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Physician - Transplant Surgeon
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 2 days ago
About the Role
The Pittsburgh VA Medical Center is looking to fill the role of an Abdominal Transplant Surgeon. Transplant surgeons at the Department of Veterans Affairs play a crucial role in providing life-saving organ transplants to veterans. They are responsible for performing transplant procedures, conducting pre-transplant evaluations, and post-transplant monitoring.
What You'll Do
- →Major Duties include, but are not limited to: Patient Evaluation: Thoroughly assessing potential organ recipients' medical history, current health status, and suitability for transplantation.
- →Performing necessary diagnostic tests to evaluate organ function and compatibility with potential donors.
- →Discussing risks and benefits of transplantation with patients and their families.
- →Evaluating patients with liver cancer.
- →Donor Selection: Evaluating potential organ donors for compatibility with waiting recipients and performing organ procurements.
- →Experience with Normothermic Regional Perfusion and currently available hypothermic and normothermic perfusion devices.
- →Assessing organ quality and viability for transplantation.
- →Coordinating with organ procurement organizations to identify suitable donors.
- →Surgical Procedures: Currently performing complex organ transplant surgeries, including kidney, liver, segmental, living donor kidney/liver, and simultaneous liver-kidney transplants.
- →Provide all aspects of pre and peri transplant care.
- →Hepatobiliary surgery.
- →Utilizing advanced surgical techniques and technologies to minimize complications - experience in robotic surgery preferred.
- →Collaboration: Working closely with a multidisciplinary transplant team including transplant coordinators, nephrologists, cardiologists, nurses, and other specialists.
- →Active participation in Transplant Quality Initiatives, meetings with Organ Procurement Organizations and regular transplant committee meetings.
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical evaluation.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓You may be required to serve a probationary period.
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓Degree of Doctor of Medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine.
Personality Fit
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Job ID: 32830883-4ef6-4bf3-93bf-33ac23cd0460
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