Description

Position Description: 

• Supervises and teaches residents and medical students in classroom and clinical settings. 
• Works in close conjunction with other hand surgery colleagues to develop a long-term hand division strategic plan
• Performs Hand and Microvascular call coverage at local hospitals
• Provides patient care in the area of hand and microvascular surgery in the inpatient and outpatient settings affiliated with a Level 1 Trauma Center. 
• Engages in advancement of scientific knowledge through research and/or scholarship.
• Serves the academic community through participation in institutional governance, such as committee work and other administrative duties.
• Contributes to the community through academically-related public service complementary to the institutional mission.
• Maintains current board certification; or actively works towards fulfilling the eligibility criteria to qualify for board certification through the ABOS or ABS
• Academic Pathway, including achievement of academic promotion to the rank of associate professor and excellence in clinical care, research and teaching.
  Maintains a faculty appointment in good standing in the Department of Surgery (for candidates whose primary training is in Plastic Surgery or General Surgery)
• Ensures compliance with HIPAA and billing regulations.
• Adheres to institutional and departmental policies and procedures. 
• Demonstrates professionalism in accordance with the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine’s Declaration of Faculty Professional Responsibility.
• Upholds and promotes the value-based culture of TTUHSC El Paso.

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Requirements

Minimum Qualifications: 

•         M.D. or D.O. degree
•         One of the following:

                 A)     Successful completion of an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) -accredited Orthopaedic Surgery, General Surgery or Plastic Surgery Residency Program, or

                 B)     For academic orthopaedic surgeons who have received graduate medical education outside the United States or Canada, completion of an Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program with documentation of having successfully passed the applicable certification examination in the Candidate’s country of education and prior practice, or

                 C)     For academic surgeons who completed graduate medical education training in a General Surgery or Plastic Surgery Residency program that is not- accredited by either the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC), a minimum of one year of clinical postgraduate training in the USA/Canada at a program accredited by the ACGME and/or sponsoring specialty society.  

•         Successful completion of an ACGME-accredited Hand Surgery Fellowship Program
•         Texas medical licensure, or eligibility for medical licensure in Texas 
•         Qualifications for secondary faculty appointment in the Department of Surgery for the candidates whose primary training is in General Surgery or                  Plastic Surgery 

Preferred Qualifications:

•         Experience in Microvascular Surgery
•         Successful completion of an ACGME-accredited Orthopaedic Surgery, Plastic Surgery or General Surgery Residency Program 

                  A)     Board certification in Orthopaedic surgery by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, or
                  B)     Board Certification in General surgery by the American Board of Surgery, or

                  C)     Board Certification in Plastic surgery by the American Board of Plastic Surgery

•         Board certification in Orthopaedic surgery of the Hand by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery 
•         Bilingual English/Spanish
•         Emerging or established regional or national reputation for the rank of Associate Professor or higher