General Surgeon - Medical Director & Clinical Assistant/Associate/Full Professor

The Department of Surgery at the University of Florida College of Medicine - Jacksonville, is seeking a Medical Director for UF Health Jacksonville’s Comprehensive Hernia Center and Abdominal Wall Program at the non-tenure accruing level of Clinical Assistant, Associate, or Professor.  The Department of Surgery at the University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville is a tertiary referral center that serves the population of Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia. It is home to the divisions of Gastrointestinal Surgery/Surgical Oncology, Otolaryngology, Plastic Surgery, and Trauma/Acute Care/Critical Care. The Department of Surgery is poised for significant growth as we expand the elective surgical practice throughout the Northeast region. The mission and vision of the department is to be the region’s most valued surgical health care asset, with the nation’s best surgical care at your doorstep.

The Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery/Surgical Oncology currently has eleven faculty members with subspecialties of breast surgery, colon and rectal surgery, hepatopancreaticobiliary, surgical oncology and minimally invasive surgery.

We are seeking a candidate with advanced training in hernias and abdominal wall reconstruction. The candidate must be MD or DO, Board Certified/Eligible in General Surgery with experience in all aspects of the evaluation and treatment including minimally invasive approaches of robotic and laparoscopic surgery. Major responsibilities include building a comprehensive hernia center and elective general surgery practice as well as providing education of medical students, and residents. Candidate will join a diverse academic general surgery practice inclusive of growing an advanced GI/MIS, robotic, and oncology program.  Salary and academic appointment is negotiable and the benefits are excellent. No trauma calls required.

This position will report to the Chief of Gastrointestinal Surgery and Surgical Oncology and Chairman of the Department of Surgery at the University of Florida College of Medicine - Jacksonville. Every faculty member in the department will have a mentoring team assigned to them and participate in the department wide faculty development program.

The following is a general description of duties and responsibilities:

• Provide and maintain a high level of quality of patient care services in all aspects of General Surgery and Minimally Invasive Surgery
• Provide clinical teaching of trainees in General Surgery and actively participate in the educational program.
• Be responsible for excellent communication with primary care physicians, consulting services, and other referring providers.
• Assist in marketing the General Surgery Programs to community physicians and managed care organizations.
• Participate in monthly division and department meetings, administrative functions and institutional committees as requested.

About UF Health:

UF Health is the Southeast’s premier academic health center and an integral part of the University of Florida.  Our mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and research across the spectrum of basic, translational and clinical investigation.  UF Health encompasses the Gainesville-based University of Florida colleges of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health and Health Professions, and Veterinary Medicine; the UF Health Shands family of hospitals in Gainesville; UF Health Jacksonville medical center; UF Health North; an academic campus in Jacksonville that is home to the UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville and includes degree programs offered by the colleges of Nursing and Pharmacy; UF Health St. Johns in St. Augustine; UF Health Neighborhood Hospital in Ocala; and our campus in Central Florida, which includes UF Health Spanish Plaines Hospital and UF Health Leesburg Hospital. It also includes primary care and specialty practices throughout Central, North Central and northern Florida and Southeast Georgia. The UF Health network of hospitals and physician practices manages more than 3 million inpatient and outpatient visits each year, and serves patients from all 67 Florida counties, from across the nation and from dozens of countries around the world.

About College of Medicine – Jacksonville (COM-J):

The UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville is the largest of the three colleges at the Health Science Center Jacksonville. The college's 16 clinical science departments house more than 500 faculty members, 1,560 staff and 450 residents and fellows, as well as medical students from UF and around the country. We offer an incredible breadth of clinical training programs and proud to train many of best primary care providers and specialists throughout the region, the state and the country.

Research, discovery and innovation are critical aspects of our clinical campus and we have some of the country’s leading researchers at our locations searching for and finding new treatments and clinical options.

The UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville faculty, administrators, residents, fellows, students and staff work as a team in pursuit of our common mission — to heal, to comfort, to educate and to discover through quality health care, elimination of health disparities, medical education, innovation and research.

To learn more about our college, leadership, mission, faculty resources, and the city of Jacksonville visit https://med.jax.ufl.edu/administrative-affairs/faculty-orientation-guide/.

About UF Health:

Led by Patrick L. Green, FACHE, senior vice president and Northeast Florida regional president, and affiliated with the University of Florida, UF Health Jacksonville and UF Health St. Johns are part of UF Health, the Southeast’s most comprehensive academic health center, with campuses in Jacksonville and St. Augustine, as well as Gainesville and Central Florida.

UF Health North is located in northern Duval County and is a 168-licensed-bed hospital and medical office building, offering emergency medicine, primary care and specialty services.

UF Health Jacksonville is located in Jacksonville’s urban core, north of downtown, and has 623 licensed beds, multiple medical office buildings, as well as the University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville. It is also home to Trauma One Flight Services, a Level III NICU, and is the area’s only adult and pediatric Level 1 trauma center.

UF Health St. Johns consists of UF Health Flagler Hospital and soon UF Health Durbin Park Hospital. UF Health Flagler Hospital, has a 130-year legacy of caring for the community. The 335-licensed-bed hospital has been named among America’s 50 Best hospitals out of nearly 4,500 nationwide.

Opening in fall 2026, the UF Health Durbin Park campus will include a 99-licensed-bed hospital and a three-story medical office building. Durbin Park is an area adjacent to Nocatee in the northern part of St. Johns County.

UF Health has a range of medical offerings, with more than 100 specialty care options, including cardiology, neurology, oncology and orthopaedics. Combining its strengths with the UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville, it offers residents and fellows in Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia all the research and leading-edge diagnosis and treatment advantages of an academic health center.

About College of Medicine - Jacksonville (COM-J):

The UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville is the largest of the three colleges at the Health Science Center Jacksonville. The college's 16 clinical science departments house more than 500 faculty members, 1,560 staff and 450 residents and fellows, as well as medical students from UF and around the country. We offer an incredible breadth of clinical training programs and proud to train many of best primary care providers and specialists throughout the region, the state and the country.

Research, discovery and innovation are critical aspects of our clinical campus and we have some of the country’s leading researchers at our locations searching for and finding new treatments and clinical options.

The UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville faculty, administrators, residents, fellows, students and staff work as a team in pursuit of our common mission — to heal, to comfort, to educate and to discover through quality health care, elimination of health disparities, medical education, innovation and research.

To learn more about our college, leadership, mission, faculty resources, and the city of Jacksonville visit https://med.jax.ufl.edu/administrative-affairs/faculty-orientation-guide/.