Aortic Fellow

Thomas Jefferson University • Philadelphia, PA

23h • Onsite

About The Position

Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health is pleased to announce an opening for the unaccredited Aortic Surgery Fellowship from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027. The selected fellow will actively participate in management of patients on the Cardiovascular Surgery Service under the direct supervision of the attending cardiac surgeons. Responsibilities will include weekday nights and weekend days and nights for the service. The qualified candidate will hold a current, unrestricted or institutional Pennsylvania medical license and have experience in cardiology, cardiac surgery, and/or critical care medicine. The fellow will not maintain an independent surgical practice or perform independent elective cardiovascular surgical procedures without direct supervision by the Chief of Cardiovascular Surgery or his designee. Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health is pleased to announce an opening for the unaccredited Aortic Surgery Fellowship from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027. The selected fellow will actively participate in management of patients on the Cardiovascular Surgery Service under the direct supervision of the attending cardiac surgeons. Responsibilities will include weekday nights and weekend days and nights for the service. The qualified candidate will hold a current, unrestricted or institutional Pennsylvania medical license and have experience in cardiology, cardiac surgery, and/or critical care medicine. The fellow will not maintain an independent surgical practice or perform independent elective cardiovascular surgical procedures without direct supervision by the Chief of Cardiovascular Surgery or his designee. Duration: 12 months Citizenship/Visa: US Citizens or US permanent resident status only Educational Goals and Objectives: Develop skills in the preoperative assessment of complex adult cardiac surgical problems, including aortic surgery. Develop skills in the preoperative assessment of patients with aortic pathology. Develop skills in the medical management of complex adult cardiac surgical problems including but not limited to aortic pathology. Develop skills and techniques of intraoperative repair of aortic and other complex adult cardiac surgical problems. Develop skills and techniques of the surgical management of patients with aortic pathology Be responsible for post-operative management of patients with complex cardiac surgical problems including aortic surgery. Be responsible for the post-operative management of patients after aortic surgery and other complex cardiac surgical procedures. Participate in original research of the surgical management of aortic pathology. Expected to experience a broad out-patient exposure and will be expected to attend the Aortic Surgery Clinic with the Aortic Surgery team. Participate in the teaching activity of the Department of Surgery and the Division of Cardiac Surgery. This includes presentation of cases at Aortic Case Conference and weekly Morbidity & Mortality Conference if he/she was involved in the case.

Requirements

• The qualified candidate will hold a current, unrestricted or institutional Pennsylvania medical license and have experience in cardiology, cardiac surgery, and/or critical care medicine.
• US Citizens or US permanent resident status only

Responsibilities

• The Aortic Fellow will have weekday nights and weekend days and nights.
• The Aortic Fellow will make rounds on patients on the cardiovascular surgery step-down and intensive care units.
• The Aortic Fellow will be available for consultation.
• The Aortic Fellow will be immediately available to respond to all calls for assistance from other healthcare providers at the Hospital.
• The Aortic Fellow will promptly involve the attending surgeon in any evaluation or management issue requiring attention.
• They will be responsible for attending all educational conferences: Aortic Case Conference, Core Curriculum Teaching Conference, Cardiac M & M, Grand Rounds, and Teaching Rounds
• The Aortic Fellow occasionally will be responsible for presentation of cases at Aortic Case Conference, Cardiac Surgery M&M, and Department of Surgery M&M if he/she was involved in the case.
• The Aortic Fellow will be expected to experience a broad outpatient exposure.
• He/she will be expected to attend the Aortic Surgery Clinic with the Aortic Surgery team.
• Communicate effectively and demonstrate caring and respectful behaviors when interacting with patients and their families.
• Gather essential and accurate information about their patients.
• Make informed decisions about diagnostic and therapeutic interventions based on patient information and preferences, up-to-date scientific evidence, and clinical judgment.
• Develop and carry out patient management plans.
• Counsel and educate patients and their families.
• Use information technology to support patient care decisions and patient education.
• Perform competently all medical and invasive procedures considered essential for the area of practice.
• Provide health care services aimed at preventing health problems or maintaining health.
• Work with health care professionals, including those from other disciplines, to provide patient-focused care.
• Demonstrate an investigatory and analytic thinking approach to clinical situations.
• Know and apply the basic and clinically supportive sciences which are appropriate to their discipline.
• Analyze practice experience and perform practice-based improvement activities using a systematic methodology.
• Locate, appraise, and assimilate evidence from scientific studies related to their patients' health problems.
• Obtain and use information about their own population of patients and the larger population from which their patients are drawn.
• Apply knowledge of study designs and statistical methods to the appraisal of clinical studies and other information on diagnostic and therapeutic effectiveness.
• Use information technology to manage information, access on-line medical information; and support their own education.
• Facilitate the learning of students and other health care professionals.
• Create and sustain a therapeutic and ethically sound relationship with patients.
• Use effective listening skills and elicit and provide information using effective nonverbal, explanatory, questioning, and writing skills.
• Work effectively with others as a member or leader of a health care team or other professional group.
• Demonstrate respect, compassion, and integrity; a responsiveness to the needs of patients and society that supersedes self-interest; accountability to patients, society, and the profession; and a commitment to excellence and on-going professional development.
• Demonstrate a commitment to ethical principles pertaining to provision or withholding of clinical care, confidentiality of patient information, informed consent, and business practice.
• Demonstrate sensitivity and responsiveness to patients' culture, age, gender, and disabilities.
• Understand how their patient care and other professional practices affect other health care professionals, the health care organization, and the larger society and how these elements of the system affect their own practice.
• Know how types of medical practice and delivery systems differ from one another, including methods of controlling health care costs and allocating resources.
• Practice cost-effective health care and resource allocation that does not compromise quality of care.
• Advocate for quality patient care and assist patients in dealing with system complexities.
• Know how to partner with health care managers and health care providers to assess, coordinate, and improve health care and know how these activities can affect system performance.

Benefits

• Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts.
• Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service.
• All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps ), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.
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What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed