Colon & Rectal Surgery opportunity: Knoxville, TN

**Colon & Rectal Surgery opportunity: Knoxville, TN**

**Position Details**
- Full-time
- Permanent
- Employed
- Colon and rectal surgery fellowship is required.
- Premiers thirty-two physicians comprise the areas largest private, independent surgical group, providing services at four of the areas five hospitals.
- Joining a well-established surgical specialty practice with 6 surgeons (three surgical oncologists, a colorectal surgeon, a MIS foregut specialist, and a surgicalist)
- Large established outpatient referral base. (will be joining for 1:7 call coverage)
- Depending on training and interest, surgical opportunities include a wide range of colon and rectal pathology from simple anorectal surgery to complex abdominal surgery.
- Also, our surgery center supports efficient outpatient anorectal surgery opportunity.
- The facility currently has a robust robotic surgery program as well with 3 Da Vinci Xi robots with plans for further expansion of robotic program.
- Supported by a full-time surgicalist program reducing call burden and clinic interruptions.
- Multiple tumor conferences each month across the system.
- Competitive salary, partnership track, group health, dental, life, disability, and retirement benefits, sign-on bonus.
- Annual CME allowance, relocation package
- Growth and leadership opportunities the groups regional cancer program

**This Group Offers:**
- Generous base salary plus RVU bonus
- Sign-on bonus
- Relocation assistance
- Student loan reimbursement
- Full benefits package

**About the Medical Center**
- Medical Center is the regions only referral center for stroke, neurosurgery, orthopedics, oncology, cardiology, neurology, surgery, and obstetrics.
- With a team of 650 physicians in 45 specialties and more than 1,000 nurses, technologists, therapists, pharmacists, and dietitians, we use a multidisciplinary approach to provide comprehensive, individualized patient care.
- The areas largest regional cancer program is headquartered on the campus.
- As a Joint Commission Comprehensive Stroke Center, Medical Center offers state-of-the art care that maximizes recovery from stroke.
- The regions leader in technology in areas such as bariatric surgery, robotic surgery and minimally invasive spine surgery.
- Our door-to-balloon times for heart attack patients are below the national average, and our hip fracture center offers advanced diagnosis, surgery and recovery procedures for hip patients.
- We are also home to the Rehabilitation Center, which is nationally recognized for both inpatient and outpatient treatment of stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury, and orthopedics.

**About the Group**
- The regions top performing healthcare network with nine acute-care hospitals, outpatient and specialty services, and the Medical Center, our areas fastest-growing physician practice division.
- Headquartered in Knoxville, Health Group is a community-owned, not-for-profit healthcare system and the areas largest employer.
- More than 10,000 employees, volunteers, and 1,500 affiliated physicians are dedicated to improving the quality of life for the more than one million patients and families we serve every year.
- The only healthcare system in East Tennessee to be named six times in a row by Forbes as a Best Employer.

**Location**
- Knoxville is an incredible combination of big city excitement and small town southern charm.
- Located on the TN River with the Great Smoky Mountains as a backdrop, Knoxville is home to a vibrant downtown area, anchored by wonderful local restaurants and boutiques.
- Revitalized, historic neighborhoods dot the downtown landscape.
- Cost of living 15% below the nation average
- No state income tax
- Excellent public school, most ranking in the list of top ten schools statewide
- Private K-12 schools (including Christian, Catholic, and Montessori), University of TN, and numerous community colleges and technical program.