Surgery - General Physician

Seeking a full-time (4.0 or 4.5 days / week) board certified General Surgeon to join a part-time general surgeon and per diem team for Androscoggin Valley Hospital - part of North Country Healthcare (system of 3 Critical Access Hospitals).

Offers the broad scope of practice of a typical rural, community surgeon. Provides office-based general surgery services to new and established patients of all ages, including initial consultation for common general surgery concerns, performance of minor procedures, education and counseling of patients and families, ordering diagnostic tests, referral to related other specialties within and at tertiary care centers, and communication with PCP s. Clinical support is provided by a medical assistant.

Most commonly diagnoses encountered are :

• Hernias (inguinal and umbilical)
• GERD and related symptoms
• Rectal bleeding
• Gallbladder disease
• Colon polyps or screening for colon cancer
• Hemorrhoids
• Sebaceous cyst
• Dysphagia
• Breast Conditions
• Diverticulitis
• Skin lesions (including cancers)

Provides operative (open and laparoscopic) and endoscopic procedures