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SEEKING TRANSPLANT SURGEON For Director, Pancreas Transplant

We are seeking a new Director for our established Pancreas Transplant Program. Join the growing transplant team at Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN), a well established kidney and pancreas program with a strong referral base, growing waiting list, high transplant rate and excellent patient outcomes. The organ procurement organization for the area is the Gift of Life Donor Program, which procured organs from 428 donors last year. Candidates should be BC/BE in surgery, able to meet licensing requirements in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and be UNOS certified or eligible in pancreas and kidney. Two years of post-training experience and laparoscopic donor skills preferred. The successful candidate will be team oriented and possess administrative and leadership skills.

LVHN includes a premier, academic community hospital on 3 campuses with over 980 beds. The network is nationally-recognized for clinical innovation and patient safety. We have been ranked among the nations top hospitals by US News and World Report for 14 consecutive years and have been honored as one of the FORTUNE 100 Best Places to Work for 3 years in a row. There are excellent opportunities for clinical research and medical resident education as LVHN is a major teaching hospital with 12 freestanding, fully accredited residency and fellowship programs. Academic appointment is available.

We are located in a beautiful area of eastern Pennsylvania known as the Lehigh Valley which blends three mid-sized cities and comfortable, affordable suburban living. Over 750,000 people live in the Lehigh Valley and enjoy diverse cultural and recreational offerings. There are ten colleges and universities and strong public and private schools. The area is conveniently located only 1 hour north of Philadelphia and 1.5 hours west of New York City and within an easy drive of the year round offerings of the Pocono Mountains and the shores of New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland.