Job Title:
Program Director, Renal Transplantation
Job Description:
The Department of Surgery at Einstein Healthcare Network is seeking a full time Program Director for the Renal Transplant Program. The candidate will be able to perform clinical activities relative to adult kidney, liver and pancreas transplant surgery including laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy, hepatobiliary surgery and laparoscopic surgery in transplant candidates. Responsibilities include pre-transplant patient management and assessment for transplant, post-transplant care and immunosuppression management, oversee and manage a living donor kidney program, as well as monitoring and guiding the quality assurance and performance improvement initiatives. Familiarity with UNOS and CMS transplant regulations is required. In addition to clinical responsibilities the individual will play a key role in strategic planning for the continued growth of the program and engagement in research activities.
Einstein Healthcare Network (EHN) is a private, not-for-profit organization with several major facilities and many outpatient centers located throughout the Philadelphia region- including Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia, Einstein Medical Center Elkins Park, and Einstein Medical Center Montgomery. Einstein Healthcare Network has approximately 1200 physicians and 7200 employees and includes a 772-bed tertiary-care teaching hospital that has an accredited Level 1 Regional Resource Trauma Center.
Job Location:
Einstein Healthcare Network
Contact:
Hank Simms, MD, FACS, Chairman
Organization:
Einstein Healthcare Network
Department:
Department of Surgery
Address:
5501 Old York Road, Klein Suite 510
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19141
Phone:
215-456-6930
Fax:
215-456-3529
Email:
simmsh@einstein.edu