Description
The Department of Surgery at the University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville is seeking applications for a full-time academic breast surgeon at the non-tenure accruing level of clinical assistant, associate, or professor to join the faculty. The level of academic appointment will be dependent on qualifications.
This individual will have a unique opportunity to join a NAPBC accredited academic breast center whose focus is on the multidisciplinary approach to breast care. The individual will work alongside members of our multidisciplinary breast team who are dedicated to providing our patients with cutting-edge breast cancer care. We have a comprehensive multidisciplinary breast team that meets weekly, and is comprised of dedicated fellowship trained breast radiologists, pathologists, plastic and reconstructive surgeons, radiation oncologists, medical oncologists, as well as lymphedema certified physical therapists. Our breast surgery team is supported with a dedicated breast cancer navigator and advanced practice provider.
Major responsibilities include building a robust clinical practice, delivering high quality, evidence-based surgical care, and actively mentoring general surgery residents and medical students, as well as contributing to a robust research mission. No emergency general surgery call is required. Salary is highly competitive and commensurate with experience, accompanied by a comprehensive benefits package.
About UF Health:
UF Health is the Southeast’s premier academic health center and an integral part of the University of Florida. Our mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and research across the spectrum of basic, translational and clinical investigation. UF Health encompasses the Gainesville-based University of Florida colleges of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health and Health Professions, and Veterinary Medicine; the UF Health Shands family of hospitals in Gainesville; UF Health Jacksonville medical center; UF Health North; an academic campus in Jacksonville that is home to the UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville and includes degree programs offered by the colleges of Nursing and Pharmacy; UF Health St. Johns in St. Augustine; UF Health Neighborhood Hospital in Ocala; and our campus in Central Florida, which includes UF Health Spanish Plaines Hospital and UF Health Leesburg Hospital. It also includes primary care and specialty practices throughout Central, North Central and northern Florida and Southeast Georgia. The UF Health network of hospitals and physician practices manages more than 3 million inpatient and outpatient visits each year, and serves patients from all 67 Florida counties, from across the nation and from dozens of countries around the world.
