in urgent situations
- Ex vivo perfusion experience preferred
Incentive/Benefits Package:
- Ability to join established transplant team & program with Methodist Healthcare System
- Sign-on bonus
- Competitive salary
- Comprehensive benefit package that includes health and dental coverage
- Relocation assistance
- Paid malpractice
About Methodist Heart and the Methodist Healthcare System:
- 25 operating suites and 811 beds
- Methodist Hospital is one of the largest hospitals in South Texas performing cardiothoracic transplant & MCS.
- Methodist Heart Hospital consistently performs more open-heart surgeries than any other hospital in San Antonio, making it the busiest program in the region
- Largest Heart Transplant program in South Texas, saving over 500 lives
- South Texas’ only comprehensive Aortic Aneurysm Program
- Over 2,000 TAVR procedures performed; 400 annually
- Lung transplant program established in 2021
- Over 150 ECMOs annually
- Over 1600 open heart surgeries each year
- Programs include VATS minimally invasive thoracic surgery and lung nodule program
- Over 90 cardiology physicians in Methodist Physician Practices
- 4 diagnostic cath labs
- 3 electrophysiology labs
- 5 dedicated cardiovascular operating suites
- Five accredited chest pain centers
- Two heart failure clinics
- Methodist Healthcare System is the largest provider of health care in South and Central Texas with 28 facilities, including nine acute care hospitals serving over 94,000 inpatients and 500,000 outpatients annually
San Antonio is home to 2.5 million people and is experiencing solid economic growth in industries such as bioscience and healthcare, aerospace, IT and cybersecurity and green technologies. San Antonio's MSA is expected to add up to 1.1 million new residents and 500,000 new jobs by 2040. This growing city offers big-city amenities and world-renowned attractions coupled with a relaxed and inviting atmosphere for all ages. San Antonio residents also enjoy a cost of living slightly below the national average due to lower housing costs, as well as no state income tax.
San Antonio (Spanish for "Saint Anthony") is the seventh most populous city in the U.S. and the second most populous city in Texas, with a population of 1.3 million. It was the fastest growing of the top 10 largest cities in the United States from 2000-2010. The city is located in the American Southwest, the south–central part of Texas, and the southwestern corner of an urban region known as the Texas Triangle.
Chartered in 1955, Methodist Hospital is the pioneer facility of the new world-renowned South Texas Medical Center. Opened in 1963, Methodist Hospital has grown to be the flagship facility of the Methodist Healthcare System, San Antonio's largest and most preferred health care provider. Methodist Hospital maintains this excellent reputation with a commitment to the hospital's needs by exceeding their expectations. With 672 beds, Methodist Hospital offers a broad range of specialties including cardiology, oncology, emergency medicine, neurosciences, maternity care, gynecology and orthopedics.
Methodist Hospital is San Antonio's largest private hospital, as well as the largest provider of health care to rural communities in South Texas and international patients from Mexico.
In the late 1998, Methodist Hospital opened the Gamma Knife Center, the only one of its kind in San Antonio and South Texas. The Gamma Knife offers new radiosurgical technology designed exclusively for the non-invasive treatments of malignant and benign brain tumors, vascular malformations, and other neurological disorders.
Methodist Hospital offers many advanced imaging technologies that provide clear, detailed x-rays so physicians can diagnose and treat their patients' diseases. These tools include magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), 3T magnetic resonance imaging, computerized tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET), cerebral angiography and picture arching and communications systems (PACS). PACS captures images through the computer instead of an x-ray film. As a result, physicians with the PACS software installed on their computers can view x-rays in their office, from several locations within the hospital and even from home, providing faster and more convenient access to their patients' x-rays.
Approximately 2,000 physicians representing virtually all medical specialties comprise the Methodist's medical staff. It also maintains one of the highest nurse-to-patient ratios in the Southwest.