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Samaritan Medical Center, Watertown, NY

Samaritan Medical Center is looking for a Fellowship Trained Breast Surgeon to join our Comprehensive Women’s Health Center. Our program consolidates outpatient women’s health services into one convenient location to include breast health, related radiology, ultrasound, stereotactic and other testing services. Samaritan was granted a NYS Healthcare Facility Transformation ward for 9.8 million dollars which made this project possible.

Compensation Package Highlights:

• $455,000 guaranteed annual salary with additional WRVU
• $50,000 signing bonus
• $20,000 education loan repayment per year
• $15,000 relocation reimbursement
• $3,000 Annual Continuing Education Funds
• Occurrence Medical Liability Coverage
• Financial planning with Tax-Shelter Opportunities
• Generous benefit package

Practice Highlights:

• Serving one hospital
• Call is 1:4, specific to Breast Surgery
• New modern office within 5 minutes of the hospital
• Monday thru Friday with flexible schedule if 4/10 days is preferred
• Already established patient population
• Strong referral base
• Support from well-respected Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
• Dedicated OR time
• Mid-level support
• Imaging services on-site
• Catchment Area: 250,000, also serving nearby Fort Drum, home of the 10^th Mountain Division

• Teaching opportunities are available with accredited ACGME/AOA programs

Qualifications:

• Fellowship trained Breast Surgeon or BC/BE General Surgeon with special interest in Breast Surgery
• Patient-centered care philosophy
• Clinical excellence
• Enthusiasm working within a team model

About Samaritan Medical Center

• 290-bed hospital; medical staff of 190 physicians representing 42 specialties
• Largest community-based hospital in Northern New York
• Construction is about to begin on a brand new state-of-the-art Orthopaedic office building on the main campus of the hospital (expected opening in early 2024)
• Newly constructed (2018) state-of-the-art comprehensive cancer center affiliated with Roswell Park Care Network
• Newly added hospital wing for Obstetrics and Pediatric inpatient care, including pediatric Ortho patients (2019).
• Expanded women’s health services: Women’s Wellness and Breast Care (2019)
• Not-for-profit organization, independent, financially stable
• www.SamaritanHealth.com

About Northern New York State

Watertown, NY offers safe and attractive neighborhoods, quiet rural areas, affordable housing, light traffic, first-rate school systems and a gorgeous landscape, all combined with easy accessibility to major metropolitan areas. We are a half hour from the Canadian border. Watertown International Airport (ART) is just a short 15-minute drive, and Syracuse Hancock International Airport (SYR) is an hour South. Home to the St. Lawrence Seaway, you will find one of nature’s true wonders: The Thousand Islands. Take a boat tour of the Thousand Islands with a visit to Boldt Castle, owned by George C. Boldt, proprietor of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. Boating, swimming, scuba diving and fishing are popular pursuits throughout the Thousand Islands. Watertown has four YMCA fitness centers in the area with endless recreational activities for kids and adults - including indoor swimming! Our local ski area is a gathering spot during the winter for family and friends offering ski/snowboarding lessons for all ages. At the foot of the Adirondacks, the Tug Hill Region gets as much as 300 inches of snow annually and is the perfect place for skiers, snowboarders, snowmobilers, snowshoers, and snow lovers of all ages. In addition, nearby Fort Drum, home of the US Army’s 10^th Mountain Division, brings to the region a sense of diversity and patriotic pride!

For more information, please contact:

Jennifer Haley-Saiff

Director of Physician Recruitment and Medical Staff Credentialing

Samaritan Medical Center

830 Washington Street

Watertown, New York 13601

315-779-5184 – Office

315-408-4160 - Cell

jsaiff@shsny.com

Community links:

https://www.watertown-ny.gov/

https://home.army.mil/drum/index.php

https://co.jefferson.ny.us/

https://www.townofhendersonny.org/

https://townofclayton.com/

https://sacketsharbor-ny.gov/

https://visit1000islands.com/

https://www.cityofkingston.ca/ 483 78^th

Samaritan Medical Center www.samaritanhealth.com in Watertown, New York, is a 290-bed not-for-profit community medical center that offers the most specialized and comprehensive range of inpatient and outpatient healthcare services in our region. Our compassionate team of highly qualified healthcare professionals proudly provides services to a population of 250,000.  

Every day, 190 physicians in 42 different specialties along with more than 2,000 support staff at Samaritan Medical Center offer a full spectrum of diagnostic and treatment services for people of all ages. Together, we’re proud to make our patients this promise: to be here whenever and wherever you need us, and to do so with the exceptional care and compassion that you and your family deserve.

Samaritan also serves the soldiers and families of our Fort Drum community.  For over 30 years, the unique relationship between the tri-county area and our military community at Fort Drum has grown strong.  Serving as a model of military-community collaboration, it's shown the true power of respect, friendship and collaboration.  In 2018, a nomination was submitted for the North Country Region to be designated as a Great American Defense Community.

In the fall of 2018 Samaritan opened a newly built cancer center called the "Walker Center for Cancer Care."  The new center provides patients with great care and compassion, along with cutting-edge treatment options. Most recent is the completion of our new Center for Women's Wellness and Breast Care offering comprehensive services in one location from seeing moms-to-be for specialized pregnancy care, to supporting all women with gynecologic and breast services. 

Watertown, itself, is a small city with big city amenities.  Outside city limits, the area opens to large tracts of land offering rural or semi-rural living options.  One can embrace open space, fresh air, pure water, organic living and “Mother Nature at her Best”.  Watertown offers close proximity to Lake Ontario, the St. Lawrence River – 1000 Islands regions, Adirondack Mountains and showcases an abundance of options for recreational activities.  There is ease of access to urban areas and a 40-minute drive takes one to the Canadian border crossing.  A nearby airport provides American Airline connections via small jet services, as well as opportunity for recreational aviation. The four seasons provide a wide range of diversity for one’s wardrobe as well as a wide range of activities for the outdoor enthusiast.  This is a safe location, with an outstanding educational system, offering affordable housing and concludes that this is a great place for family living. For more area information checkout www.co.jefferson.ny.us/chambers-of-commerce.