Transplant Surgeon

Transplant Leadership Institute LLC has been retained by the Hackensack University Medical Center to identify and recruit a Transplant Surgeon. Candidates should be experienced in kidney transplantation and have experience with pancreas transplant, laparoscopic kidney donors and pediatric transplant. Requirements include Board Certification or Board Eligibility by the American Board of Surgery, and completion of a transplant surgery fellowship at an ASTS approved program. Two years’ transplant surgeon experience post ASTS Fellowship training in multi-organ transplantation and procurement is preferred.

The Organ Transplantation Division at Hackensack University Medical Center is one of only a few certified transplant centers in New Jersey and is experiencing new and rapid growth. They perform adult kidney, pancreas, and simultaneous kidney/pancreas, and pediatric kidney transplant surgeries.

Hackensack Meridian Health comprises 17 hospitals from Bergen to Ocean counties, which includes three academic medical centers – Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, JFK Medical Center in Edison; two children’s hospitals – Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital in Hackensack, K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital in Neptune; and nine community hospitals. Additionally, the network has more than 500 patient care locations throughout the state which include ambulatory care centers, surgery centers, home health services, long-term care and assisted living communities, ambulance services, lifesaving air medical transportation, fitness and wellness centers, rehabilitation centers, urgent care centers and physician practice locations. Hackensack Meridian Health has more than 35,000 team members, and 7,000 physicians and is a distinguished leader in health care philanthropy, committed to the health and well-being of the communities it serves.