Trauma Surgeon

Provider Careers at NYC Health + Hospitals

Physician Affiliate Group of New York (PAGNY) is adding a Trauma Surgeon to the group at NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln
. Lincoln Medical Center is a designated Level I Trauma and Stroke Center and has Centers of Excellence in all medical specialties, including its award‑winning Cancer and Breast Centers. Today, Lincoln stands as a leader in the transformation of healthcare in the Downtown Bronx community. The hospital maintains a strong academic affiliation with Weill Medical College of Cornell University to maintain its high healthcare delivery standards.

The mission of NYC Health + Hospitals is to extend equally to all New Yorkers, regardless of the ability to pay, comprehensive health services of the highest quality in an atmosphere of humane care, dignity, and respect. Their values are built on a foundation of social and racial equity and have established the ICARE standards for all staff.

NYC Health + Hospitals is the nation’s largest municipal health care delivery system in the United States. Dedicated to providing the highest quality health care services to all New Yorkers with compassion, dignity and respect, and regardless of immigration status or ability to pay.

• Perform advanced and highly specialized surgical procedures in acute care, general surgery, and trauma surgery, including surgical critical care.
• Provide trauma call coverage and contribute to the SICU, Trauma, and Acute Surgery services, while maintaining a general surgery elective practice.
• Supervise, teach, and mentor house staff, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and medical students as part of a collaborative surgical team.
• Participate in weekly staff conferences.
• Support the maintenance and improvement of clinical performance standards for physicians and other professional staff within the service.
• In‑house call coverage required; hours may vary each week.

• Board Eligibility or Board Certification in General Surgery and Trauma/Surgical Critical Care by the American Board of Surgery.
• Completion of a Trauma/Surgical Critical Care fellowship.
• Must be comfortable with Acute Care Surgery, Trauma Call, and SICU coverage.
• Active and unrestricted NY State physician license.
• Experience with robotic surgery a plus.
• Research interest/experience a plus.

Wages and Benefits include:

• Annual Base Salary: $371,750
  * based on a 40‑hour work week. Additional compensation available for required call coverage.
• Estimated annual compensation for 16 call coverage hours worked per week: $133,253.
• Projected bonus of up to $40,000 (based on previous year’s average), contingent upon meeting quality and productivity targets.
• 401(k) Company Contribution:
  Employees are immediately vested in a 3% company contribution of base earnings. After one year of service, employees receive an additional 7% contribution. No employee match is required.
• Annual Continuing Medical Education (CME) Reimbursement.
• Generous Annual Paid Time Off (PTO):
  Vacation, Sick, Holiday, and CME days.
• Medical, Prescription, and Dental Coverage:
  Top‑tier plans with employee contributions significantly below market rates.
• Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) Coverage:
  Equal to 2x your salary (up to a maximum of $300,000) provided at no cost to you. Additional voluntary life and AD&D coverage is available for you and your family.
• Loan Forgiveness:
  Position may be eligible for loan forgiveness through certain state or federal programs.
• Medical Malpractice Coverage (equivalent to occurrence‑based):
  Provided at no cost to the employee.
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs).
• Pre‑tax employee‑paid contributions for commuting expenses.
• Visa sponsorship will be considered for this position.

Physician Affiliate Group of New York, P.C. (PAGNY) mission is to provide accountable, responsive, quality care with the highest degree of sensitivity to the needs of the diverse population that lives in our New York community. PAGNY is one of the largest physician groups in the country and directly employs nearly 4,000 physicians and allied health professionals who provide services to NYC Health +…