Director of Emergency General Surgery in Somerset

Director of Emergency General Surgery

RWJBarnabas Health and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in Somerset, New Jersey are seeking a dynamic, full‑time Director of Emergency General Surgery (EGS) who will also serve as the Program Director of the Acute Care Surgery Fellowship. RWJUH is the flagship academic hospital of the RWJBH system and is a Level 1 Trauma Center verified by the American College of Surgeons.

RWJUH is a world‑class, patient‑centered, academic medical center and one of the nation’s premier centers for excellence in clinical care, biomedical research, and medical education.

Responsibilities will include oversight of operational, strategic, and administrative tasks, encompassing quality improvement initiatives, patient education, curriculum development, and the enhancement of policies, procedures, and workflows to improve the efficiency and outcomes of the EGS service line. The director will mentor and support our academic fellows, residents, APPs, and medical students, working closely with an experienced team of fifteen acute care surgeons that cover a full spectrum of acute care surgery, including Trauma, Emergency General Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care.

The EGS will collaborate closely with the Rutgers Acute Care Surgery Research lab to help generate research.

As the largest integrated health‑care delivery system in New Jersey, RWJBarnabas Health offers competitive compensation and a robust benefits package including health, life, disability, and malpractice insurance, 401k/retirement, plus PTO and added time off for CME.

• Board certified by the American Board of Surgery in General Surgery & Surgical Critical Care
• Minimum of 5 years of expertise in the specific areas of trauma, surgical critical care and emergency general surgery with demonstrated leadership/strong interest in emergency general surgery and surgical education
• NJ licensed or eligible for licensure in NJ

To learn about this and other positions, please contact Jennifer Sweeney, Physician Recruiter at RWJBarnabas Health, directly via email eney or Anjali Chhakkar, Program Supervisor for the Department of Acute Care Surgery at Rutgers, directly via email .

Founded in 1899, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset provides comprehensive emergency, medical/surgical, and rehabilitative services to residents throughout central New Jersey. The hospital’s cardiology program is one of the most experienced in the state, with one of the highest volumes of cardiac procedures among hospitals without cardiac surgery. Its Steeplechase Cancer Center provides state‑of‑the‑art outpatient cancer care services, including radiation oncology, 3D mammography, infusion therapy, a lung cancer screening program, a smoking cessation program, nutritional counseling, complementary medicine services, and a boutique.

The center is a clinical research affiliate of Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey.

RWJBarnabas Health is the most comprehensive health care delivery system in New Jersey, treating over 3 million patients a year. The system includes eleven acute care hospitals – Clara Maass Medical Center in Belleville, Community Medical Center in Toms River, Jersey City Medical Center in Jersey City, Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus in Lakewood, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark, RWJUH in New Brunswick and Somerville, RWJUH‑Hamilton, RWJUH‑Rahway and Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston;

three acute care children’s hospitals and a leading pediatric rehabilitation hospital (Children’s Specialized Hospital), a freestanding 100‑bed behavioral health center, ambulatory care centers, geriatric centers, the state’s largest behavioral health network, comprehensive home care and hospice programs, fitness and wellness centers, retail pharmacy services, a medical group, multi‑site imaging centers and four accountable care…

RWJBarnabas Health and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School is an Equal Opportunity Employer.