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Visas Accepted

H1B

Specialty

Orthopedic Surgery - Hand

Practice Details

Sanford Health is seeking a BC/BE fellowship trained hand, wrist, forearm, and elbow surgeon to join our multispecialty orthopedic practice.

The additional surgeon is needed due to our continued practice growth both locally and regionally. Join 2 hand fellowship trained surgeons and 2 APPs within an orthopedic department based in a state-of-the-art four-story orthopedic clinic/orthopedic specialty hospital. One floor is solely dedicated to hand to elbow patient care. This dedicated floor includes exam rooms designed by hand surgeons, on-site digital imaging, on-site mini C arm, cast rooms, on-site OT (5 OT/2 COTA), and 2 WALANT procedure rooms. Hand on-call is compensated and is approximately 5 to 6 days per month at a level 1 trauma center… NO microvascular or replant patient care is required of the interested candidate. The opportunity to work with the orthopedic surgery residency program is available, but not mandatory.

Community Description

The Fargo-Moorhead and West Fargo metro area is a diverse, family-oriented community of 250,000 people that offers high quality of life and low cost of living. Outstanding schools, a vibrant business community, a thriving downtown district, cultural activities, and a wide variety of sports and recreation are just a few of the many reasons people love to call the Fargo area home.

Job Description

Core Hand Surgery privileges include the ability to admit, evaluate, diagnose, treat, and provide consultation (includes investigation, preservation, and restoration) to patients of all ages by medical, surgical, and rehabilitative means of all structures of the upper extremity directly affecting the form and function of the hand and wrist.

Qualifications

M.D. or D.O. degree.

Experience can be demonstrated in one of the following ways and should be reflective of the privileges being requested:
An applicant who has just completed a residency provides his/her residency log.
OR
An applicant who is not applying directly out of a residency shall provide a quality profile from the hospital(s) where he/she currently has privileges showing his/her clinical activity for the past 12 months, including numbers of procedures performed morbidity, mortality, infection rates, and other complications. The applicant must be able to demonstrate at least 50 surgical procedures on the internal structure of the hand and related structures in the last 12 months.
OR
If a quality profile is not available from the hospital(s) where the applicant currently has privileges, documentation of the applicant’s clinical setting activity for the last 12 months is required. The applicant must be able to demonstrate at least 50 otolaryngology procedures in the last 12 months.

More education and experience may be required the more advanced the practice becomes.


Successful completion of an ACGME or AOA accredited residency in general, orthopedic, or plastic surgery and successful completion of an accredited fellowship in surgery of the hand and/or current subspecialty certification in surgery of the hand or active participation in the examination process (with achievement of certification within the time limit as described below) leading to subspecialty certification in surgery of the hand by the ABS or the ABPS or completion of a CAQ in surgery of the hand by the ABOS or in hand surgery by the AOBOS.

Certification in the primary area of practice by the appropriate specialty/ subspecialty board of the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS), the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) or the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, as applicable. Those applicants who are not board certified at the time of application but who have completed their residency training within the last five years shall be eligible, however must achieve board certification within five years from the date of completion of their residency training unless the appropriate governing Board waives such requirement. (Refer to each entity’s policy for grandfather exceptions)

Compensation

Nationally competitive 2 year salary guarantee with a comprehensive physician benefit package including 401K, Health, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability (short-term and long-term), Paid Time Away, Paid CME days and dollars, Paid Malpractice and Tail coverage, Relocation Allowance, and much more

Recruiter Information

Margaret Pfeffer | Maggie Pfeffer, Physician Recruiter

Phone: Or margaret.pfeffer@sanfordhealth.org

Sanford is an EEO/AA Employer M/F/Disability/Vet. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application, please call 1-877-673-0854 or send an email to talent@sanfordhealth.org.