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Plastic and Reconstructive Microsurgeon

Updated: Mar 22

The Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery at Loyola University Health System has an immediate opening for a Board Certified/Board Eligible Plastic Reconstructive surgeon at the Assistant or Associate Professor level with expertise in microsurgery with an emphasis on breast, lower extremity, and lymphedema reconstruction. Join a growing faculty and a collaborative working environment.  A microsurgical fellowship is preferred. The preferred candidate will be active academically and have the opportunity to pursue clinical research interests.  


The Division has a main clinical base at Loyola University Medical Center, with Gottlieb Memorial Hospital and the Hines VA Hospital also attended by the group. Loyola Medicine is a quaternary care system based in the western suburbs of Chicago that includes Loyola University Medical Center (LUMC) in Maywood, Gottlieb Memorial Hospital (GMH) in Melrose Park, MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn and convenient outpatient locations offering primary and specialty care services from 1,772 physicians throughout Cook, Will and DuPage counties. 


LUMC, located 11 miles west of downtown Chicago, is a 547-licensed-bed hospital that includes the William G. and Mary A. Ryan Center for Heart & Vascular Medicine, a Level 1 trauma center, Illinois's largest burn center and a certified Comprehensive Stroke Center. Loyola’s IAC accredited Vascular noninvasive lab performs over 12,000 studies annually at 5 sites.  The medical center campus is also home to Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing and the Loyola Center for Fitness. GMH is a 247-licensed-bed community hospital located 2.5 miles north of LUMC. MacNeal Hospital is a 374-bed teaching hospital with advanced inpatient and outpatient medical and surgical services, advanced diagnostics and treatments in a convenient community setting located less than 5 miles from LUMC. Loyola Medicine is a member of Trinity Health, one of the nation’s largest health systems with 94 hospitals in 22 states.


Please apply by sending a cover letter and CV to: 

Katie Delaney, Physician Recruitment Office, katie.delaney@luhs.org 

Attn: Vivian Gahtan, MD, FACS 

John P. Igini, MD Professor of Surgery 

Chair, Department of Surgery 

Loyola University Medical Center Please also apply online at www.careers.luc.edu.


All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion (except where religion is a bona fide occupational qualification for the job), national origin, sex, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.





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