Cardiac Surgeon

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Department
:
Surgery - Cardiothoracic - 414010

Posting Open Date
: 10/24/2024

Open Until Filled
:
No

Position Type
:
Permanent Faculty

Working Title
:
Cardiac Surgeon

Appointment Type
:
Open Rank

Vacancy : FAC
0005332

Full-time/Part-time
:
Full-Time Permanent

Hours Per Week
: 40

Fte
: 1

Position Location
:
North Carolina, US

Proposed Start Date
: 01/06/2025

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill consistently ranks as one of the nation’s top public universities. Known for its beautiful campus, world‑class medical care, commitment to the arts and top athletic programs, UNC is an ideal place to teach, work and learn. Chapel Hill offers a diverse range of professional training opportunities and exclusive perks such as retail, restaurant, and performing‑arts discounts, childcare savings, and special rates on campus events.

UNC-Chapel Hill provides a comprehensive benefits package, paid leave, health, life and retirement plans, and additional programs supporting a healthy work/life balance.

The UNC School of Medicine has a rich tradition of excellence and care. Our mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research. We strive to promote faculty, staff, and learner development in a diverse, respectful environment where our colleagues demonstrate professionalism, enhance learning, and create personal and professional sustainability.

We optimize our partnership with the UNC Health System through close collaboration and commitment to service.

Our vision is to be the nation’s leading public school of medicine. We are ranked 2nd in primary care education among all US schools of medicine and 5th among public peers in NIH research funding. Our Allied Health Department is home to five top‑ranked divisions, and we are home to 18 top‑ranked clinical and basic science departments in NIH research funding.

Our mission is to improve the health and well‑being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research.

We will promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.

We will prepare tomorrow’s health care professionals and biomedical researchers by facilitating learning within innovative curricula and team‑oriented interprofessional education. We will cultivate outstanding teaching and research faculty, and we will recruit outstanding students and trainees from highly diverse backgrounds to create a socially responsible, highly skilled workforce.

We will develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers, and resources. We will provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our University to support outstanding research. We will foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic, and population research.

The Department of Surgery at The University of North Carolina is seeking applications for a board eligible/board certified full‑time academic cardiac surgeon to join our Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery. This academic appointment is Open Rank and may be fixed term, tenure/tenure track and/or variable track. Rank and track will be commensurate with the candidate’s experience. The Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery is among nine clinical divisions in the Department of Surgery.

The Division currently includes 10 faculty members among three sections: adult cardiac surgery, congenital cardiac surgery, and thoracic surgery. The faculty members in the Section of Adult Cardiac Surgery provide a broad array of clinical services to provide the highest quality care for the full spectrum of cardiac surgery including adult cardiac surgery, cardiac transplantation, and mechanical circulatory support.