Surgery - Trauma Physician

Orlando Health Surgery Department is seeking an accomplished Burn Surgeon to serve as the Medical Director of the Orlando Health Burn Program . This full-time opportunity is ideal for an experienced surgeon with advanced training and expertise in burn surgery who is passionate about clinical excellence, program development and multidisciplinary collaboration.

As Medical Director, you will provide strategic and clinical leadership for an established, ABA verified burn program, guiding its continued growth and advancement as a premier regional and national destination for burn care.

Position Responsibilities:
The Medical Director will oversee the comprehensive management of patients with complex burn injuries across the full continuum of care, including:

• Directing acute burn resuscitation and critical care management.
• Providing operative management for major burn injuries.
• Leading rehabilitation planning and long-term recovery efforts.
• Utilizing advanced skin coverage and grafting techniques, including state-of-the-art-wound management technologies.
• Applying reconstructive burn surgery expertise, including scar reconstruction.
• Partnering with multidisciplinary teams to deliver coordinated, patient-centered care
• Leading quality improvement initiatives, clinical innovation and program development.
• Collaborating with hospital leadership to expand and enhance the burn program while maintaining the highest standards of patient outcomes and regulatory compliance.
• Maintain ABA Verification

Practice Highlights:

• Established ABA verified program for the last 9 years of continuous verification.
• Join a collaborative team of 12 trauma surgeons and 5 APP.
• Monday Friday schedule with occasional weekend rounding assistance. No overnight responsibilities.
• Call schedule: 2 weeks per month
• Dedicated: 16 bed trauma/burn and 16 bed trauma/burn step down unit , dedicated operative team with priority given to burns.
• Collaborative multidisciplinary environment including experienced APPs, therapist, specialized nursing staff, rehabilitation professionals, and hospital leadership committed to exceptional patient care.

Qualifications:

• Demonstrated leadership experience, including prior experience leading a burn program.
• Board Certified or Board Eligible in General Surgery or Plastic Surgery
• Completion of an ACGME or AOA accredited burn fellowship.
• Fellow of the American Burn Association (FABA)
• Florida Medical License or ability to obtain one.

Benefits Package:

• Competitive compensation package, opportunity to make more based-on productivity - Internal general radiology moonlighting available with weekend and evening shifts.
• Benefits package includes time away for vacations and conferences, health/vision/dental insurance along with full malpractice coverage, disability coverage, deferred compensation and 403(b) with employer match.
• Orlando Health offers 4 weeks of continuous pay for parental leave.
• Generous starting bonus with eligibility for an annual bonus
• CME Stipend
• PSLF qualified employer

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Orlando Health - Orlando Regional Medical Center

With 808 acute care beds, Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC) is among the largest acute care facilities in the region and serves as one of Florida s six major teaching hospitals. Located in downtown Orlando, it has continuously served the Central Florida community since its founding in 1918.

The flagship hospital provides intensive and progressive-care services focused on cardiovascular, digestive health, neurosciences, oncology, orthopedics and trauma. It is among Florida s 10 Level I Trauma Centers, and one of the busiest in the state and nation. Orlando Health has the only hospital in the area licensed for air transport from the scene of accidents across 15 counties in a 100-mile radius. Numerous hospital programs are recognized for excellence, including designation as a Verified Burn Center by the American Burn Association, one of only a few in Florida, providing high-level care for burn patients from time of injury through rehabilitation. The hospital also holds Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Center, Hip Joint Replacement, Knee Joint Replacement and Spine Surgery certifications from The Joint Commission, the nation s oldest and largest accrediting body in healthcare.

Orlando Health ORMC has achieved Magnet recognition, the gold standard for nursing s contribution to quality patient care, safety, research and service excellence, from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Additionally, 17 hospital units the most of any hospital in Florida hold Beacon Awards for Excellence from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses for following evidence-based practices that improve patient and family outcomes. And our emergency department is one of a select number across the country to receive the Lantern Award from the Emergency Nurses Association, considered the gold standard for measuring quality and safety in emergency nursing.

Exemplary care efforts have consistently earned Orlando Health ORMC quality and safety recognitions, including repeat Best Regional Hospital rankings from U.S. News & World with national top-50 rankings in two adult specialties cardiology, heart and vascular surgery and diabetes and endocrinology along with high performing ratings in six additional specialties and in 21 of 22 procedures and conditions. The hospital also has received a fourth consecutive Top Teaching Hospital award from the patient safety advocates at The Leapfrog Group. The Orlando Health system has earned numerous quality and workplace recognitions, including Great Hospitals in America from Becker s Hospital Review , Great Place to Work Certification, 150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare from Becker s Healthcare, America s Most Innovative Companies from Fortune/Statista, Top Workplaces USA from USA Today and Joy in Medicine from the American Medical Association.