Physician Medical Director and Trauma Burn Surgeon of the Orlando Health Burn Program

Orlando Health Surgery Department is seeking an accomplished Burn Surgeon to serve as the Medical Director of the Orlando Health Burn Program. This full-time opportunity is ideal for an experienced surgeon with advanced training and expertise in burn surgery who is passionate about clinical excellence, program development and multidisciplinary collaboration.

As Medical Director, you will provide strategic and clinical leadership for an established, ABA verified burn program, guiding its continued growth and advancement as a premier regional and national destination for burn care.

Position Responsibilities:
The Medical Director will oversee the comprehensive management of patients with complex burn injuries across the full continuum of care, including:

• Directing acute burn resuscitation and critical care management.
• Providing operative management for major burn injuries.
• Leading rehabilitation planning and long-term recovery efforts.
• Utilizing advanced skin coverage and grafting techniques, including state-of-the-art-wound management technologies.
• Applying reconstructive burn surgery expertise, including scar reconstruction.
• Partnering with multidisciplinary teams to deliver coordinated, patient-centered care
• Leading quality improvement initiatives, clinical innovation and program development.
• Collaborating with hospital leadership to expand and enhance the burn program while maintaining the highest standards of patient outcomes and regulatory compliance.
• Maintain ABA Verification

Practice Highlights:

• Established ABA verified program for the last 9 years of continuous verification.
• Join a collaborative team of 12 trauma surgeons and 5 APP.
• Monday – Friday schedule with occasional weekend rounding assistance. No overnight responsibilities.
• Call schedule: 2 weeks per month
• Dedicated: 16 bed trauma/burn and 16 bed trauma/burn step down unit, dedicated operative team with priority given to burns.
• Collaborative multidisciplinary environment including experienced APPs, therapist, specialized nursing staff, rehabilitation professionals, and hospital leadership committed to exceptional patient care.

Qualifications:

• Demonstrated leadership experience, including prior experience leading a burn program.
• Board Certified or Board Eligible in General Surgery or Plastic Surgery
• Completion of an ACGME or AOA accredited burn fellowship.
• Fellow of the American Burn Association (FABA)
• Florida Medical License or ability to obtain one.

Benefits Package:

• Competitive compensation package, opportunity to make more based-on productivity - Internal general radiology moonlighting available with weekend and evening shifts. 
• Benefits package includes time away for vacations and conferences, health/vision/dental insurance along with full malpractice coverage, disability coverage, deferred compensation and 403(b) with employer match.
• Orlando Health offers 4 weeks of continuous pay for parental leave.
• Generous starting bonus with eligibility for an annual bonus
• CME Stipend
• PSLF qualified employer

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Facility Description:

Orlando Health - Orlando Regional Medical Center

Located in downtown Orlando and serving Central Florida for more than 100 years, Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC) is an 808-bed surgical, medical, and emergency acute-care hospital. It is one of the largest tertiary facilities in the region and the organization’s flagship hospital.

With advanced technology and expertise in numerous areas of specialty, including trauma, cardiovascular, stroke, neuroscience, orthopedic and surgical services, Orlando Health ORMC provides a complete continuum of care. World-renowned as Central Florida’s only Level I Trauma Center, Orlando Health ORMC also is recognized for excellence with an American Burn Association Verified Burn Center and Joint Commission-certified hip and knee joint replacement, spine surgery, and comprehensive stroke programs.

Orlando Health ORMC works closely with systemwide cancer, heart and vascular, digestive health, neuroscience and orthopedic institutes also located on the downtown Orlando Health campus, as well as the specialty Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children and Orlando Health Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women and Babies.

Combining compassion with experience and knowledge, our team provides patients with the highest quality of care. Our efforts have earned us numerous quality and safety recognitions over the years, including:

• Best Regional Hospital – U.S. News & World Report, 2023-2024
  • Ranked No. 2 in the Orlando Metro Area and No. 7 in Florida
  • Nationally ranked in four categories: cardiology, heart and vascular surgery; gastroenterology and GI surgery; pulmonology and lung surgery; urology
  • Rated high performing in 12 areas: aortic valve surgery; COPD; colon cancer surgery; diabetes; heart attack; heart bypass surgery; heart failure; kidney failure; knee replacement; leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma; lung cancer surgery; stroke
• “A” Safety Grade – The Leapfrog Group, five consecutive terms 2021-2023
• Top Teaching Hospital – The Leapfrog Group, 2023
• Best Hospitals in America – The Leapfrog Group/Money, 2022
• Best Hospitals for Bariatric Surgery – The Leapfrog Group/Money, 2022
• Get with the Guidelines®: Gold Plus Achievement - Stroke – American Heart Association, 2023
  • Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite
  • Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll
• Nine hospital units with Beacon Awards for Excellence from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses — the most units of any adult hospital in the state
• Magnet® Recognized – American Nurses Credentialing Center