What are the responsibilities and job description for the Principal Abdominal Organ Procurement Surgeon - Dallas position at TransMedics?
Job Description : JOB DESCRIPTION
Position : Principal Abdominal Donor Procurement Surgeon
Reports to : Chief, OCS Liver Transplant Medical Services
The Principal Abdominal Donor Procurement Surgeon will play a critical role in driving the Organ Care System utilization for the FDA approved OCS liver indication by performing surgical liver retrievals while standardizing and maximizing the quality of the surgical assessment and procurement process of OCS managed organs for accepting transplant programs across the U.S.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :
- Perform all aspects of abdominal donor procurement surgery including clinical assessment of donor organ, surgical donor organ retrieval and OCS instrumentation procedures to the highest level of clinical quality and according to TransMedics protocol / training standards at transplant centers across the US
- Maintain OCS surgical retrieval quality standards
- Participate in developing OCS surgical retrieval, donor organ management and assessment, and communication protocols for OCS Liver procurements
- Assist in training and mentoring the OCS Abdominal surgical retrieval team across the US. Including proctoring donor retrieval runs with junior surgeons, if needed, to expand TMDX team
- Perform the entire surgical assessment and OCS instrumentation procedure for donor livers including back table vascular anastomoses when needed
- Communicate as needed with transplant programs' accepting transplant surgeon to provide a surgical assessment view to facilitate clinical decisions on accepting or declining a donor offer
- Communicate with TMDX clinical staff on the status of the organ to facilitate the allocation process
- Perform other TransMedics tasks and duties as required
BACKGROUND AND QUALIFICATIONS :
EDUCATION :
TransMedics is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, marital status, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
