CTS to join busy growing group in Tulsa, OK - the best kept secret in the country

Company: Ascension St. John
Location: Tulsa
Posted on: June 23, 2022

Job Description:

We are currently searching for experienced cardio thoracic surgeons in our cardiothoracic surgery service, which is under new leadership. Ascension St. John Medical Center (ASJMC) is the core of our northeastern OK health system and with our new Medical Director on board, we are building and expanding. Currently, our surgeons are scheduled in the OR 3+ days per week and have clinic 1-2 half days per week. There are dedicated surgical support staff who also do rounds daily. Our average census is 30.
SJMC is a busy center, with a core cardiology group of 10 and 2 electrophysiologists and offer a built in referral base from the 500-plus employed providers of Ascension Medical Group/St. John Clinic. There is also one non-employed solo cardiologist working at SJMC. Additionally, we have a group of 5 employed cardiologists at our Bartlesville location (Ascension Jane Phillips Medical Center) and 1 employed cardiologist at our Broken Arrow facility. Ascension St. John Health System includes the medical center, four regional hospitals and a number of free standing clinics and urgent care centers throughout northeast OK. We are owned and operated by Ascension Health Care, the largest non-profit health care provider in the nation.
The CT surgeons are very busy, operating between the 75th and 90th percentile of CT surgeons in our area. Our surgeons also do thoracic, vascular and EVAR cases as well as open hearts. We have two DaVinci robots with an opportunity to develop cardiac and thoracic robotic programs. There are three dedicated cardiac rooms and a new hybrid OR as well. There are four cardiac/TEE trained anesthesiologists, with more currently being recruited. We have a growing structural interventional program, having performed 75 TAVRS last year. We also started Watchman and Mitraclip programs Summer 2018. We have impella support for high risk heart failure patients. About our hospital and Tulsa:
St John Medical Center

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• St John recognized at Oklahoma\'s Top Hospital by US News
  
• 66,000 ER visits per year with 33% admission rate
  
• Level 2 trauma center (We function as a Level 1 as there are no Level 1 trauma centers in the eastern half of Oklahoma)
  
• Oklahoma\'s only Joint Commission-accredited Comprehensive stroke center
  
• Primary Hospital for In His Image Family Medicine Residency
  
• Primary Hospital for Oklahoma University General Surgery and Internal Medicine Residency Program
  
• 10 hospitalist admission teams (in addition to the OU and IHI resident teams)
  
• 24 hour in-house Behavioral Health team (psych admissions/placement)
  
• Streamlined admission process with hospitalist admission team in ER 24 hours to assign admits
  
  www.ascensionhealth.com
  ABOUT TULSA, OKLAHOMA
  Tulsa is the ideal size: large enough to offer excellent restaurants, high-end stores, beautiful homes and an array of nightlife activities, but small enough to make everyday life convenient. We have the second-shortest commute time in the nation, a cost of living well below the national average and one of the most people-friendly communities in the country.
  Tulsa at a Glance https://youtu.be/ftxH75SwJwQ
  
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  • No. 1 city in Apartment Guide's "2014 Top 10 Most Budget-Friendly Metros"
    
  • Cost of living 10 percent below national average
    
  • No. 5 nationally among Tier II cities for new and expanded facilities (Site Selection, 2014)
    
  • No. 5 city for out-of-state house hunters (Truila.com, 2012)
    
  • One of the lowest cost for doing business in the nation
    
  • Among shortest commute times in nation based on comparable cities
    
  • Many excellent private and public schools
    
    For consideration, please respond with a current CV including email and phone number where you can be contacted.

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