Description
UPMC Altoona Elite Orthopaedics is recruiting an Orthopedic Surgeon with subspecialty interest and experience in trauma, total joints/hand preferred but not necessary to step into a fully established practice with high volume patient base. The practice cares for patients referred from 70+ primary care physicians and the Hospital's emergency and trauma departments. Must have an MD or equivalent, be BC/BE in Orthopedic Surgery with the ability to obtain an unrestricted PA license.
Opportunity Details
• Join a full-service practice with 6 orthopedic surgeons, 8 Physician Assistants, and a non-surgical sports medicine physician
• Clinical Academic appointment
• Trauma call 1:5
• Practice call 1:5
• Team physicians for local Division 1 University
• In-office imaging and PACS/EMR system
• Newly constructed 90,000 sq ft medical office complex
What we Offer
• Generous salary plus incentive bonus
• $25,000 sign-on bonus
• Health, life, vision and disability insurance as well as retirement benefits
• Occurrence based malpractice insurance, professional dues
• Relocation allowance
About UPMC Altoona and UPMC
• UPMC Altoona (part of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center hospital network) is a 400-bed regional health care system providing care to residents of a six-county service area in central Pennsylvania.
• UPMC Altoona is a level II trauma center, regional oncology center, and a Joint Commission-certified stroke center with 24/7 care and a renowned interventional neurology program
• UPMC Altoona provides comprehensive cardiology and cardiovascular surgery, behavioral health and a vascular and wound care center. The Health System's medical staff is comprised of approximately 400 primary care physicians and specialists.
• UPMC is a $23 billion world-renowned health care provider and insurer
• 92,000 employees, including 4,900 physicians
• Over 40 academic, community and specialty hospitals
• Over 800 doctors' offices and outpatient sites
• UPMC is inventing new models of accountable, cost-effective, patient-centered care
• Closely affiliated with University of Pittsburgh, ranked among the top recipients of National Institutes of Health research funding since 1998
About the Community
• Located in the Altoona/Blair County/Central Pennsylvania region
• Very reasonable cost of living
• Family-oriented community
• Excellent school systems
• Abundant cultural amenities including hiking, biking, paddling, fishing and skiing at nearby state parks, resorts and rail trails, Big10 sports, national touring performing artists
• Active social scene from neighboring State College, home to Penn State's University Park campus.
• Centrally located with easy access to larger, neighboring cities. Between 40 minutes to 4.5 hours to major cities including Pittsburgh, State College, Philadelphia, DC, and NYC.
• Unlimited outdoor and recreational opportunities
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