Kidney Transplant Surgical Director

Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare seeks a Kidney Transplant Surgical Director. The Methodist Transplant Institute, in partnership with The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), is accepting applications for a transplant surgeon to serve as the surgical director of kidney transplantation. As a leader in organ transplantation for more than 40 years, this transplant program provides liver, kidney and pancreas transplantation, living donor organ transplantation, and hepatobiliary surgery to patients with end stage organ disease in the Midsouth.

Working at Methodist LeBonheur Healthcare means carrying the mission forward of caring for our community and impacting the lives of patients in every way through compassion, a deliberate focus on service expectations, and a consistent thriving for excellence. Methodist LeBonheur Healthcare strives to be an employer of choice and establish a reputation for being a talent rich organization where Associates can grow their career caring for others.

For over a century, we’ve served the health care needs of the people of Memphis and the Mid-South.

The kidney transplant surgical director will join an established, high-volume kidney transplant program and will work side by side with the medical directors and senior administrative director of transplant to ensure high quality patient outcomes while broadening the reach of the Methodist Transplant Institute. Salary and benefits package will be competitive and commensurate with experience.

• The surgical director would work side by side with the medical directors and senior administrative director of transplant to ensure high quality patient outcomes while broadening the reach of the Methodist Transplant Institute.
• The kidney surgical director should be fellowship trained in an ASTS accredited abdominal transplant fellowship and be board certified in general surgery by the American Board of Surgery.
• Participation in the training of medical students, general surgery residents and transplant surgery fellows is expected. Opportunities to participate in clinical and translational research exist through our endowed Transplant Research Institute.
• Supervision of advanced practice providers is required.
• The kidney transplant surgical director will model behavior as exemplified in MLH Mission, Vision and Values.
• The director should be able to build relationships with community and internal partners, as the director will be joining an established, high-volume program.
• The kidney transplant surgical director will work with medical directors and senior administrative director of transplant to ensure high quality outcomes while broadening reach.

• MD/DO
• Completion of an accredited American Board of Surgery general surgery residency program and an ASTS-approved fellowship program in solid organ transplantation

• Board certified with a minimum of 5 years of kidney transplant surgery experience
• Candidates must meet the OPTN/UNOS Certification for primary kidney transplant surgeon and must be actively performing living donor nephrectomies and kidney transplants in their current position
• Proven leadership ability along with excellent team building, collaboration, as well as exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• Strong interest in laparoscopic or robotic living donor nephrectomy would be preferable

• Licensed Physician Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners
• American Board of Surgery Certification
• Osteopathic Physician Tennessee - Tennessee Board of Osteophathic Examination
• Board Certified Physician - American Board of Medical Specialties
• National Board Certified Physician - The National Board of Physicians and Surgeons
• AOA Board Certified Physician-Specialty American Osteopathic Association
• Board Certified DO National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners (NBOME)

• Administrator, nurse practitioner, and support staff

• Must be physically and mentally able, with or without reasonable accommodation to perform the essential functions of the position without endangering the health and…