Physician - Section Chief Neurosurgery

2 weeks ago

Houston, United States Veterans Health Administration Full time

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Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases
Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME)
Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory
CME: Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification)
Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided
Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting

Duties include, but are not limited to:
The applicant should have deep familiarity with neurosurgical anatomy and anatomy teaching expertise to be utilized in postgraduate resident level instruction, with an emphasis on spinal anatomy. The applicant should have experience in grant application, clinical outcomes research, clinical publication, and clinical publication reviewing. The applicant should be fellowship trained in Complex Spine Reconstruction surgery and Minimally Invasive Spinal surgery. Applicant also needs to be comfortable treating pathologies that pertains a fully trained Neurosurgery, including Brain and Spine pathology. Duties include clinic, surgical, training of neurosurgical residents at all levels, and call responsibilities.

Applicant also needs to be comfortable treating pathologies that pertains a fully trained Neurosurgery, including Brain and Spine pathology. The candidate will participate in the conferences and interactions of the Department of Neurosurgery at Baylor College of Medicine.
Provide services of a Neurosurgery Physician to patients in the Operative Care Line. Triages, examines, diagnoses, resuscitates, stabilizes, treats or directs a course of treatment for a wide range of patients from the healthy young to the geriatric patient, or from seriously ill to the severely traumatized. Examines patients and orders appropriate tests to evaluate patients, chief complaint and related complaints; ascertains medical needs and initiates action to provide needed services.

Coordinates admission of patient to hospital with accepting staff physician. Performs authorized procedures such as Lumbar puncture, Tracheostomy (emergency), Incision and drainage simple abscesses, Suturing of lacerations, Closed cardiac massage, Endotracheal intubation, Use of surgical laser, Craniotomies, Aneurysms, AVM's, Tumors, Trauma, Infection-Hemorrhage, Transsphenoidals, Stereotaxic procedures, Biopsy, Lesions, Implants, Laminectomies, Decompression and disk, Tumors-infection, Anterior spine procedures, & Decompression and disk, Fusion. Provides professional guidance and direction to neurosurgery residents, medical students, physician assistants and physician assistant students working in Neurosurgery.
Full privileges to manage all patients in the area of Neurosurgery that a fully trained specialist in this field would manage. Routine management of neurosurgery patients with a fully trained Orthopedist readily available for consultation.



Special diagnostic and therapeutic procedures:
History and physical
Interpretation of x-rays
Interpretation of electrocardiogram with consultation
Craniotomies

Aneurysms
AVM's
Tumors
Trauma
Infection-Hemorrhage


Transsphenoidals
Stereotaxic procedures

Biopsy
Lesions
Implants with supervision


Laminectomies

Decompression and disk
Tumors-infection
AVMs
Biopsy
Fusion
Instrumentation


Anterior spine procedures

Decompression and disk
Fusion
Instrumentation
Tumor-infection
Vascular
Biopsy


Congenital abnormalities

Chiari malformation
Syrinx
Spina Bifida


Hydrocephalus-shunts
Peripheral nerve surgery

Neurolysis decompression
Repair
Brachial plexus region with supervision


Diagnostic procedures

Ventriculography with supervision
Myelography
Angiography with supervision
Pneumoencephalography with supervision


Carotid endarterectomy with supervision
Cranioplasty
Neurostimulators with supervision
Drug pump implantation with supervision
Ablative surgery for pain & spasticity with supervision
Nerve blocks
Admitting clinical privileges
Full privileges to prescribe/order medications



Work Schedule:
Monday - Friday; schedule to be determined by supervisor.

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