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Vascular Surgeon

UPMC Hamot Flagship Cardiac Vascular Thoracic Surgeons is currently seeking a vascular surgeon to join their team. The team is comprised of six board certified cardiac, vascular and thoracic surgeons with an accredited, full-service vascular laboratory here in Erie, Pennsylvania. As a vascular surgeon with UPMC Hamot Flagship CVT Surgeons you will enjoy the advantages of being an integral part of a growing organization, practicing with highly trained and motivated partners, and being affiliated with a nationally recognized regional medical center. Key advantages of this position include the following highlights:

  • UPMC Hamot Flagship CVT Surgeons practice at UPMC Hamot, a progressive 343-bed tertiary care hospital and Level II Trauma Center, with over 400 physicians on the medical staff. In 2006, U.S. News & World Report recognized UPMC Hamot as one of the “America’s Best Hospitals - Heart and Heart Surgery” and a Thomson awarded UPMC Hamot a 100 Top Hospital in 2009 and 100 Top Hospitals: Cardiovascular. These acknowledgments speak volumes about the high quality care we deliver every day. UPMC Hamot’s facilities include four Storz OR one minimally invasive surgical suites, a new GE biplane lab and a 25,000 square foot “state of the art” Emergency/Trauma Center with 35 private patient rooms including three dedicated trauma resuscitation rooms, radiology and CT suites. The freestanding UPMC Hamot Heart Institute, located on the UPMC Hamot campus, overlooks Presque Isle Bay and houses the Flagship CVT Surgeon’s offices.
  • As part of the UPMC Hamot Heart Institute Cardiac Surgery Program, the Flagship CVT Surgeons overall surgical mortality in FY 2008 was 2.4% risk adjusted, and isolated CABG was 2.2% risk adjusted, comparing with the best programs in the U.S. UPMC Hamot Flagship CVT Surgeons perform approximately 800 vascular and endovascular surgical procedures and over 400 diagnostic angiograms annually. Our vascular laboratory performs over 5,000 outpatient diagnostic tests per year.
  • The ideal candidate will have training and experience in vascular and endovascular surgical techniques as well as experience with vascular angiography. UPMC Hamot offers an exceptional compensation package including a highly competitive salary, paid malpractice insurance vacation/CME, medical and dental insurance, 457 (b) deferred compensation plan, 403(b) tax shelter, pension plan, long-term disability, group life insurance, and all interview and relocation expenses.
  • UPMC Hamot Flagship CVT Surgeons is located in Erie, Pennsylvania which offers a wealth of cultural, recreational and educational resources. Erie is a wonderful place in which to live and practice medicine. The city of Erie and UPMC Hamot are situated overlooking the Presque Isle Bay and Peninsula, which encompass seven miles of beautiful sandy beaches, hiking trails, a nature center and a thirteen-mile biking and hiking path along the bayfront and lakeside. The bay offers protected waters, numerous marinas and a long-established yacht club, and Lake Erie offers the perfect setting for boating, water skiing, scuba diving, wind surfing, sailing and fishing. The region has an abundance of public and private golf courses, Alpine and Nordic skiing, mountain biking, hiking, fly fishing, and close proximity to the Allegheny Mountains. Erie boasts a nationally recognized symphony orchestra, ballet and dance companies, Civic Center, casino, playhouse groups, excellent fitness facilities, and professional baseball, basketball and ice hockey teams. For children we offer a planetarium, the Erie Zoo, a Children’s Museum, community parks, and Splash Lagoon Indoor Water Park Resort. We are only a 45-minute drive from the renowned Chautauqua Institute, a major cultural center for the arts and music in southwestern New York. Erie has a wide selection of excellent public, private and parochial schools, as well as four local colleges and universities. Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Buffalo are just a 1 ˝ to 2-hour drive, and Toronto is 3 ˝ hours away. Our safe, friendly city offers low commute times, reasonably priced homes, and a warm and inviting community that offers a quality of life that is hard to find anywhere else.

For more information, contact:

Sara Erhartic
201 State Street
Erie, PA 16550
Office: 814-877-3605
UPMC Hamot Fax: 814-877-7590
e-mail: sara.erhartic@hamot.org