Employed Colon & Rectal Surgeon with Carilion Clinic and Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine

Job Requirements

Offering an exceptional opportunity, Carilion Clinic (CC) and the Department of Surgery, Section of General Surgery in Roanoke, Virginia are searching for a fellowship trained colorectal surgeon to join our team of two experienced fellowship trained colorectal surgeons.

The division of colorectal surgery is housed within our General Surgery Section. Our clinic-based, academic program has remarkable opportunities in teaching, research, and clinical care.

This is a great opportunity to join a dynamic, academic multi-specialty group practice providing comprehensive, multi-disciplinary care. Our practice and regional referral pattern have led to an influx of patients requiring high levels of complex care.

Our colorectal program is a CoC accredited cancer center and routinely a top-performing program.

Based at the Level-1 763-bed trauma and academic health center, Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, our program provides comprehensive surgical coverage to over one million people in a large, rural, multi-state area.

Colorectal surgery is also provided in several other Carilion hospitals, including Carilion New River Valley Medical Center, and Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospital. Clinical pathology is exceptionally broad, and our surgeons perform the full breadth of procedures of all levels of complexity.

Carilion Clinic is a progressive, emerging leader in American healthcare dedicated to improving outcomes and enhancing value for every patient, while advancing the quality of care through medical education and research.

A physician-led, multi-specialty, not-for-profit healthcare organization based in Roanoke, VA, Carilion Clinic operates 7 hospitals, 295 outpatient clinics, 862 physicians representing more than 86+ specialties, along with 330 residents and fellows in 30 accredited ACGME programs.

Education and research activities and opportunities abound through our intimate relationships with the Virginia Tech Carillon School of Medicine (VTCSOM), the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute (FBRI) at VTC, Virginia Tech proper, and Radford University.

We are actively involved in the education of medical students, residents from multiple CC-VTC and outside training programs, allied health science students, and Virginia Tech undergraduate and graduate students.

The Carilion Clinic General Surgery residency has a decades long history and has continued to grow and expand over the years. The CC-VTC system stands on the brink of unprecedented expansion and opportunity through the burgeoning relationship with Virginia Tech.

The Position Offers an Academic Appointment at VTCSOM.

The Roanoke Valley is a metro area of 300,000 and has consistently been rated among the “best places to live” in the nation.

Roanoke is located at the southern tip of Virginia's spectacularly beautiful Shenandoah Valley, surrounded by the Blue Ridge Mountains, Appalachian Trail and close to the 22,000-acre Smith Mountain Lake.

The area offers sensational outdoor activities but also a surprising array of cultural activities from fine dining to multiple musical venues and playhouses, to symphonies and ballets. Access to major air-travel hubs is remarkably easy through the Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport.

The weather features mild winters, an abundance of sun, and extended springs and autumns. The region features top-notch schools and Universities and has been coined “the best kept secret in the East.”

• Work Experience
• MD/DO, Board Certification/Eligible in General Surgery
• Fellowship Training in Colorectal Surgery
• Experience in advanced minimally invasive approaches Interest in teaching and research