Assistant Professor

Baylor College of Medicine and Department Summary:

The Department of Anesthesiology at Baylor College of Medicine is focused on patient care and research in all aspects of the specialty including critical care, postoperative cognitive dysfunction, simulator-based anesthesiology education, obstetric anesthesia and pain management.

The Department of Anesthesiology seeks to excel as providers of effective, efficient and ethical anesthesia care for patients at any Baylor-affiliated institution; as providers of educational opportunities for medical students, graduate students, and post-graduate specialty trainees, advanced practice providers, continuing medical education participants, and undergraduates; and as researchers in the basic sciences, clinical milieu, or outcome epidemiology related to anesthesiology practices.

Job Duties

• Use intravenous, local, caudal or spinal methods to administer sedation or pain medications during surgical and other medical procedures
• Supervise patients and monitor their pain medications before, during and after surgery; offset adverse complications or reactions; record amount and type of anesthesia as well as the patients' conditions throughout procedures
• Determine risk during medical procedures by taking medical histories, examining patients and ordering diagnostic procedures like x-rays and laboratory tests; discuss with other healthcare professionals about the method and type of anesthetic to make patients numb to pain
• Provide and sustain airway management and life support during emergency surgery
• Monitor patients post-surgery and determine when they are stabilized enough to move to another room or go home
• Manage anesthesiological services and coordinate with other professionals to formulate procedures and plans; direct the duties of medical technicians, nurses and other healthcare support staff
• Educate patients and families on post-procedure care and possible complications; instruct on different ways to prevent disease and improve health
• Performs other job related duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

Education: Doctor of Medicine degree with anesthesiology residency.

Experience: Minimum of three years of experience as anesthesiologist.

Certification:

• Required: Board certified in anesthesiology.
• Skilled at epidurals, spinals and ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia.
• Ability to stand for long periods of time.

Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.

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