Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center, located just 15 minutes from NYC, is an acute care teaching hospital academically affiliated with Weill-Cornell Medical College.  Dedicated to providing high quality patient care to a diverse community, Lincoln Hospital is a NYS designated Level I Trauma and Stroke Center and has Centers of Excellence in all medical specialties including its awarding winning Cancer and Breast Centers.

Responsibilities:
The goal of the General Surgery Program Director (PD) is to assure that the requirements of the Residency
Review Committee in Surgery and the ACGME are appropriately administered and adhered to by the teaching faculty.  These requirements include, but are not limited to:
•Establishing an educational conference schedule
•Assuring that all components of the training program are properly evaluated
•Completing the semi-annual evaluation of all trainees
•Overseeing duty hour compliance
•Overseeing remediation and probation issues
•Policy development

•Establishing the Clinical Competency Committee and assuring resident progress
•Monitor the case logs of the trainees
•Oversee the resident application and selection process
•Oversee the new resident orientation
•Assure appropriate scholarly activity from the trainees

•Assure faculty development
•Serve as a representative to the GMEC

Qualifications:
•New York State License
•Board Certified in General Surgery
 

Preferred Qualifications

•Duly Licensed to practice Medicine in the State of New York
•5 years job related experience