Abdominal Wall Reconstruction/General Surgeon

Description

About Dell Medical School

As part of The University of Texas at Austin, one of the nation’s leading research universities, the Dell Medical School pursues innovation in the redesign of healthcare delivery, excellence in healthcare research, and programs in interdisciplinary and inter-professional education. It is the fifth medical school in the UT System and the first medical school established in nearly five decades by a member of the Association of American Universities, an organization of leading public and private research universities. 

The University of Texas Medical Center, anchored by Dell Medical School, is defining the future of health. Announced in August 2023 with planning and implementation underway, The University of Texas Medical Center will cement Austin as a premier destination for health care alongside other major Texas cities. With two new, state-of-the-art hospitals – A UT specialty hospital and a cancer center being built by MD Anderson – plus the academic and research expertise of UT, The University of Texas Medical Center will provide the integrated, world-class care that is a hallmark of academic medicine.

The Dell Medical School is especially interested in qualified candidates who can contribute to excellence within the health learning system. 

About the Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care

The Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care is comprised of faculty in broad specialties (anesthesiology, cardiothoracic and vascular surgery, emergency medicine, general surgery, orthopaedic surgery, otolaryngology, plastic surgery and urology) with a focus on delivering outstanding care to the community.

The Department’s mission is: Transforming the health and lives of the diverse communities we serve through innovation in surgical care, research and education.

To accomplish this our priorities are:

• To develop new models of person-centered, multidisciplinary care that reward value.
• To educate and train future health care leaders.
• To develop research programs to evaluate new care delivery paradigms.

Our departmental Cultural Norms is a value system that highlights attributes we aspire to and use as a framework to guide us each day. One of those is we seek work/life balance and acknowledge that we are more than our work. 

About the Abdominal Wall Reconstruction/General Surgeon Position

The Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care at The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School in conjunction with the UT Health Austin are recruiting a full-time academic surgeon to serve is Director of The Abdominal Wall Reconstruction and Core Health Center. This role will lead and develop a comprehensive abdominal wall reconstruction program. The candidate must be board-certified or board-eligible in general surgery and have completed a fellowship with a focus on abdominal wall reconstruction.

The ideal candidate will have requisite skills to perform both basic and complex abdominal wall surgeries as well as a track record of leadership.  The candidate will lead surgeons and establish the abdominal wall program within UT Health Austin. We seek individuals with excellent clinical skills, a passion for education, potential for scholarly contributions to join a dynamic department in an innovative and growing medical school. The individual should have interest in developing an ambitious abdominal wall practice at UT Health Austin, the clinical practice of Dell Medical School, with intention to become a local and regional referral center with a national impact. The program has already hired a graduating fellow Abdominal Wall Reconstruction Surgeon who will start in September 2025. Opportunities abound for collaborative research within Dell Med and departments throughout The University of Texas at Austin. Since this is a leadership position the candidate must be eligible for the rank of Associate or Professor. Candidates exiting fellowship will not be considered.

While not a requirement for the position, candidates who have an interest in applying for research funding and or currently hold research funding are encouraged to apply. 

Essential Functions:

• Serve as a clinical content expert on abdominal wall surgery for Dell Medical School and Dell Seton Medical Center at the University of Texas.
• Participate in the design and implementation of a new comprehensive abdominal wall reconstruction program within Dell Medical School’s Health Transformation Building and other sites