The Transplant Center at New York Medical College–Westchester Medical Center seeks Board Certified/Board Eligible Transplant Hepatologists at all levels of experience to join our liver transplant program. Qualified candidates will provide transplant services and advanced hepatology care to patients with end stage liver disease, focusing on potential liver transplant recipients, pre-transplant workup and evaluation, providing post-transplantation care, and managing immunosuppression. The candidate will participate in patient selection conferences, liver transplant clinic, and house staff teaching. Participation and productivity in research are expected.
Located in a state-of-the-art facility, The Transplant Center sees over 12,000 patient visits and performs 85-90 liver transplants per year. Our team provides consultative services as well as transplant related care to patients throughout the Hudson Valley and beyond. As part of a vibrant and growing liver transplant program, the successful candidate will be directly involved in all phases of transplant care and work closely with our transplant surgeons in a collaborative team atmosphere.
WMCHealth’s Liver Transplant Program is one of the oldest and most established transplant centers in the country. Since the program began, our teams have performed over 1,300 adult and pediatric liver transplants. Our physicians and surgeons handle the most complex cases requiring expertise and precision. In addition to deceased donor transplants, we also offer living donor transplant and multiorgan transplant. In fact, our center ranks among the top 25% of U.S. transplant centers for multiorgan transplant volume since 1996.
Inpatients and outpatients are managed both pre-transplant for the complications of liver failure, and post-transplantation to maintain graft function. The multi-disciplinary care of these complex patients integrates several medical specialties, as well as social workers, nutritionists, and coordinators.
Qualifications
- MD, DO, or equivalent degree
- Board Certification in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology
- Completion of a certified Hepatology Transplant Fellowship or have the experience necessary to qualify under the OPTN clinical experience pathway
- Eligible for a New York State Medical License
Skills and Competencies
- Credibility as a clinician, scholar, and educator
- High level of personal and professional integrity
- Highly collaborative with other physicians, nurses, care providers, and administrative leadership
About WMCHealth Network
The Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) is a 1,900-bed healthcare system headquartered in Valhalla, New York, with 10 hospitals on seven campuses spanning 6,200 square miles of the Hudson Valley. WMCHealth employs more than 12,000 people and has nearly 3,000 attending physicians. From Level 1, Level 2 and Pediatric Trauma Centers, the region's only acute care children's hospital, an academic medical center, several community hospitals, dozens of specialized institutes and centers, skilled nursing, assisted living facilities, homecare services and one of the largest mental health systems in New York State, today WMCHealth is the pre-eminent provider of integrated healthcare in the Hudson Valley.
About the Transplant Center
WMC is one of the oldest, largest, and most experienced multi-organ transplant centers in the state. In 1989, Khalid Butt, MD, established Westchester Medical Center’s Kidney Transplant Program. For many years, it was the state’s largest. The Liver Transplant program opened in 1996; the Heart Transplant Program debuted in 2001. Since 1989, Westchester Medical Center has performed more than 4,700 life-saving kidney, liver, and heart transplants. We offer:
- Adult heart transplant
- Adult and pediatric liver and kidney transplant
- Liver and kidney living donor transplant
- In addition to solid organ transplantation, Westchester Medical Center hosts advanced programs in bone marrow transplant and corneal transplant.
Westchester Medical Center’s renowned Transplant Programs have saved and improved thousands of lives. As the only comprehensive Transplant Program located between Westchester County and Rochester NY, patients come to our Center for transplant services from all over New York State, southwestern Connecticut and northern New Jersey. Our outstanding reputation and specialized expertise draw additional patients from across the greater New York metropolitan area and beyond. As the region’s tertiary referral, safety net hospital, Westchester Medical Center has a commitment to serving at-risk populations and has consistently demonstrated the ability to deliver high-quality, evidence-based, multidisciplinary, patient-centered care.
The WMCHealth Network is committed to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve and to fostering an inclusive work environment that benefits employees, patients and families. We consider applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, or any other legally protected status. The WMCHealth Network also provides reasonable accommodations to disabled employees and applicants as required by law. The WMCHealth Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply.