Acute Care Surgeon​/Associate Trauma Medical Director

Hartford Hospital, an 867-bed tertiary care academic medical center in Hartford, Connecticut, is seeking an experienced, board-certified Acute Care Surgeon for a leadership role as Associate Trauma Medical Director. This position offers the opportunity to join a nationally recognized and expanding Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, and Emergency General Surgery within an integrated nine-hospital healthcare system. The ideal candidate will engage in clinical excellence, mentorship, teaching, program development, and academic leadership while contributing to a mature, high-functioning surgical department.

Practice Info

• 867-bed tertiary care academic medical center located in Hartford, Connecticut
• Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, and Emergency General Surgery within Hartford Health Care's integrated nine-hospital system
• Nationally recognized ACS Level I Trauma Center serving a regional catchment area of more than 1.5 million people
• Primary teaching site for the University of Connecticut General Surgery Residency Program
• Annual clinical volume includes over 2,600 trauma activations, 1,100 surgical ICU admissions, and 1,500 emergency general surgery operations

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive multidisciplinary care across trauma surgery, surgical critical care, and emergency general surgery
• Participate in mentorship, teaching, program development, and partnership within the surgical department
• Engage in mentorship, quality initiatives, and operational leadership

Compensation

• Salaried position
• Incentive pay plans

Benefits

• Hire bonuses
• Loan repayment
• Administrative stipends
• Relocation

Shift & Schedule

• Salaried position

Qualifications

• Board Certified in Surgery
• Eligible to be licensed in CT
• Completion of a Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
• At or able to attain the level of associate professor
• Experienced Acute Care Surgeon