Details
- Specialty: Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Schedule: 40 hours per week. Variable/ expectation of 1 clinic per week, other days in OR
- Call Schedule: 1:2/ Variable
- Practice Detail: 1 Surgeon, hiring 2nd surgeon, 3 First Assist APP's, 1 RN, 1 Medical Assistant, 1 Scheduler
- EMR System: CERNER
- Facility: Ascension Borgess Hospital, Ascension Medical Group
- Location: Ascension Borgess Heart Institute, 1717 Shaffer, Kalamazoo MI 49048
This job location is currently located in a Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) Designation Type. Benefits
Paid time off (PTO)
Various health insurance options & wellness plans
Retirement benefits including employer match plans
Long-term & short-term disability
Employee assistance programs (EAP)
Parental leave & adoption assistance
Tuition reimbursement
Ways to give back to your community
Please note, benefits and benefits eligibility can vary by position, exclusions may apply for some roles (for example: Travel, PRN, Short-Term Option, etc.). Actual compensation offer will vary based upon role, education, experience, location, and qualifications. Connect with your Talent Advisor for additional specifics.
Responsibilities
Ascension Borgess is looking for a Cardiothoracic Surgeon to join our elite team.
This is a great opportunity for the right candidate to partner with Ascension Borgess to provide medical services to patients.
Position Highlights:
Competitive Salary with CME allowance
Sign On Bonus and Relocation Reimbursement
Medical, Dental, and Vision
PTO, CME Days and Paid Holidays
Short-term Disability
Malpractice Insurance with Tail Coverage
403B and 401K with Employer Match
About Ascension Borgess Hospital
Ascension Borgess Hospital includes more than 130 sites of care in 15 southern Michigan cities, as well as eight owned or affiliated hospitals, a nursing home, ambulatory care facilities, home health care, physician practices, managed care services, and a cancer center.
Ascension Borgess Hospital, the heart of the network in Kalamazoo, is a 224-bed teaching facility, with renowned cardiology, stroke and neuroscience programs.
Awarded America's 100 Best Hospitals Award for Cardiac Care, Joint Replacement, Pulmonary Care, Stroke Care, Cranial Neurosurgery Excellence, and Neurosciences Excellence and top 2% in the nation for consistently delivering clinical quality year over year (2024).
About Kalamazoo/Battle Creek
Located between Detroit and Chicago and 45 minutes from the Lake Michigan shoreline
Kalamazoo is home to three local colleges/universities as well as Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine.
We are also home to the famous Kalamazoo Promise. The program provides resident graduates of the Kalamazoo Public Schools with up to 100% of their tuition and mandatory fees for four years at Michigan's public universities, colleges, trade schools and vocational programs.
About Ascension Medical GroupWith 1,900 sites of care and 7,000 providers strong, AMG is one of the largest healthcare provider networks in the United States. Physicians and advanced practice providers benefit from a collaborative approach to care, significant professional opportunities, career advancement, training and competitive wages.
Responsibilities:
- Evaluates and treats patients with appropriate medical diagnostic and treatment skills. Coordinates discharge planning with case management.
- Recommends, participates in, and works to ensure the success of efforts to improve cost effectiveness and quality of care provided to patients.
- Accepts patient referrals from other physicians. Acts as admitting, attending and/or consulting physician for patients who require hospitalization for primary medical diagnoses, depending on needs of patients, medical staff and hospital.
- Participates in academic programs (e.g. medical education and research) as requested.
- Provides appropriate documentation that meets insurance company requirements; appeal all denials in a timely manner.
- Participates in inpatient and outpatient consultation for specialty, which may include on call schedules.
Requirements
Licensure/Certification/Registration:
Required Credential(s):
- Physician MD/DO with Prescriptive Authority credentialed from the Michigan Board of Medicine obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date. Credentialing done by Medical Staff department.
Education:
- Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathy (DO) or Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) or Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD) or Doctor of Optometry (OD) or Doctor of Podiatric Medicine (DPM) required.
Additional Preferences
Why Join Our Team
Ascension Michigan operates 16 hospitals and more than 300 related healthcare facilities that together employ nearly 23,000 compassionate associates. When you join our care teams, you join a team dedicated to providing spiritually centered, holistic care which sustains and improves the health of the communities we serve throughout Michigan.
Ascension is a leading non-profit, faith-based national health system made up of over 134,000 associates and 2,600 sites of care, including more than 140 hospitals and 40 senior living communities in 19 states.
Our Mission, Vision and Values encompass everything we do at Ascension. Every associate is empowered to give back, volunteer and make a positive impact in their community. Ascension ca