Hospital / Clinic Employed Surgery: Transplant Job in Fort Wayne, Indiana
This transplant surgery opportunity in Fort Wayne, Indiana is offered as a hospital/clinic-employed position. In this arrangement, you would be a W-2 employee of the hospital or clinic system, which administers your compensation, benefits, malpractice coverage, and scheduling, and provides the clinical facility and supporting infrastructure. This structure is designed to minimize business and administrative responsibilities so you can focus on clinical work.
Compensation here is structured through an employment agreement that includes an income guarantee and a production bonus component, with the financial offering listed at the National Average tier. Relocation assistance is provided. Call responsibilities include a 1:4 patient call rotation and a 1:4 emergency department call rotation.
- Board certification is required
- Open to MD and DO candidates, including American Medical Graduates and Foreign Medical Graduates
- Open to US Citizens and Green Card holders
- Suitable for recently trained through very experienced surgeons
The position is based in a community with a population between 100,000 and 499,999.
- Position Type: Permanent
- Recruited Specialty: Surgery: Transplant
- Does the Physician Need To Be Trained In Specialty Being Recruited: Yes
- Structure of Position: Employed by Hospital/Clinic/MSO/Other
- Partnership Opportunity: Unknown
- Expected Patient Call Coverage: 1:4
- Expected ER Call Coverage: 1:4
Regional healthcare system in Fort Wayne, IN is seeking a board-certified Heart Transplant Surgeon to assist with the clinical, operational and research activities of the heart transplant program. Ideal candidates will be proficient in all aspects of adult cardiothoracic and vascular surgery with advanced expertise in heart transplantation, mechanical assist devices and ECMO. Join a large, dynamic, multidisciplinary, hospital-employed Cardiology group of CV surgeons, Non-Invasive Cardiologists, Interventional Cardiologists, Electrophysiologists, Advanced Heart Failure and Heart Transplant Cardiologists. With this heart transplant program, growing VAD and ECMO programs as well as research opportunities available with their own research organization. This network provides the full spectrum of cardiology care to northeast Indiana. The hospital is a tertiary care center which provides Cardiac Care, Children’s Hospital, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Emergency Medicine including the only Pediatric Emergency Department in the region, Musculoskeletal Center and Neurological Services, Cardiac and Renal transplant center. Required qualifications include Current certification by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery or its foreign equivalent, Qualify as a “Primary” or “Additional” Heart Transplant Surgeon under current UNOS Bylaws (UNOS bylaws – Appendix H, Section H.2), Completion of a heart transplant fellowship or no less than Three (3) years heart transplant experience in a leadership-level role, Qualify for an unrestricted medical license in the state of Indiana and medical staff membership within the hospital, Heart transplant programmatic growth and outreach experience preferred.
- Structure of Financial Support: Income Guarantee, Straight Employment, Employment Agreement with production bonus
- Financial Offering: National Average
- Median Compensation: $569,796 per year
- Relocation Allowance: Yes
- Signing Bonus: Negotiable
- Stipends: No
- Student Loan Assistance: Negotiable
- Practice State: Indiana
- Practice City: Fort Wayne
- Community Size: 100,000 - 499,999
- Community Details: Registered Candidates Only
- Location of Medical Training: American Medical Graduate (AMG), Foreign Medical Graduate (FMG)
- Medical Training Type: Allopathic (MD), Osteopathic (DO)
- Board Certification: Board Certified
- Work Status Requirements: US Citizen, Green Card
- Preferred Experience Level: Recently Trained, Experienced, Very Experienced
- Accept Local Physicians within 25 mile Radius: Yes
- Facility Type: Hospital
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- Agency: Oakland Professional Staffing Solutions
