General Surgeon

Physician Affiliate Group of New York (PAGNY) is adding a General Surgeon to the group at NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health . South Brooklyn Health is a redesigned health care campus featuring the new 11-floor Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospital which provides emergency care, modern labor & delivery suites, and state-of-the-art surgical services. The new Health & Wellness Institute offers outpatient services from primary and preventive care to specialty services for children and adults, all designed to keep our community healthy. The hospital maintains a strong academic affiliation with SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University and NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine to maintain its high standards of healthcare delivery.

The mission of NYC Health + Hospitals is to extend equally to all New Yorkers, regardless of the ability to pay, comprehensive health services of the highest quality in an atmosphere of humane care, dignity, and respect. Their Values are built on a foundation of social and racial equity and has established the ICARE standards for all staff.

NYC Health + Hospitals is the nation’s largest municipal health care delivery system in the United States. Dedicated to providing the highest quality health care services to all New Yorkers with compassion, dignity and respect, and regardless of immigration status or ability to pay.

Opportunity Details

• Provide comprehensive general surgical care to adult patients in Inpatient, Outpatient, Emergency Department, and Operative settings.
• Evaluate and manage patients presenting with acute and elective general surgical conditions, including acute abdominal conditions, soft-tissue infections, gastrointestinal emergencies, surgical complications, and other conditions within the scope of General Surgery.
• Provide preoperative evaluation, operative management, and postoperative care.
• Participate in the General Surgery inpatient service, surgical consultation service, and General Surgery call schedule, including emergency surgical coverage in accordance with Departmental needs.
• Participate in the evaluation, resuscitation, operative management, and ongoing care of injured patients requiring general surgical expertise, including participation in the surgical response to trauma activations as clinically appropriate.
• Collaborate with other clinical disciplines in the management of complex surgical patients.
• Participate in Departmental quality assurance and performance improvement activities, including morbidity and mortality conferences, peer review, case review, and other surgical quality initiatives.
• Support the hospital's ongoing development of organized trauma services and readiness for Level III Trauma Center designation.
• Participate in the education and supervision of residents, fellows, medical students, advanced practice providers, and other clinical staff as applicable.