General Surgery Program Director - Assistant​/Associate Professor of Surgery

General Surgery Program Director - Assistant/Associate Professor of Surgery

The General Surgery Program Director will lead SHSU-COM’s General Surgery Residency. The position reports to the Designated Institutional Official. The University is focused on improving the physician workforce in primary care and other specialties identified as a physician shortage in Texas and has developed an integrated curriculum merging basic science instruction with clinical learning and an osteopathic emphasis.

• Serve as Program Director of the General Surgery Residency.
• Administer and operate the general surgery residency program.
• Teach and engage in scholarly activity; recruit, select, promote, and discipline residents; supervise and evaluate residents; contribute to faculty development; participate in residency and institutional committees (e.g., Residency Advisory Committee, Program Evaluation Committee, Clinical Competency Committee, Graduate Medical Education Committee).
• Actively supervise, precept, and teach residents, medical students, and other learners in the outpatient clinic and other settings.
• Ensure accreditation standards are maintained; prepare and maintain educational goals and curriculum; deliver lectures; prepare statistical and narrative program descriptions for accreditation.
• Maintain interdisciplinary team relationships with specialties relevant to family medicine to ensure quality patient care and resident education.
• Develop formal affiliation agreements with participating sites; maintain a continuity outpatient practice; prepare evaluations for teaching staff, residents, and other medical learners; implement required program policies.

• DO or MD degree from a College of Osteopathic or Allopathic Medicine.
• Successful completion of residency and current AOA or ABMS General Surgery board certification.
• Current unrestricted license to practice in Texas (or eligibility to obtain a Texas license).

• Expertise in General Surgery (five years preferred) and at least three years of documented educational and/or administrative experience with ongoing clinical activity.
• Previous leadership experience; excellent clinical skills; strong communication and collaboration in interdisciplinary settings.
• Two years of core faculty experience preferred.
• Ability to teach osteopathic manipulative medicine preferred but not required.
• Academic rank and salary commensurate with experience and training.

• Ability to communicate and work with faculty, residents, medical students, outside stakeholders, and college administration.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency with technology including Microsoft Outlook, Word, PowerPoint; ability to use video conferencing tools (Zoom/Teams).
• Demonstrates initiative and the ability to work in a rapidly changing environment.
• Other duties as assigned.

This position is located in Houston, Texas.

Sam Houston State University is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and Smoke/Drug-Free Workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, ancestry, marital status, citizenship, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, or protected veteran status. The University complies with Title VII and is an "at will" employer. Security-sensitive positions require background checks as applicable.

Application review will continue until the position is filled.