The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), College of Medicine, Department of Surgery, and Regional One Health in Memphis, TN is accepting applications for an Academic Physician to serve as the Medical Director of the Firefighters Burn Unit. The Medical Director will lead a multidisciplinary team of surgeons, intensivists, anesthesiologists, advanced practice providers, nurses, therapists, social workers, dieticians, and pharmacists They also must engage in the surgical education of general surgery residents, burn fellows and critical care fellows.

The Firefighters Burn Unit is the only American Burn Association (ABA)-verified burn center in the Mid-South region with its own burn emergency department and two burn operating rooms. As a busy regional center, 664 burn ED visits and 350 burn admissions were recorded in 2023.

There are opportunities for collaboration with either the Trauma Service in the Elvis Presley Trauma Center at Regional One Health for coverage of trauma and surgical critical care or the Plastic Surgery service for coverage of soft tissue reconstruction depending on the candidate's background and experience.
This is a full-time, non-tenure-track position and faculty rank is commensurate with experience and credentials.

The candidate hired will join a cohesive, multidisciplinary team of 3 burn surgeons, 9 intensivists and 8 advanced practice providers to complete the burn team.

Applicants should have a demonstrated commitment to and knowledge of equal opportunity and affirmative action.

Candidates can be either General Surgery/Critical Care or Plastic Surgery -trained, but all require burn fellowship training or experience. General Surgery - trained will be in UTROP; Plastic Surgery-trained will be in UCH.

The candidate must have:

• Completed an accredited General Surgery residency program and be Board Eligible/Board Certified in General Surgery
• Completed an accredited Surgical Critical Care fellowship and be Board Eligible/Board Certified in Surgical Critical Care
• Completed an accredited Burn fellowship (or possess at least 5 years of prior burn practice experience) 

AND/OR

• Completed an accredited Plastic Surgery training program Board Eligible/Board Certified in Plastic Surgery
• Completed an accredited Burn fellowship (or possess at least 5 years of prior burn practice experience)

For benefits information, please visit https://uthsc.edu/hr/benefits/documents/2023-benefits-preview-packet.pdf.

Applicants should have a demonstrated commitment to and knowledge of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action.

The University of Tennessee is an EEO/AA/Title VI/Title IX/Section 504/ADA/ADEA/V institution in the provision of its education and employment programs and services.

THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is the flagship statewide, public, academic health institution in Tennessee. Founded in 1911, the mission of the University of Tennessee Health Science is to improve the health and well-being of Tennesseans and the global community by fostering integrated, collaborative, and inclusive education, research, scientific discovery, clinical care, and public service. Employing more than 4,600 people on its faculty, staff, and not-for-profit corporation faculty practice groups, and with more than 3,200 students across the state, UTHSC contributes $4 billion to the economy of Tennessee.

Part of the University of Tennessee System, the Health Science Center is headquartered in Memphis and includes all six of UT’s doctoral-degree-granting health science colleges -- Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing, Graduate Health Sciences, and Health Professions. UTHSC spans the state with its four major, regional clinical health science locations in Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga, and Nashville, as well as more than 100 clinical education sites across Tennessee. UTHSC is the largest educator of health care professionals in the state and operates the state’s largest residency and fellowship advanced training programs.

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