Surgical Critical Care - Physician

Company: Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Location: Pasadena
Posted on: June 17, 2026

Job Description:

Amazing Opportunity as Physician-Surgical Critical Care that offers work life balance within an amazing city that provides a great environment. Houston has a thriving housing market with great schools!

Houston, TX, is a beautiful place to live and work. Houston is famous for its role in space exploration, as it is home to NASA. It is also known for its diverse and vibrant culture, which is reflected in its culinary scene, museums, and green spaces. Houston has a reputation for being an entertainment hub, with events like the rodeo, live concerts, and sports games. Galveston is a short drive from Houston where you can enjoy the beach, trails, and fishing spots.

Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center is a teaching hospital that provides a full range of services, with state-of-the-art technology as well as education and research. The medical center is on a 119-acre campus that features 350 acute care beds. We provide health care services at 12 locations in southeast Texas.

Work Schedule: 8:00am-4:30pm, Monday-Friday

Salary: $330,000 to - $350,000 per year

1. Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases
2. Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME)
3. Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
4. Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
5. Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory
6. CME: Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification)
7. Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided
8. Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting
9. A successful candidate should be able to lead our complex general surgery program, which includes multidisciplinary clinics, conferences. Therefore, evidence of leadership skills and strong interest in academic medicine should be shown in CV. The candidate should have the ability to develop a research program in related fields to improve clinical outcomes for the Veterans' health care system and have the potential to contribute to the established research program in the General Surgery section. Furthermore, active interest and passion in the education of medical students and residents is expected.
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11. Duties include but aren't limited to:
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13. Skills and trainings in Special diagnostic or therapeutic procedures
14. Interpretation of electrocardiogram, x-rays, lumbar puncture (with supervision)
15. Incision and drainage of simple abscesses
16. Suturing lacerations
17. Closed cardiac massage and endotracheal intubation
18. Aspiration or injection of joints (with supervision)
19. Needle aspiration of tension pneumothorax
20. Uses fluoroscopy procedures (with supervision)

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