Spine Neurosurgery in NV
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
Reference: 120622
