Surgery-Cardio Thoracic job located in Quincy, Illinois

• Arts & Culture The Villa Kathrine is a Moroccan-style home located on the bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River in Quincy, Illinois. The unique home, sometimes branded as a castle.  The Quincy Art Center is a museum of the visual arts. A variety of rotating exhibitions are presented throughout the year. Important contemporary Midwestern art is a primary focus, and work by artists of national and international renown are also featured.
• Sports for the Spectator You can watch NCAA Division II at Quincy University. You can drive out 111 miles to watch St.Louis proffessional baseball, basketball, hockey, and more.
• Closest International Airports 124 miles: Saint Louis, MO (STL / KSTL) Lambert-St. Louis International Airport 220 miles: Des Moines, IA (DSM / KDSM) Des Moines International Airport 226 miles: Kansas City, MO (MCI / KMCI) Kansas City International Airport

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Practice Details

• Seeking a second cardiothoracic surgeon to advance our program. The optimal candidate would possess the following:
  • At least 5 years post training practice experience
  • Thoracic experience/skills/interest, EBUS and VATS desirable
  • Vascular experience/skills/interest
  • Endovascular skills and experience; EVAR, TEVAR and Peripheral desirable
  • TAVR/TAVI skills and experience
     
• 347-bed, acute tertiary care facility
• Newer hybrid operating room. Experienced cardiothoracic surgeon in place. 

Lung and Chest Surgeries

• Our surgical team is highly skilled at performing a wide array of thoracic surgeries, including:

  • Lung biopsies: Your doctor removes a sample of lung tissue to biopsy for abnormal cells.

  • Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS): Your doctor inserts a tiny camera called a thoracoscope into a small incision in your chest. Using the camera as a guide, your doctor inserts instruments through other small incisions in your chest to perform surgery. VATS procedures include:

    • Lobectomy: Removing portions of a diseased lung

    • Removal of mediastinal masses: Removing cancerous and noncancerous tumors found in the mediastinum, the central part of the thoracic cavity

    • Resection of lung metastasis: Removing a cancerous (Login for Information)

  • Pneumonectomy: Your doctor removes a diseased lung.

About Employer:

• 70+ member group of employed physicians, advanced practitioner and allied health providers offering services in 17 different specialties.
• The largest provider of medical care in the 300,000 population Tri-State Area composed of West Central Illinois, Northeast Missouri, and Southeast Iowa.
• The System also operates a 307-bed regional referral center in Quincy, and Illini Community Hospital, a 25-bed critical access hospital in Pittsfield, Illinois, (population 4,300).
• As a not-for-profit system, we accept all patients regardless of their economic condition or insurance coverage.
• The System was named one of the "100 Best Places to Work in Health Care" by Modern Healthcare magazine, and it ranks among the Country's top 8% of hospitals in its level of Information Technology development.
• Grade A hospital: This hospital has earned its second consecutive grade A for hospital safety from the Leapfrog Group. This organization analyzes safety data from hospitals across the country and compares outcomes. 

Community Details

• Enjoy a community with a diverse educational system, including Public/private schools, technical, community college and four year private university.
• Gorgeous riverfront to historic neighborhoods, plenty of restaurants, and abundant shopping

Compensation Details

• Ultra-competitive salary ($863,000 to $1,000.000)
• $50K sign-on bonus
• Educational debt forgiveness up to $150,000 (if applicable)
• Six weeks PTO
• One week for Professional Time
• $5,000 professional expense reimbursement allowance
• Paid malpractice
• Comprehensive benefit package

Top Five Things to Do

1. All Wars Museum 
2. Villa Kathrine 
3. Quincy Museum 
4. John Wood Mansion 
5. 9/11 Memorial