Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon

Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, is seeking a BE/BC Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon to join their established practice in Fargo, North Dakota. This role offers the opportunity to develop a broad and rewarding plastic surgery practice within a Level I Trauma Center, serving a significant regional referral base. The position provides a diverse mix of reconstructive and elective surgery, with flexibility to align with the successful candidate's training and clinical interests.

Practice Info

• Join an established practice with two plastic surgeons and two advanced practice providers.
• Practice within a Level I Trauma Center and tertiary regional referral center.
• Broad practice encompassing reconstructive, breast, general plastic, cosmetic, and post-bariatric surgery.
• Significant opportunities for complex soft-tissue and oncologic reconstruction.
• Collaborative and combined cases with surgical oncology, gynecologic oncology, orthopedic surgery, trauma surgery, and other specialties.
• Modern clinic and hospital facilities with advanced surgical equipment.

Responsibilities

• Provide nonsurgical and surgical care to patients of all ages presenting with illnesses, injuries, and disorders that require the repair, reconstruction, or replacement of physical defects of form or function.
• Perform history and physical examination, admit, evaluate, and diagnose patients.
• Opportunity for breast reconstruction, including both implant-based and autologous techniques.
• Opportunity for extremity reconstruction and limb salvage.
• For surgeons with microsurgical expertise, opportunities are available for free-tissue transfer and microsurgical breast and extremity reconstruction.
• Flexibility to develop a practice reflecting the surgeon's individual expertise and professional interests.
• Balanced mixture of inpatient and outpatient care.
• Opportunities to teach medical students, surgical residents, and other trainees.

Compensation

• Compensation floor of $650,000 for the first two years of the employment contract, plus estimated potential to exceed compensation floor from personally performed wRVUs.
• A $100,000 retention incentive to be paid if you remain a 1.0 FTE for 3 years (this will be subject to a contractual agreement specifying all details).
• Nationally competitive compensation plan.

Benefits

• Health, dental and vision insurance
• 401K plan
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Life insurance
• CME allowance
• Allowed time away
• Malpractice insurance and tail coverage
• Relocation allowance

Shift & Schedule

• Call approximately 10 days per month.

Requirements

• BE/BC Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon.
• M.D. or D.O. degree.
• Successful completion of a hospital affiliated Plastic Surgical residency program (can be either the independent or integrated residency training models).
• Residency programs must be accredited by The ACGME, the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) or the Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Canada.
• Current subspecialty certification in plastic surgery by the America Board of Plastic Surgery or American Osteopathic Board of Surgery.
• OR Successful completion of an (ACGME) or (AOA) accredited residency in a surgical specialty followed by successful completion of an accredited in plastic surgery residency (can be either the independent or integrated residency training models) and active participation in the examination process with achievement of certification within 5 years of completion of formal training leading to subspecialty certification in plastic surgery by the American Board of Surgery or the American Osteopathic Board of Surgery.
• Open to visa sponsorship.