Advance your urology career while serving Veterans in one of Florida’s most dynamic healthcare markets.

The Miami VA Healthcare System is seeking an experienced and collaborative Urologist to join its Surgery Service. This is an excellent opportunity for a physician who is committed to high-quality surgical care, teamwork, and contributing to the continued growth of a VA academic medical center.

Practice Highlights

• Provide comprehensive medical and surgical urologic care to adult Veterans.
• Evaluate, diagnose, consult, and provide preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative care .
• Perform a broad range of urologic procedures, including endoscopic, percutaneous, and open surgical procedures involving the urinary and reproductive systems and related structures.
• Manage disorders of the genitourinary system and adrenal gland .
• Conduct outpatient urology clinics and provide ongoing evaluation, treatment, and follow-up.
• Manage hospitalized patients and provide inpatient urologic consultations for other clinical services.
• Develop and modify individualized treatment plans based on clinical findings and patient needs.
• Serve as a consultant to primary care physicians and other specialists throughout the healthcare system.
• Collaborate closely with physicians, advanced practice providers, nursing, and other allied health professionals.
• Participate in emergency and on-call coverage .
• Provide patient education regarding diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and ongoing management.
• Participate in the education and supervision of residents, trainees, and other healthcare professionals .

Live & Work in Miami

Enjoy year-round sunshine, beaches, boating, world-class dining, arts and culture, professional sports, and the vibrant lifestyle of South Florida .

Join the Miami VA Healthcare System and bring your surgical expertise to a team committed to delivering exceptional urologic care to Veterans.

The Miami VA Healthcare System serves Veterans in three South Florida counties: Miami-Dade, Broward, and Monroe, with an estimated veteran population of 285,000. Our parent facility The Bruce W. Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center is located on 26.3 acres with an attached four-story Nursing Home. The Medical Center opened in 1968. It provides general medical, surgical, and psychiatric services. It serves as an AIDS/HIV Center, a Prosthetic Treatment Center, Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitative Center, and Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center. The Bruce W. Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center is recognized as a Center for excellence in Spinal Cord Injury Research, Substance Abuse Treatment, and Chest Pain Center. It is the tertiary referral facility for the West Palm Beach VAMS and provides open-heart surgery to other facilities in Florida. The Bruce W. Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center operates 191 hospital beds. The bed composition is 34 in Intermediate Care; 82 in Medical; five in Neurology; 32 in Psychiatry; six in Rehabilitation Medicine; 36 in Spinal Cord Injury; and 30 in Surgical. Extended geriatric care is provided in our 120-bed Nursing Home Care Unit plus 58 Psychiatry Rehabilitation beds.

Paid Time Off:

• 26 Days paid annual (vacation/personal) leave
• 13 Days paid sick leave each year with no limit on accumulation
• 11 Federal holidays  with pay annually
• 5 Days paid absence to attend approved CME courses

Insurance:

• Health Insurance : VA employees have an outstanding number of health insurance plans from which to choose (premiums are partially paid by VA) Lifetime Healthcare Insurance options available
• Dental & Vision : Our insurance options also include exceptional vision and dental plans (premiums are partially paid by VA)
• VA employees have the option to use Flexible Spending Accounts , which allow you to use tax-free dollars to pay for medical, dental, and vision care expenses that are not reimbursed by your health insurance plan
• Term life insurance , family, and additional coverage options are available with the cost shared by the Federal Government
• Long-term care insurance is available as an option

Federal Retirement Plan:

• VA employees are covered by the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). FERS is a three-tiered retirement plan composed of 1) Social Security benefits, 2) FERS-RAE basic benefits (pension), and 3) Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) which is a 401K-type plan
• How is the pension funded? VA employees automatically contribute 4.4% of their salary each pay period and the VA contributes 12.2% of the employee’s salary each pay period for a total annual contribution percentage equal to 16.6% of the employee’s salary
• Similar to the 401(k) savings plans widely available in the private sector, the TSP allows employees to tax defer a portion of their income each year, subject to the requirements of the Internal Revenue Service. For calendar year 2025, employees under the age of 50 may contribute up to $23,500, while those over age 50 are eligible to make catch-up contributions that allow them to defer up to $31,000.
• The Federal Government also provides an automatic basic contribution (1% of salary) and up to 4% of salary in matching contributions , depending on the amount of the employee contribution
• For retired military personnel, these benefits are in addition to full monthly retirement pay or pension
• In addition to FERS, VA provides health care insurance coverage for retired personnel
• Disability Retirement
• Employees are vested in a federal pension after only 5 years service