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Monterey Consultants
Buffalo, New York

Total Joint Surgeon

SurgeryNo nightsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$575k-$600k

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Job Description

Job Details: Job Location: Buffalo, NY - Buffalo, NY, Position Type: Full Time, Salary Range: $575000.00 - $600000.00Salary/year, Job Shift: Day, Job Category: Health Care, Join us as a Total Joint Surgeon in Buffalo, NY. Seeking an experienced candidate to join UBMD Orthopedics and Sports Medicine physicians, APPs, and a full compliment of RNs and support staff. Position Highlights: Access to Mako and Rosa robot systems Outpatient surgery center located on hospital campus Dedicated block time with anesthesia coverage Work in supportive environment with access to referring PCPs and specialists Robust onboarding, marketing, and physician outreach support Strong clinical and administrative support Full-time schedule Duties include: Provide clinical care for adult reconstruction patients along with multiple Fellowship-trained partners Primary and Revision arthroplasty, infections, periprosthetic fracture Participate in Medical Student, Resident, and Fellow education, and departmental Grand Rounds Participate in smaller Adult Reconstruction conferences and journal clubs Paid call at level 2 hospitals with ability to “hand-off” cases to subspecialty-trained partners Research opportunities Work in partnership with over 30 ancillary service lines Compensation & Benefits: Starting salary range $575,000-600,000 RVU productivity in addition to salary Sign on bonus and relocation assistance available Paid PTO and holidays CME allowance and paid days off Health and retirement benefits Employer paid occurrence-based malpractice insurance Qualifications:

  • MD/DO
  • Clear and active state medical license
  • Residency and fellowship in surgery preferred
  • BC/BE preferred
  • Willing to relocate to Buffalo, NY area

Key Responsibilities

Provide clinical care for adult reconstruction patients, including primary and revision arthroplasty and fracture management. Participate in medical education for students, residents, and fellows, and engage in departmental research and conferences.

Requirements

Candidates must hold an MD or DO degree and possess a clear, active state medical license. Completion of a surgical residency and fellowship is preferred, along with board certification or eligibility.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
5+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification (preferred)

Key Skills

Total joint surgerySurgical proceduresPatient carePeriprosthetic fracture management

Surgery — Physician Career Context

Of the 50 active Surgery listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 90% have no call, 78% require no weekends.

Surgery pay on WeekdayDoc is down 2.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

For production-based offers, this specialty runs a typical 5,000 wRVUs per year (derived from CMS CPT-frequency data), and WeekdayDoc listings compensate a median of about $50 per wRVU — implying roughly $250k in production-based pay. For reference, the 2026 CMS Medicare conversion factor is $33.40 per RVU.

Top Surgeon Jobs

44 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution44 jobs · 8 employers

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<$375k
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$375k-450k
1
$500k
1
$588k
4
$600k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks41 jobs · 8 employers

401k / retirement match
95% this job
Sign-on bonus
7% this job
CME allowance
7% this job
Relocation assistance
7% this job
Loan repayment
2%

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Work-life snapshot

median 3.9this job 5.1
Better work-life than 60% of Surgery listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 966 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No nights

Living in Buffalo

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$251k≈ 0.4× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,425/mo≈ 3% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
20 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
95.8
State income tax
Up to 10.9%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Monterey Consultants

Business Consulting and Services
Dayton, Ohio
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Health and retirement benefits
Paid PTO and holidays
CME allowance and paid days off
Employer paid occurrence-based malpractice insurance
Sign on bonus available
Relocation assistance available
RVU productivity bonus