Physician (General Surgery)
Fort Gordon, GAJobup to $400K/yrSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago
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Job overview
The Defense Health Agency seeks a civilian, board-certified General Surgeon Physician at Eisenhower Army Health Center at Fort Gordon, Georgia. The physician diagnoses and treats patients, performs comprehensive and bariatric surgical procedures, provides preoperative and postoperative care, and participates in resident training and research. The role includes full-spectrum surgical coverage, including nights and weekends.
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Overview
This position is located Directorate of Medicine-Department of Pediatrics at Eisenhower Army Health Center at Fort Gordon, Georgia.
A board-certified General Surgeon who diagnoses, treats, and performs comprehensive surgical procedures, provides bariatric surgical care and follow-up, participates in resident training and research, and delivers full-spectrum surgical coverage including nights and weekends.
Seeking a Civilian General Surgeon Physician
SALARY: Up to- $400,000 per year
Benefits: https://civilianmedicaljobs.com/benefits/
Ft. Gordon is adjacent to Augusta, GA famous for its major attraction, The Masters Golf Tournament. Ft. ordon has a moderate year-round climate and offers close proximity to metropolitan areas, beaches along the Atlantic Ocean and the Appalachian Mountains.
Responsibilities
Duties
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Perform surgical evaluations to determine appropriate treatment plans for patients.
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Conduct surgical procedures to treat a wide range of conditions across multiple body systems.
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Provide preoperative care to prepare patients for scheduled surgical procedures.
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Deliver postoperative follow-up to ensure recovery and address complications.
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Evaluate patients with severe obesity to identify candidates for weight-loss surgery.
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Perform bariatric surgeries to support long-term medical improvement for eligible patients.
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Provide night and weekend surgical coverage to maintain continuous patient care.
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Supervise surgical activities during on-call periods to ensure safe and timely treatment.
Qualifications
Board Certified
Who May Apply: US Citizens
In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts isin this document (https://portal.chra.army.mil/hr\_public?id=kb\_article&sysparm\_article=KB0016283) .
Basic Requirement for Physician (General Surgery):
Degree: Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, or equivalent from a school in the United States or Canada. This degree must have been accredited by the Council on Medical Education of the American Medical Association; Association of American Medical Colleges; Liaison Committee on Medical Education; Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation of the American Osteopathic Association, or an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained. A Doctor of Medicine or equivalent degree from a foreign medical school must have provided education and medical knowledge equivalent to accredited schools in the United States. Evidence of equivalency to accredited schools in the United States is demonstrated by permanent certification by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates, a fifth pathway certificate for Americans who completed premedical education in the United States and graduate education in a foreign country, or successful completion of the U.S. Medical Licensing Examination.
Licensure: Applicants must possess a current, active, full, and unrestricted license or registration as a Physician from a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.
Graduate Training: Subsequent to obtaining a Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree, a candidate must have had at least one year of supervised experience providing direct service in a clinical setting, i.e., a one-year internship or the first year of a residency program in a hospital or an institution accredited for such training.
In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below:
Residency Training: Applicants must have successfully completed the required accredited residency training in the specialty of the position to be filled General Surgery equal to at least 4 years. Experience may not be substituted for residency training that is required for the specialty identified.
If you are selected for a Physician position:
A salary quote will not be provided to you at the time of the initial job offer. The salary determination process begins after the initial job offer is accepted. This consists of the Activity Compensation Panel adding base pay and market pay to determine your starting salary and this will be provided to you once approved.
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Location US-GA-Fort Gordon
Job ID 2026-9527
# Positions 1
Category Medical
Salary Range Up to- $400,000 per year
Recruitment Bonus Negotiable
Relocation Assistance Negotiable
Student Loan Repayment Negotiable
How this job compares
Set against the 14,454 open Physician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingup to $400K/yr
- Georgia median$221–320K/yr59 salary ranges
- US median$105–125/hr1,719 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 381 open Physician jobs in Georgia and 14,454 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Georgia
- Wellstar Health System70 open
- HCA Healthcare57 open
- Children's Healthcare of Atlanta34 open
- Experience
- Physician postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 5 years (1,759 postings).
- Education
- 7,444 of the 14,454 open Physician jobs (52%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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