Trauma Surgeon
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
Key Skills
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).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Listed pay | not listed | Surgery median $275k (middle half $275k–$650k)14 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost of living | Texas index 97.1 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Surgery listings in Texas | 126 active | 1,303 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 5% remote · 93% no call · 65% no weekends40 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | Texas 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 specialties | postings stay open a median 40 daysWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 604 postings, 152 closed |
| New Surgery listings | 824 in the last 30 days | 480 the 30 days before (+72%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
Location & Logistics
Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.
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