Emergency Medicine Academic job located in Texas
Job Description
UTHealth EM Adult Staff Physician
Staff Physician, Casual - Adult Emergency Medicine, McGovern Medical School
The Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) is seeking Emergency Medicine Board-certified/eligible candidates for casual positions as a Staff Physician. The McGovern Medical School is the 11th largest medical school in the U.S. and the largest of the seven schools of (Login for Information), and first in the number of health care graduates in Texas. Our residency is a PGY1-3 program with 20 residents per year. Additionally, we offer EMS and Disaster Medicine, Global Health, Informatics, Administration, Quality, Pediatric EM and Ultrasound Fellowships.
Located in the Texas Medical Center, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth's Department of Emergency Medicine is one of the largest academic EM programs in the country and is affiliated with one of the busiest trauma centers in the country. The Department has a fully accredited three-year residency training program with 60 residents and ten fellows.
Our primary teaching sites are Memorial Hermann Hospital (MHH), recently ranked 2nd in the United States among major teaching hospitals, in the Texas Medical Center (TMC) and Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ). MHH-TMC provides leading-edge care in cardiac, trauma, neuroscience, orthopedics, women’s health, general surgery, organ transplantation and much more. As one of only two certified Level I trauma centers in the greater Houston area, the hospital provides 24/7 emergency and trauma care to over 75,000 patients annually. Memorial Hermann Life Flight provides emergency rescue within a 150-mile radius. MHH-TMC has achieved one of the highest levels of recognition a hospital can receive – Magnet recognition for excellence in nursing services by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program. LBJ is a 215 licensed-bed acute care hospital offering a full range of medical services. LBJ is a verified Level 3 Trauma Center and is the only trauma facility positioned to serve the needs of Northeast Harris County; and is one of only nine in the greater Houston area. Additionally, LBJ handles approximately three-to-four times the patient load of any other Level 3 trauma center in the region with more than 83,500 emergency patient visits each year, and more than 14,500 inpatient admissions.
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The Department offers a competitive package of salary and benefits and excellent faculty development opportunities.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran.
This is a security-sensitive position and, thereby, subject to Texas Education Code §51.215. A background check will be required for the final candidate.