Health System in Eau Claire, WI is seeking a BC/BE General Ophthalmologist to join an established practice. This established practice consists of 7 ophthalmologists, including subspecialists in Pediatrics, Cornea, Glaucoma, Neuro, and Vitreo Retina Surgery, as well as 6 optometrists.
This is a general ophthalmology practice with opportunities to manage patients with a variety of medical and surgical conditions. Surgical variety is dependent on the candidate s training and comfort with given surgical techniques. The surgeon is expected to perform cataract surgeries and/or other anterior segment, ocular plastics procedures, and adult strabismus surgeries depending on surgeon s experience.
Position Details:
- 4.5 day work week
- Clinic hours are 8am-5pm; Surgical block hours are 7:30am-3:30pm
- Clinical volume of approximately 25-30 patients per day
- Surgical blocks of approximately 10-15 cases per week
- Call rotation of 1:6
- Comprehensive benefits package and competitive salary guarantee
Health System:Health System -Eau Claire has a 210 bed hospital and extensive outpatient practice providing comprehensive subspecialty medical and surgical care. We currently provide comprehensive inpatient and outpatient stroke care to the patients of Northwest Wisconsin with support from the enterprise-wide tele stroke program. The hospital is a designated comprehensive stroke center, with a dedicated RN stroke coordinator. In addition, we are actively exploring the opportunities to provide endovascular therapy services. The facility includes a certified EEG lab along with NAEC Level 3 certified two bed epilepsy monitoring unit. In addition, we have a VNS program and close collaborative relationship with the epilepsy division at Clinic Rochester to provide comprehensive epilepsy surgery options. We provide intraoperative EEG monitoring for a number of surgical cases on a weekly basis, along with robust and steady outpatient, inpatient, and ambulatory EEG volumes. We maintain an excellent collaborative research relationship with Clinic Rochester and the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire.
Qualifications: Board Eligible/Board Certified in Ophthalmology
The Community: Eau Claire, with a metro area of 163,000 is home to the 11,000 students at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire. Strong schools, low crime rate, and a reasonable cost of living may be expected. With an abundance of out
