Surgery - Neurosurgery Physician

20 miles to Lake Tahoe
30 miles to Reno-Tahoe International Airport (RNO)
65 miles to Pyramid Lake
130 miles to Sacramento
Join a private group with 70 specialists and 12 locations across Nevada.
Currently group has 2 ortho spine MDs ready to retire, so replacing them with Spine Neurosurgeons.
Details:

• Standard clinic day is 12-16 patients / day depending on n e w patients vs follow ups
• Neurosurgeons work closely with neurosurgery PAs who primarily work the patients up to maximize surgeon time and efficiency
• Spine surgeons did 1600 cases in 2024 with neurosurgeons averaging 350 cases.
• Standard schedule is 3 days in clinic, 2 days surgical. A busy surgeon can do 2 days clinic with additional PA support and 3 days surgery
• Ideally surgeons try to hit 30 surgeries / month
• Spine Fellowship training preferred but with strong residency program not required
• EMR: Athena Health

Coverage:

• Schedules Trauma coverage (with 2nd coverage ), practice NeuroSX coverage .
• Weekend and total coverage days distributed evenly amongst active coverage surgeons
• Hospital/ practice coverage are primarily fielded by neurosurgery Pas and escalated to surgeons as needed
• Trauma coverage primarily goes directly to surgeon on and they decide if they need to go into the OR

Base:

• Group is a production based model with 55 % overhead contribution and 45 % direct pay for patient related revenues.
• 75 % direct pay for trauma, 25 % overhead charge on trauma coverage revenues to support neurosurgery PA coverage
• Neurosurgeon compensation has averaged 1.2M-1.4M the last few years
• Neurosurgeons do receive a base draw against their productivity payouts for monthly bills. Range has historically been 300K-400K depending on surgeon preference but is negotiable.
• 1 year salary IG however neurosurgeons surpass quickly moving into the production model and direct coverage pay

Benefits:

• Sign on
• Relocation
• Group pays for Health, Dental, Vision, and 401K contribution.
• Supplemental insurances (STD, LTD, etc.) available at surgeon s expense.
• Group pays for malpractice coverage, licensing fees, credentialing fees, etc.
• Tail coverage typically covered by surgeon
• CME annually 3k
• Standard starting PTO is 4 weeks + 1 week CME
• As surgeon gets established it is purely productivity model and PTO is not monitored as long as baseline production is met

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