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Neurosurgery

SMDC Health System, a member of Essentia Health, serves a regional population of 460,000 in northeastern Minnesota, northwestern Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula.  The integrated health system includes four hospitals - St. Mary's Medical Center, SMDC Medical Center, St. Mary's Hospital of Superior and Pine Medical Center.  It also includes the Duluth Clinic, a nationally recognized 450+ physician multi-specialty group, representing 55 medical specialties and providing care at 17 locations.  For more information, visit http://www.smdc.org/.

 

Stretching nearly 30 miles along Lake Superior's rugged shoreline and the scenic St. Louis River, Duluth is the largest city in Minnesota outside the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area.  Money magazine recently ranked Duluth as the fourth best small city in America.  Duluth a thriving city on the edge of a wilderness, creating harmony with nature and industry and offering four seasons of outdoor adventures.

  

PRACTICE SPECIFICS

  • Busy neurosurgery department with three neurosurgeons.  Call will be 1:4 with addition of a 4th Neurosurgeon.
  • Two days/clinic, 2-3 days/OR
  • 10-bed neuro ICU 26-bed step down unit staffed by nurses, therapists, social workers and chaplains dedicated to the neuroscience unit
  • Case mix includes 70-80% spine, 20-30% cranial, Trauma involving both
  • Cyberknife unit and brand new Stealth and O-arm
  • Comprehensive rehab program
  • St. Mary's Medical Center - a 330-bed tertiary hospital; Consistently ranked among America's Top 100 Hospitals
  • Accredited Trauma Program/ Level II Trauma Center with five Trauma/Critical Care surgeons with fellowship training in Surgical Critical Care

  REQUIREMENTS

  • BC/BE in Neurological Surgery

  LOCATION

  • 150 miles north of Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area
  • Regional service area 460,000; City of Duluth population:  86,000

  Competitive Salary and Benefits Package

 

For More Information Contact:

Carri Prudhomme, Duluth Clinic, Physician & Provider Recruitment

400 East Third Street, Duluth, MN 55805, 800-342-1388/218-786-3908

Email: cprudhomme@smdc.org

Website: http://www.smdc.org//career

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