Surgeon Cover Letter Example

At Ashford Regional Medical Center I perform more than 220 laparoscopic and open general surgery procedures a year, including 90 cholecystectomies and 60 hernia repairs as primary surgeon, and I cover trauma call one in four nights at a Level II trauma center. I'm applying for the general surgeon opening at [Hospital name] because I want that same call rotation at a hospital that still lets a surgeon lead its own OR efficiency work.

My surgical site infection rate runs below 1.5% and my 30-day readmission rate under 2%, both below national benchmarks across 300 annual cases, and I led an OR efficiency initiative that reduced average case turnover time from 38 to 24 minutes across a four-surgeon service. I manage an average of three emergent cases per trauma call shift.

I'm board certified through the American Board of Surgery with active ATLS and ACLS certification, and I present at monthly morbidity and mortality conference, contributing case reviews that informed two department protocol updates. I'd rather report my own complication honestly at M&M than let someone else find it in a chart review first, since that's how a department actually gets better instead of just looking better on paper.

I'd welcome a conversation about your case mix and call structure at [Hospital name]. Thank you for your time, and I'm glad to bring my infection-rate and turnover data to a first conversation.