Medical Director, Surgical Intensive Care Unit - Riverside Methodist Hospital Surgery

3. Opportunity Details - Medical Director, Surgical Intensive Care Unit - Riverside Methodist Hospital# Medical Director, Surgical Intensive Care Unit - Riverside Methodist Hospital## About Ohio Health Riverside Methodist Hospital Consistently ranked one of the nation’s best, Ohio Health Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, is a 1,059-bed, teaching hospital and Ohio Health’s largest hospital. Riverside Methodist shares the Ohio Health mission “to improve the health of those we serve.”

It is recognized locally, regionally and nationally for quality healthcare.

Riverside Methodist is the first hospital in Ohio and one of the first in the country to earn first class designation as a Comprehensive Stroke Center by The Joint Commission in collaboration with the American Heart/American Stroke Association. Last year alone, we delivered more than 6,000 babies, admitted more than 46,000 patients and saw 84,313 patients in our emergency department. We also performed nearly 23,300  addition, Riverside Methodist is known for its innovation, cutting-edge technologies and procedures.

We are always working to identify the latest, most effective treatments for our patients. These are a few examples of our recent advancements:
* Riverside Methodist was the site for Ohio Health’s first Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) therapy, a delicate procedure which allows us to give a renewed opportunity at life for patients with advanced heart failure.
* Ohio Health Neuroscience recently announced its first thermal laser ablation case to eradicate seizures in patients with epilepsy — an alternative to a full craniotomy and respective brain surgery using a device called Visualase.
* Ohio Health Neuroscience recently celebrated the 5th anniversary of its mobile stroke treatment unit, which delivers cutting-edge, time-sensitive stroke care to the community, regardless of zip code.## About Ohio Health## About Columbus Experience the vibrant and flourishing city of Columbus, Ohio, the 14th largest city in the United States. This culturally diverse and welcoming city offers unique neighborhoods and lifestyles for all.

Columbus has received numerous national accolades such as being ranked No. 8 on the “Best Places to Live” in the U.S. by Money magazine and No. 14 nationally on Forbes “America’s Cities of the Future.” Medscape sums it up well:
Columbus is No. 5 of America’s “Best Cities for Physicians.” The region’s prestigious educational institutions, high physician compensation, low tax rates, low malpractice payouts, low density of physicians, beautiful landscape, and robust economy convinced Medscape to name Columbus is a top-tier city and community for physicians.
*** Medical Director, Surgical Intensive Care Unit
- Riverside Methodist Hospital
***** Details:
*** 0.125 FTE – (approximately 10 hours per pay period)
* Seeking a surgeon to establish and maintain effective interpersonal relationships with history of collegial relations with colleagues, staff, administrators, and patients
* Implements change, process improvement, and problem solving decisions in the SICU
* Active involvement of CME in trauma and surgical critical care, as required by the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma
** Requirements:
*** MD or DO, Board Certification in General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care
* Fellow of the American College of Surgeons or American College of Osteopathic Surgeons
* Active medical license in state of Ohio
* Current DEA number
* Current ATLS certification
* At least 2 years of clinical practice experience for trauma and surgical critical care
** Contact information:
** To apply, please email CVs to Kelsey Beaver at  ’s complex healthcare environment requires physicians and hospitals to work together to achieve excellence in clinical quality, patient safety and service quality. One of the ways we achieve that kind of partnership is through the Ohio Health Physician Group (OPG), a medical group of Ohio Health physicians, advanced practice providers and associates.

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