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Modesto, California

Physician, Trauma Surgery (Modesto, CA)

SurgeryIncludes callFull-Time

Listed compensation

$536K

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

Ask the employer about weekend coverage, nights and shift pattern and time off.

Posted 6mo ago

Job Description

Opportunity Information

Gould Medical Group is looking for a BE/BC Trauma and Acute Care Surgeon in Modesto, CA.

Position Details

  • Starting base salary: $536,223
  • RVU bonus potential based on productivity
  • Sign-on bonus
  • Residency or fellowship stipend available
  • Hospital: Memorial Medical Center, 423-bed, Level 2 trauma
  • Completion of one ATLS course is required
  • Shift requirement: 182 12-hour trauma surgery shifts (Possibility of back-to-back shifts)
  • EHR: Epic
  • Stable and growing group

Qualifications

  • Board Eligible or Board Certified
  • Join Us and Enjoy
  • Annual 12.0% 401(k) gift
  • Two-year shareholder track
  • Annual CME allowance
  • Full health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
  • Group paid malpractice and tail coverage
  • Annual profit sharing for shareholders
  • Individual Performance Bonus
  • Relocation assistance

Organization Details

Gould Medical Group is a growing, 525+ clinician multi-specialty group located about two hours east of San Francisco, California. Our communities offer quick access to the bay area as well as other hot spots such as Napa Valley, Yosemite, and Lake Tahoe.

  • Community Information
  • Close proximity to the Bay Area but a lower cost of living
  • Short driving distance to Yosemite, wine country, Lake Tahoe, Monterey
  • Centrally located with quick access to skiing, hiking, surfing, and entertainment venues of various types
  • Rapidly growing communities
  • Excellent school options
  • Average of 260 days of sunshine annually

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Key Responsibilities

Perform trauma and acute care surgery shifts at Memorial Medical Center. Manage patient care and documentation using the Epic electronic health record system.

Qualifications

Experience
5+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Epic EHRClinical decision makingSurgical procedures

Surgery — Physician Career Context

Of the 46 active Surgery listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 91% have no call, 65% require no weekends.

Surgery pay on WeekdayDoc is down 11.1% 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

39 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution39 jobs · 14 employers

18
$300k
11
$350k-650k
10
$650k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks36 jobs · 14 employers

401k / retirement match
67% this job
Sign-on bonus
36% this job
Relocation assistance
25% this job
CME allowance
6% this job
Loan repayment
3%

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Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 2.1
Better work-life than 20% of Surgery listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,077 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • On-site
  • Includes call

Living in Modesto

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$436k≈ 0.8× annual pay
Typical market rent
$2,021/mo≈ 5% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
30 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
104.1
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Modesto, CA 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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Benefits & Perks

RVU bonus potential
Sign-on bonus
Residency or fellowship stipend
Annual 12.0% 401(k) gift
Two-year shareholder track
Annual CME allowance
Full health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
Group paid malpractice and tail coverage