Division Chief of Acute Care Surgery

This is a professor-level faculty position offering the opportunity to shape the future of trauma and critical care across our health system and region.

• Shape the vision and strategy for trauma surgery at the region's only academic medical center.

• Comprehensive trauma services spanning resuscitation, operative and non-operative management, critical care, and rehabilitation coordination for Level 1 adult and pediatric trauma centers
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• Future-focused innovation including expansion of damage-control resuscitation, advanced hemorrhage control, REBOA, robotic surgery and trauma-informed multidisciplinary pathways.

• Integrated performance improvement (PI) program with robust analytics, trauma registry support, and participation in TQIP/NTDB.

• Regional growth - expand access to high-quality trauma and acute care surgical services across northeastern New York through aligned protocols and outreach.

Provide strategic and operational leadership for the Division of Acute Care Surgery and Critical Care

• Oversee daily operations including faculty and administrative staff, budget management, incentive plans, and division quality programs.

• Oversee the surgical intensive care units (Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) and Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU), and Stepdown Unit.

• Coordinate clinical coverage (ED, OR, ICU, inpatient floors) and trauma call schedules in accordance with verification standards.

• Foster collaboration across surgery, emergency medicine, critical care, orthopedics, neurosurgery, radiology, anesthesiology, rehabilitation, social work, and prehospital partners.

• Support academic growth through teaching, mentoring, and scholarship with medical students, residents, fellows, APPs, and faculty at Albany Medical College.

• Advance clinical and translational research; present at regional and national societies; contribute to multicenter studies and registry-driven outcomes research.

• Oversee a comprehensive trauma Performance Improvement & Patient Safety (PIPS) program-case reviews, loop closure, trends analysis, and action plans.

• Develop and optimize trauma clinical pathways, massive transfusion protocols, sepsis bundles, geriatric trauma, and pediatric trauma care standards.

• Drive innovation in trauma surgery (e.g., minimally invasive approaches (laparoscopic and robotic), critical care best practices, prehospital integration).

• Develop robust emergency general surgery pathways

• Ensure continuous compliance with American College of Surgeons (ACS) Committee on Trauma verification standards, including resource requirements, surgeon availability, credentialing, education, and PI processes.

• Oversee trauma registry operations, data quality, and timely submission to NTDB/TQIP
  ; review benchmark reports and lead performance improvement initiatives based on findings.

• Maintain readiness for verification/consultative site visits
  , including document preparation, policy/procedure alignment, and multidisciplinary staff engagement.

• Ensure adherence to New York State Department of Health trauma center regulations,
  EMTALA
  , and Joint Commission standards relevant to trauma care, quality, and patient safety.

• Oversee trauma education requirements (ATLS, ACLS, PALS), CME, and competency for clinical staff; support OPPE/FPPE processes and credentialing for trauma providers.

• Partner with emergency management on disaster preparedness
  , surge planning, mass casualty incident response, and hospital-wide drills.

• Collaborate with nursing and administrative leadership on trauma policies, bylaws, call coverage
  , and on-call response times
  ; ensure 24/7 access to essential trauma resources.

• Build a faculty development program focused on teaching excellence, scholarly productivity, and leadership.

• Partner with section chiefs, trauma medical director, administrative leadership, and APP supervisors to strengthen team dynamics, engagement, and retention.

• Collaborate with the department chair on faculty development, recruitment, and workforce planning.

• MD/DO or equivalent with board certification in General Surgery and fellowship training in Surgical Critical Care or Trauma Surgery
  ; eligibility for New York licensure.

• Preferred experience as a Trauma Medical Director or Associate Director at a verified trauma center (ACS COT preferred).

• Academic credentials suitable for…