Assistant​/Associate Professor in Thoracic Surgeon

Assistant/Associate Professor in Thoracic Surgeon

The Medical College of Georgia, Department of Surgery at Augusta University, is seeking a full‑time faculty member at the rank of Assistant Professor or Associate Professor as a general Thoracic Surgeon. Qualified candidates must be Board‑Certified or Board‑Eligible (ABTS), fellowship trained in thoracic surgery, robotic trained and/or robotic experience required, robotic bronchoscopy and EBUS trained and/or experience required, and be a new graduate or have less than five years post‑fellowship experience.

This position is not considered on tenure track.

The candidate will treat patients with benign and malignant thoracic diseases. Oncology patients will be managed in multidisciplinary clinics located at the Georgia Cancer Center (GCC) with colleagues in interventional pulmonology, medical oncology, and radiation oncology. The institution has a well‑established lung cancer screening program and a pulmonary nodule clinic led by the Thoracic Surgery team. GCC is one of only five U.S. sites using the Artificial Intelligence Diagnostic Tool (Optellum) for indeterminate pulmonary nodules.

The new faculty member will have blocked operating (DaVinci Xi robotic and non‑robotic rooms) and diagnostic time in the Physician Diagnostic Center for robotic bronchoscopy, endobronchial ultrasound, and esophageal endoscopy. They will join a team of thoracic surgeons, specialists, PAs, NPs, residents, medical students, and nurses at GCC, clinics, operating rooms, and hospital floors and ICUs. In addition to clinical duties, the faculty member will provide educational training to medical students and residents and contribute to research and academic goals.

The work environment is collegial and supportive, focused on quality patient care and employee wellbeing.

• MD/DO degree with board‑eligible status in general surgery
• Board‑Certified or Board‑Eligible (ABTS)
• Fellowship training in thoracic surgery
• Robotic training and/or robotic experience required
• Robotic bronchoscopy and EBUS training and/or experience preferred
• New graduate or less than five years post‑fellowship experience

Position is fiscal year–based and works year‑round. The full‑time equivalent is 1.0. Salary and compensation are commensurate with education, experience, and achievements and are subject to availability of funds. Comprehensive benefits include medical, dental, vision, 13 paid holidays, vacation leave, sick leave, generous retirement plans, tuition waiver, wellness options, and tuition assistance for eligible employees.

The Medical College of Georgia is one of the nation’s largest medical schools by class size (260 students per class). Its educational experience is anchored by the main campus in Augusta, regional clinical campuses across the state, and a second four‑year campus in Athens in partnership with the University of Georgia. The college partners with over 350 physician and hospital sites, offers postgraduate education to more than 500 residents and fellows in 50 ACGME‑approved programs, and focuses research on cardiovascular biology, cancer, neurosciences, public health, regenerative medicine, personalized medicine, and genomics.

Faculty expertise is shared across approximately 100 clinics and hospitals statewide.

Augusta University is Georgia’s innovation center for education and health care, training the next generation of leaders on four campuses in Augusta and surrounding locations. With more than 10,500 students, the university centers around a cybersecurity hub and experiential learning that blends humanities and health sciences. Augusta is home to the state’s only public academic health center, where cutting‑edge research creates healthier communities and clinicians bring tomorrow’s medicine to patients today.

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