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Exceptional Pediatric Surgeon Opportunity in Orlando (2 Openings)

The Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery at Nemours Children’s Hospital in Orlando, Florida is currently seeking additional BC/BE Pediatric Surgeons to join the three-person team. Candidates seeking a unique opportunity to build something of their own while joining an already strong surgery practice in Central Florida will enjoy being a part of this team. All applicants who have trauma experience and/or interest in chest wall deformities, minimally invasive procedures, anal/rectal malformations, and fetal care program development among other potential specialties are encouraged to apply. Academic appointments are available to a number of academic institutions including Florida State, University of Central Florida, University of South Florida, and Florida Polytech based on academic interest of the applicant. There are also outstanding research opportunities, both clinical and laboratory based, that exist through both Nemours and its academic affiliates. Research personnel support, financial support and protected time are available for clinical and basic science research pursuits. Candidates interested in outcomes research would enjoy Nemours’ clinical volume and available collaborative enterprise institutional database. About the Pediatric General Surgery Team at Nemours Children’s Hospital As the Chair of the Department of Surgery at Nemours Children’s Hospital, Dr. Adela Casas-Melley is focused on building the size and scope of the pediatric surgical program, not only in Orlando, but also for the nation. Prior to Nemours, Dr. Casas-Melley was the chief of pediatric surgery and medical director of the Level II trauma center at Sanford Children’s Hospital in South Dakota, as well as professor of surgery at the University Of South Dakota Sanford School Of Medicine. She earned her medical degree and completed a residency in general surgery at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, followed by a fellowship in pediatric surgery at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia. Due to her experience in complex liver procedures and transplantation, she has been able to perform the Kasai procedure for babies born with biliary atresia. The division also offers total colectomies with pouches for children with familial adenomatous polyposis and for those with forms of colitis.

• Dr. Casas-Melley is now working to grow the general surgery division at Nemours Children’s Hospital,

where she is recruiting two or three surgeons to join herself, Tamarah J. Westmoreland, MD, PhD and Cynthia Reyes, MD. She is working to grow not only the number of surgeons, but also the complexity of cases they take on.

• Dr. Cynthia Reyes recently joined Nemours Children’s Hospital as the Division Chief of

Pediatric Surgery and Surgical Director of Quality to help with expansion of the pediatric surgery program and development of a surgery quality program. Dr. Reyes received her medical degree from Harvard Medical School, and completed general surgery training and a post-doctoral research fellowship at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital, and a pediatric surgery fellowship at St. Christopher’s Children’s Hospital. Prior to joining Nemours, Dr. Reyes served as the

Vice Chair for Quality and Patient Safety for the Surgery department at the University of New Mexico where she led quality improvement and financial gains at the department and institutional levels. Throughout her career, Dr. Reyes has been passionate about teaching medical students and residents. Her research interests include ECMO, congenital diaphragmatic hernia, necrotizing enterocolitis and surgical quality improvement. Her clinical interests include minimally invasive surgery, chest wall deformities, anorectal malformations and intestinal motility disorders. Dr. Reyes is president-elect for the Pacific Association of Pediatric Surgeons where she was chair of the Global Assistance Program for 10 years. She has studied martial arts since childhood and is currently studying Kung Fu and Tai Chi. Tamarah Westmoreland, MD, PhD joined Nemours Children’s Hospital over 3 years ago.

• Dr. Westmoreland’s clinical and research lab is focused on surgical oncology. Specifically,
• Dr. Westmoreland’s laboratory researches neuroblastoma and recently published a paper

in Oncotarget describing a novel long noncoding RNA in neuroblastoma. She is passionate about pediatric surgical oncology and serves as the COG representative. Furthermore, she is the director of the surgical tumor board and coordinates the medical students in pediatric surgery. Dr. Westmoreland completed general surgery training at Duke University followed by fellowships in pediatric surgical oncology at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and pediatric surgery at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Nemours Children’s Hospital in Orlando, Florida is currently seeking additional BC/BE Pediatric Surgeons to join the three-person team. This is a unique opportunity to help expand a comprehensive pediatric surgery practice in Central Florida that has a strong interest in advanced minimally invasive surgery, thoracic and oncologic surgery. This position offers a unique ability to join a rapidly developing academic practice. Academic appointments with Florida State, University of Central Florida, University of South Florida, and Florida Polytech provide outstanding clinical and laboratory research opportunities. Candidates interested in outcomes research would enjoy Nemours’ high clinical volume and collaborative enterprise institutional database. Nemours offers a competitive salary and benefits package that is not limited to productivity and quality based financial incentives, relocation, health, life, dental, CME, 403B Retirement Plan with matching, 457 retirement savings plan, licensure and dues allowance, and extremely low-premium in-network health coverage for children of full-time employees. The surgery team includes two nurse practitioners who provide inpatient coverage and follow up in

• utpatient clinics, 3-4 Physician assistants who provide front line coverage of phone calls and consults,

and a full clinical support staff. Additional supporting team members are anticipated with the addition of new surgeons. Inpatient care is delivered at Nemours’ state-of-the-art 137-bed facility with 6 surgical suites with planned expansion to 8 suites. There is 24/7 critical care coverage of a surgical NICU, 9-bed CCCU and 18-bed PICU. Nemours Children’s Hospital has a pediatric multispecialty group with over 100 medical

and surgical physicians, 24/7 in-house pediatric hospitalist coverage and 8 pediatric anesthesiologists. All pediatric surgical specialties are represented. The institution is poised to expand services in a new ambulatory surgery center and medical office building. The surgery team works together with their colleagues to provide the highest level of quality patient care. For more information regarding the team click on the following link: The Team For more information on the location click the following link: Discover the Orlando City Guide For more information regarding the opportunity please contact me by email or phone. Sincerely, Eric Dickerson