Loyola
University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine Department of Surgery is seeking
an Academic Burn Surgeon to join its team. The Loyola
Burn Center is located in Maywood, Illinois on the western edge of Chicago and
is verified by both the ABA and ACS. Other professionals of the care team
include general surgery residents, advance practice providers, occupational and
physical therapists, nutritionists, pharmacists, and social workers. The clinical
and educational programs are closely aligned with the Burn Shock Trauma
Research Institute (BSTRI). The BSTRI programs include ongoing federally funded
basic, translational and clinical trial activities in wound healing, sepsis,
acute kidney injury and alcohol associated injuries.
A
medical degree and board certification/eligibility with added qualifications in
surgical critical care and completion of a one-year fellowship in burn
treatment are required. This is a full-time faculty position and salary will be
commensurate with experience. Interested
candidates should also have a strong interest in teaching residents and medical
students and the successful candidate will be at the rank of Assistant or
Associate Professor.
Loyola University Medical Center (LUMC) is a
547-licensed-bed quaternary hospital in Maywood, Illinois that includes the
William G. & Mary A. Ryan Center for Heart & Vascular Medicine, the
Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, a Level 1 trauma center, Illinois's largest
burn center, a certified comprehensive stroke center and a children’s hospital.
Loyola also trains the next generation of caregivers through its academic
affiliation with Loyola University Chicago’s Stritch School of Medicine and the
Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing. Loyola has 7,221 employees including 859
physicians, 491 residents and 108 fellows. Loyola is consistently ranked among
the top hospitals in Illinois, and is currently ranked No. 4 in the state by
both U.S. News & World Report and Newsweek. LUMC is part of Loyola Medicine,
a three-hospital system that includes LUMC, Gottlieb Memorial Hospital and
MacNeal Hospital, as well as convenient locations offering primary care,
specialty care and immediate care services from more than 1,800 physicians
throughout Cook, Will and DuPage counties. Loyola Medicine is part of Trinity
Health, one of the largest Catholic health care delivery systems in the
nation with 92 hospitals in 22 states.
Interested
candidates should email a cover letter and CV to Dr. Vivian Gahtan, Chair
Department of Surgery, c/o Katie Delaney, Physician Recruitment Office, at katie.delaney@luhs.org and apply online at www.careers.luc.edu.
www.LoyolaMedicine.org
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment
without regard to race, color, religion (except where religion is a bona fide
occupational qualification for the job), national origin, sex, age, marital
status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or protected veteran status and
will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.