General Surgeon - Surrey Memorial Hospital

The Division of General Surgery at Surrey Memorial Hospital (SMH) and the Fraser Heath Authority are looking to add a general surgeon to join the group, in a 0.5 FTE allocation. It is expected that the applicant will be able to undertake a broad range of community general surgery.

SMH is a tertiary teaching hospital and Level III trauma center with a very busy Emergency Department. Surrey is the largest city by land area and second most populated in Metro Vancouver.

As a member of the Fraser Health medical staff, the General Surgeon will participate in the University of British Columbia (UBC) medical education program and is expected to apply for a clinical faculty appointment in the Division of General Surgery, UBC. Other surgical specialties include urology, orthopedics, ENT, thoracic surgery and OBGYN.

Provisional license is acceptable and supervision available for US board certified physicians, if applicable.

All interested applicants are requested to send a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, and the names and contact information of three referees by no later than October 9, 2025. Anticipated start date is January 1, 2026.

Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.
 
People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 54,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.
 
We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the work force. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner.
 
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