Transplant Hepatology Physician

Tampa, Florida


Employer: Tampa General Hospital (TGH)
Industry: Physicians
Salary: Competitive
Job type: Full-Time

Facility Profile

TGH is the area's only level I trauma center and one of just two ABA-verified adult & pediatric burn centers in Florida. With five medical helicopters*, we transport critically injured or ill patients from 23 surrounding counties to receive the advanced care they need. The hospital is home to one of the busiest solid organ transplant centers in the country. TGH is a nationally designated comprehensive stroke center, and has a 32-bed Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit. Other outstanding centers include cardiovascular, orthopedics, high-risk and normal obstetrics, urology, ENT, endocrinology, and the Children's Medical Center, which features a nine-bed pediatric intensive care unit and pediatric kidney transplant services. As the region's leading safety net hospital, Tampa General is committed to providing area residents with world-class and compassionate health care ranging from the simplest to the most complex medical services.

Tampa General Hospital was named the #1 hospital in Tampa Bay by U.S. News & World Report, 2021-2022, and recognized as one of America's Best Hospital's in five medical specialties: Cardiology & Heart Surgery, Diabetes & Endocrinology, Gastroenterology & GI Surgery, Nephrology, and Orthopedics. Tampa General Hospital has been designated a Magnet Hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the highest recognition for nursing excellence, for the fourth consecutive time - an accomplishment that fewer than one percent of hospitals nationwide have earned. TGH is accredited by The Joint Commission and was awarded disease-specific certification in five medical specialties. TGH is also accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF). *Air transport provided by Metro Aviation, Inc.

Qualifications

For more than two decades, TGH has been a leader in organ transplantation, performing over 12,000 transplants since inception. The Liver Transplant program is active in clinical research and has several ongoing clinical trials in HCC, NASH, and HCV. This position involves the full scope of both clinical and transplant hepatology as well as teaching and mentoring rotating medical students, residents, and gastroenterology fellows from the University of South Florida (USF). TGH is proud to serve as the primary teaching hospital for the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine. Through that partnership, USF provides GI fellows and Surgery resident rotations monthly on the Liver Transplant Service.

Our program performs an average of 145 liver transplants per year since 2019. The Transplant Institute is currently supported by four Liver Transplant Surgeons, seven Hepatologists, and six Hepatology Advanced Practice Providers. We have a dedicated Hepatology Hospitalist team as well. We are the only hospital in West Central Florida performing adult heart, lung, kidney, pancreas, and liver transplantation. We are a top 10 Liver Transplant Program.

Our physicians enjoy:

  • Highly competitive salary commensurate with experience
  • Robust medical, dental, and vision plans
  • Generous accrued time off (ATO)
  • 403(b) retirement plan with matching opportunities
  • Annual CME benefit including monetary allowance and days off

Created: 2024-09-05
Reference: 2400015D
Country: United States
State: Florida
City: Tampa
ZIP: 33637


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