Anesthesiologist needed in Upstate NY

Anesthesiologist needed in Upstate NY Located in Plattsburgh, NY Full Time Permanent Hospital is searching for BC/BE anesthesiologists to join its hospital-based practice. The position is to primarily provide services in Plattsburgh, NY. The incoming physician will occasionally provide services at our partner critical care access hospital located one hour away in Malone, NY. The department includes approximately 9 full time and part time anesthesiologists, a few per diems anesthesiologists and two CRNAs. Click here to view a list of our staff anesthesiologists, their board certifications status, and training locations. The anesthesiologists cover the range of general cases including general surgery, gastroenterology, orthopedics, urology, thoracic, vascular, plastic surgery, ENT, dental, ophthalmology and obstetrics /gynecology. There are no head or CT cases. Care is provided in 9 main operating rooms, an outpatient surgical center, labor and delivery and limited out of operating room sites. 1st call is approx 3 to 4 times each month. 2nd call is approx 2 to 3 times per month. Weekend calls would be one weekend every 6 to 8 weeks. Call is from home with a response time of 15 minutes. 1st and 2nd calls are overnight equitably distributed among the anesthesiologists. 1st call is moderate with the post 1st call day off. 2nd call is very light and only backs up 1st call for emergencies that cannot wait or labor analgesia that is expected to be delayed if 1st call is occupied. Late shifts are also equitably shared as well as holiday coverage. Late shifts include 3rd call not held past 1900, 4th and 5th call not held past 17:30 and 6th call not held past 16:30. All pre and post 1st or 2nd call are released by 15:30. Late shifts are shortened when clinical work does not support their need. Hospital delivers 800- 900 babies per year with a C-section rate around 33% with half being scheduled. Our labor epidural rate for vaginal deliveries is approximately 65-70% Obstetrician and anesthesiologists are not routinely in house while epidural infusions are running. Labor & Delivery nurses monitor labor epidural patients in accordance with a detailed protocol. TOLAC/VBAC are limited to low risk patients. Our epidural top-up rate is very low, near zero. The obstetricians or midwives remove catheters after delivery. The department covers up to 4 operating rooms and a GI endoscopy suite. Anesthesia services provided for surgery includes GI endoscopies, general surgery, podiatry and orthopedics. Hospital has 9 state-of-the-art operating rooms and an ambulatory surgery center with 4 operating rooms. Cases include a broad spectrum of procedures with an approximate annual volume 19,000. Call is 1:3/4. Practice in a warm and friendly environment that sits on a plush 45-acre campus complete with ponds and walking paths. The position offers excellent compensation, benefits and relocation! J1s and H1Bs considered. Plattsburgh offers a family-oriented community on Lake Champlain, near the Adirondack Mountains, the Olympic-Lake Placid region, Burlington, VT and Montreal.