Overview
The Department of Surgery at the University of California, Davis, Health located in Sacramento, California, seeks to fill a full-time Academic Plastic Surgeon position with a specialty in Hand Surgery. The position is being recruited at the assistant or associate professor level in the Health Science Clinical, Clinical X, or In-Residence series. UC Davis is a large volume Level I Trauma Hospital with an NCI Comprehensive Cancer Center and a Level I Children’s Surgical Center. The candidate selected is expected to engage in the teaching and practice of plastic and reconstructive surgery with an emphasis on plastic surgery of the hand and upper extremities; with expertise in adult brachial plexus surgery as well as toe to finger transfer, including clinical care both inpatient and outpatient; microsurgery, and basic science/translational research trials relating to reconstructive surgery and clinical outcomes. Our long-term goal is to develop a world class integrated comprehensive multidisciplinary hand service. Other services offered include Upper extremity trauma care, Limb-loss and amputee care, and Peripheral nerve decompression. To provide complete multidisciplinary care, we collaborate with our colleagues in departments across UC Davis Health – including Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Physical and Occupational Therapy, Neurology, Radiology, Rheumatology, Dermatology and with our regional clinics – to provide the best available care to our referred patients. Successful candidate will be appointed at the Assistant or Associate Professor level in the Clinical X, In-Residence or HSCP series depending on experience and qualifications. Expectations of a Clinical X series is to engage in teaching, research, service and clinical work, appointees the In-Residence series are required to participate in teaching, research, University/public service, and patient care, and appointees of the HSCP series is to engage in clinical work, teaching and to support departments research mission. This recruitment is conducted at the assistant/associate rank. The resulting hire will be at the assistant/associate rank, depending on the proposed appointee’s qualifications.
About UC Davis Health, Sacramento Campus
UC Davis commits to inclusion excellence by advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion in all that we do. We are an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer and particularly encourage applications from members of historically underrepresented racial/ethnic groups, women, individuals with disabilities, veterans, LGBTQ community members, and others who demonstrate the ability to help us achieve our vision of a diverse and inclusive community. For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action, policy see: http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct. If you need accommodation due to a disability, please contact the recruiting department.
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