Surgical Critical Care Job at Stamford Health in Stamford, CT

Trauma/General Surgery opportunity one hour from NYC. The Department of Surgery at Stamford  Hospital  seeks an experienced BC/BE surgeon with critical care fellowship training to join our Trauma Division. Join a collegial team of 6 surgeons seeking an additional provider due to increased demand for services. This position is 50% trauma surgery and 50% general surgery and includes teaching surgery residents and medical students at our hospital campus.

As a Level II trauma center, Stamford Hospital currently has over 800 trauma admissions. The Hospital is a physician-led community academic medical center with comprehensive surgical services in all surgical subspecialties. The Department of Surgery has a free-standing surgical residency program and is affiliated with Columbia University School of Medicine. Responsibilities include trauma care, surgical critical care, general surgery, acute care surgery and teaching surgery residents and students.

Stamford Hospital is an independent not-for-profit community teaching hospital, providing comprehensive healthcare services in lower Fairfield County., Our health system consists of a 305-bed inpatient facility, two (2) ambulatory medical complexes, a Level II trauma center, physician practices, a health center and imaging sites throughout the region.  Stamford Hospital has the only open-heart surgery program between New York City and Bridgeport, CT, and the only Cyberknife Center in the New York/CT metro area.  We are a Magnet Hospital and a member of the Planetree Alliance, a group of hospitals nationwide focused on a patient-centered approach, encouraging healing in all dimensions of mind, body, and spirit. Stamford Hospital is a major teaching affiliate of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons with residency programs in surgery, internal medicine, family medicine and OB/GYN.

About our community

Stamford  is the fastest-growing city in Connecticut with a mini-NYC vibe!!! Visitors are impressed with our skyline, walkable downtown, multiple restaurant rows, UCONN campus, new luxury high-rise and loft apartments, sidewalk cafés, downtown park with walking trails & carousel, comedy club and the list goes on. Explore our many attractions, like the  "Summer in the Park" outdoor concert series at Mill River Park, the Palace Theater with live performances, Cove Beach, trendy Harbor Point, and Chelsea Piers Sports Complex. Away from the busy downtown is our Stamford Nature Center with a working farm, and beautiful Mianus River Park, a 389-acre stretch of forest squeezed between populated urban areas. This protected piece of forest land aims to reconnect people to nature through various initiatives. Full of lengthy trails, some meandering along the river, the park is ideal for hiking, mountain biking, walking or fishing. You will find some of the top public and private schools in the state. There's something for everyone!!!