TRANSPLANT SURGEON

The Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery and the Organ Transplant Center at the University of Iowa Health Care is seeking a surgeon for a faculty position in Abdominal Solid Organ Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery. Appointment can be at the Assistant, Associate or Full Professor level in either the tenure or clinical track depending on experience and qualifications. The ideal candidate will become the Surgical Director of the Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Programs as well as the Director of the Kidney Living Donor program. Opportunity to participate in liver transplantation, hepatobiliary and pediatric transplant surgery exists depending on experience and training.

University of Iowa Health Care has supported a UNOS approved solid organ transplant program for over 40 years and the UIHC Organ Transplant Center is recognized as a regional and national Center of Excellence ( www.UIHealthcare.org/transplant ). University of Iowa Health Care represents the integrated health care enterprise of the University of Iowa, which includes the UI Hospitals and Clinics, UI Stead Family Children's Hospital, UI Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, and UI Physicians. As one of the nation's leading academic medical centers and the state's only comprehensive academic medical center, University of Iowa Health Care is committed to excellence in medical education, research and patient care and service. To learn more, visit our website at https://www.uihealthcare.org/

University of Iowa Health Care offers a competitive salary and outstanding benefits package. Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any misconduct history or pending research misconduct investigation including but not limited to sexual misconduct in prior employment and provide a related release and will be subject to a criminal background and credential check.

The University of Iowa is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment free from discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth and related conditions), disability, genetic information, status as a U.S. veteran, service in the U.S. military, sexual orientation, gender identity, or associational preferences.

• Candidates must hold an MD, DO, or an equivalent degree
• Candidates must have completed training in all phases of General Surgery
• Candidates must possess transplant training from an ASTS-approved fellowship program in solid organ transplantation, to include training in kidney, kidney-pancreas transplantation as well as deceased and laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy

• Candidates must meet OPTN criteria to be the Primary Surgeon for Kidney and Pancreas Programs as well as the living donor kidney surgeon
• Candidate must provide appropriate documentation of meeting Primary surgeon and living donor surgeon requirements as outlined in the OPTN By laws
• Applicants that want to participate in liver transplantation must have training/experience from an accredited liver fellowship
• Applicants that want to participate in pediatric transplantation must have appropriate training/experience
• Applicants with established research are preferred and appointment to the tenure track requires research experience at a level which enables procurement of outside funding

• Applicants must possess board eligibility/certification in Surgery from the American Board of Surgery

• Three years of experience as a post-fellowship trained, attending Transplant surgeon is highly desirable
• Professional job-related experience fostering or promoting a welcoming and respectful work/academic environment where people of all backgrounds and perspectives feel welcomed and appreciated; or demonstrated the ability to do so

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