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Thoracic Surgery

The Division of Thoracic Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital is seeking to recruit a lung transplant surgeon to serve as the site director, with broad range of interest in the field, to join our established group across the MGB system. The Surgical Director of the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Lung Transplant Program provides clinical and programmatic leadership for lung transplantation on the MGH campus. This role is responsible for the surgical clinical care of patients within the lung transplant program at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in collaboration with the MGB system, including Brigham and Women’s Hospital. The expectation is that the Director will provide expertise and care in a partnered, unified approach in strategy, standards, quality, operations, and culture.

Eligible candidates must have completed a thoracic surgery residency training program and fellowship training in thoracic surgery. Suitable candidates will have an MD or an MD/PhD and be board certified/eligible from the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Thoracic Surgery. The candidate should be eligible for, and maintain, full medical licensure in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 

Appointment as instructor, assistant or associate professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School will be commensurate with experience, training and teaching activities.

Mass General Brigham and the Department of Surgery are committed to ensuring our community feels welcome, cared for, and valued. Candidates who have experience working with a broad range of faculty, staff, and patients, are encouraged to apply.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions or any other characteristic protected by law.

A selection committee, headed by Dr. Yolonda Colson, Chief of the MGB Division of Thoracic Surgery, will be reviewing all applications. Interested candidates should submit their curriculum vitae and a letter of interest by email to Dr. Gerard M. Doherty, chair of the Department of Surgery at Mass General Brigham, at the following address: surgeryfacultyaffairs@bwh.harvard.edu.

About Mass General Brigham

The Department of Surgery at Mass General Brigham is among the most highly regarded surgical services in the world, with a proud history of clinical and academic achievement. Our internationally renowned surgeons create pioneering breakthroughs that make a difference for patients today, as well as for generations to come. We are committed to delivering world-class, collaborative patient care with a profoundly human touch, while advancing scientific research and training the surgical innovators of tomorrow.

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