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Extant Healthcare
Kingwood, Texas

Trauma Surgeon

SurgeryFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood has partnered with Extant Healthcare to manage their growing trauma program. With over 17 years’ experience in trauma management, Extant Healthcare was founded and is still led by trauma surgeons. We are financially stable with immense growth opportunities on the horizon.

Trauma Program

  • 457-bed Acute Care Facility
  • Level II Trauma Facility
  • Annual ER Volume 100k
  • 2,200 annual trauma activations
  • 10-12 days of EGS all per Month
  • 10 bed trauma ICU
  • Daily APP support

Trauma Surgeon Criteria

Board Certified Surgery with Trauma/Surgical Critical Care Fellowship required

We Offer Full Time Employee Benefits Including

  • Competitive Compensation
  • 401k Retirement Account
  • Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Life Insurance
  • $5,000/ yr CME Allowance
  • Malpractice Coverage
  • Avg 15 shifts per month with 26 weeks off per year
  • Backend operational support

Community

At 655 square miles, the City of Houston could contain the cities of New York, Washington, Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, Minneapolis, and Miami.

  • Fourth most populous city in the U.S. with 2.3 million residents
  • Houston ranks first among U.S. cities where paychecks stretch the furthest, according to Forbes
  • 198 golf courses within a 50-mile radius of downtown Houston
  • The City of Houston offers a 300-mile interconnected bikeway network spread over 500 square miles.
  • City of Houston: visithoustontexas.com

The Hospital

HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood has provided the northeast Houston community for more than 25 years. We are dedicated to providing comprehensive, quality care, close to home. Getting care quickly when you are injured or ill is always important, but in cased of heart attack, stroke, brain injury or other emergency situations, it is critical. Treatment options and outcomes for these critical situations decrease with each second that passes before patients receive help.

Key Responsibilities

The trauma surgeon will manage trauma activations and provide surgical critical care at a Level II Trauma Facility. Responsibilities include performing emergency general surgery and providing daily support to advanced practice providers.

Requirements

Candidates must be Board Certified in Surgery and possess a fellowship in Trauma or Surgical Critical Care. The role requires an experienced surgeon capable of handling high-volume trauma activations.

Qualifications

Experience
10+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Trauma SurgeryEmergency SurgeryICU Management

Surgery — Physician Career Context

Of the 40 active Surgery listings this role was benchmarked against, 5% are remote, 93% have no call, 65% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Texas is 97.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 57.7% of Texas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Surgery by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedSurgery median $275k (middle half $275k–$650k)14 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingTexas index 97.1US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Surgery listings in Texas126 active1,303 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 5% remote · 93% no call · 65% no weekends40 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedTexas physician listings (all specialties): 21% state a sign-on bonus (median $75k) · 5% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026
Surgery hiring demand#4 of 28 specialtiespostings stay open a median 40 daysWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 604 postings, 152 closed
New Surgery listings824 in the last 30 days480 the 30 days before (+72%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024), WeekdayDoc Hiring Index; as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Location & Logistics

Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

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Salary Distribution

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$450k
6
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$515k-570k
3
$650k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

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401k / retirement match
85% this job
Sign-on bonus
30%
Relocation assistance
15%
CME allowance
7% this job

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Work-life snapshot

median 5.1this job 1.5
Below most Surgery listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,295 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Extant Healthcare

Hospitals and Health Care
Englewood, Colorado
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Competitive Compensation
401k Retirement Account
Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Life Insurance
$5,000/yr CME Allowance
Malpractice Coverage
26 weeks off per year