Opportunity to make a Transformational Impact

Texas Health is accepting applications for the position of Program Director for the Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth General Surgery Residency in rapidly expanding and vibrant, Fort Worth, TX.

The Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth General Surgery residency received Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education accreditation in August 2020 for three residents per year and welcomed its first residents in July 2021 with three PGY-1 residents, one PGY-2 resident, two PGY-3 residents and one PGY-4 resident. Currently the program has 14 residents and has celebrated three graduates, one in June 2023 and two in June 2024.

The Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth General Surgery Residency is a community-based residency with academic affiliations with Texas Christian University Burnett School of Medicine and University of North Texas Health Science Center – Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine. In 2022, the Justin Surgical Tower opened adding 400,000 square feet of clinical space that includes 144 beds, 15 surgery suites and new pre-and postoperative suites. The Program Director, in collaboration with Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth and Texas Health Resources leadership, will have a unique opportunity to envision and create an exceptional training program that prepares residents with the surgical skill and clinical knowledge to provide high-quality and compassionate care to patients. 

Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth has a longstanding history of providing advanced medical care.  Serving North Texas as a Level I Trauma Center and Emergency Center of Excellence.  Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® and the American Heart Association’s Heart-Check mark for Advanced Certification for Comprehensive Stroke Centers and Comprehensive Cardiac Center Certification. In addition, the hospital is the second in the nation to earn the Gold Seal of Approval for Brain Tumor Certification by the Joint Commission.  

Are you who we’re looking for?

• MD or DO medical degree is required.
• At least three (3) years documented educational and/or administrative abilities; or possess qualifications acceptable to the ACGME’s Surgery Review Committee is required. Possessing specialty expertise and demonstrated clinical competence as a practicing physician is required. Prior experience as a Program Director is preferred.
• Certified in Surgery by the American Board of Surgery or American Osteopathic Board of Surgery. 
• Must be appointed, or eligible to be appointed as a medical staff member, with unrestricted credentials within Texas Health Resources facilities and be licensed, or able to obtain a license, to practice medicine in the State of Texas.

For more information about this unique opportunity, please contact or send your CV to:

Suzanne King, MA, Physician Recruiter
Texas Health Physician Group 
(682) 236-7452 or (800) 945-0430
PhysicianRecruitmentTHR@TexasHealth.org

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Physicians employed by Texas Health Physicians Group are not employed by a Texas Health Resources hospital.