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St. Luke's Pavilion Surgical Associates

Practice Specifics:  Seeking 1 General Surgeon

St. Luke's Pavilion Surgical Associates has an excellent opportunity for 1 BC/BE surgeon to join a practice of 5 physicians who participate in call for the practice as well as provide trauma call for St. Luke's hospital.   Although this is a general surgery practice, 3 of the 5 physicians have sub-specialty training in vascular, colorectal, and surgical intensive care.  Additionally, 2 cardio-thoracic surgeons share the clinic space.
Surgeons also perform surgeries in the Pavilion Surgery Center, an outpatient center in the same building as the office.  Additionally, St. Luke's has a surgery center at the Mariner Clinic in Superior, WI where clinic patients are seen, and some surgery is performed.  Non MUA/HPSA opportunity.

Location: 

Duluth, MN - Medical Office Pavilion Building (connected to the hospital via skywalk)

Duluth population:  87,000
Service area:  492,000

Compensation:

Salary range is competitive
Full benefits
St. Luke's employed position

Meet the Physicians

Community Description:

Nestled on the shores of Lake Superior, Duluth is a regional medical, cultural, entertainment, educational, banking and retail center serving northeast Minnesota, northwest Wisconsin, upper Michigan and southern Ontario, Canada. Cultural activities include the acclaimed Duluth/Superior Symphony Orchestra, professional Minnesota Ballet Company, Duluth Playhouse, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center, Omnimax Theater and Great Lakes Aquarium. Recreational opportunities are bountiful including fishing, camping, golfing, hiking, boating, downhill and cross-country skiing, snowmobiling and skating. This community is home to the College of St. Scholastica, the University of Minnesota Duluth, Lake Superior College, Fond du Lac Community College and across the bay, the University of Wisconsin-Superior. Duluth also has 23 public schools, three charter schools, one private and four parochial schools. The city's harbor welcomes over 1,000 ocean-going and Great Lakes freighters annually. The physician population is over 400 with one of every seven residents employed in healthcare and also rated first in the U.S. for quality healthcare in communities of its size. Duluth has 50 restaurants in the downtown area alone and also maintains 23 city parks, sculpture and rose gardens. It was rated by Money Magazine as one of the top four midwestern small cities, based on livability.

St. Luke's is a Level II JCAHO accredited, 267-bed regional Trauma Center with a hospital in Duluth and primary and specialty clinics throughout the region. St. Luke's serves patients using the best medical technology available and with the highest level of compassion.

On the Web:

Visit Duluth:  www.visitduluth.com
Explore Minnesota:  www.exploreminnesota.com

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michelle Fridgen Krebs
Physician Recruiter
mkrebs@slhduluth.com
915 East 1st St
Duluth, MN  55805
1-800-321-3790
218-249-5027
218-249-3090- Fax

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