Facial/Maxillofacial Trauma Surgeon

Opportunity Overview

Handshake is looking for facial and maxillofacial trauma surgeons to support AI research through flexible, part-time contract work. This is not a traditional job. You’ll draw on your surgical training and hands-on experience in craniofacial and maxillofacial trauma, including facial fractures, soft tissue injuries, airway and orbital trauma, and reconstruction, to evaluate AI-generated content and provide feedback that helps AI reason like a practicing facial trauma surgeon. The Handshake AI program runs year-round, with project opportunities opening periodically across different areas of expertise.

This is an ongoing, project-based opportunity you can take on alongside your current role.

What You’ll Do

• Use your surgical expertise to create expert-level tasks that today’s top AI models can’t solve, based on real clinical workflows such as trauma assessment, CT interpretation of facial fractures, operative planning, fixation and reconstruction decisions, and perioperative management
• Review and evaluate AI-generated responses for clinical accuracy, patient safety, and alignment with current facial and maxillofacial trauma practice and guidelines
• Provide clear, structured written feedback to help improve AI model performance
• Work remotely and complete tasks at your own pace, with no set schedule or minimum hour requirement

Qualifications

• Degree and clinical training:

  • Completed MD, DO, DDS, DMD, or equivalent medical or dental degree

  • Completed residency training in oral and maxillofacial surgery, otolaryngology (head and neck surgery), or plastic and reconstructive surgery, with a focus on facial or craniofacial trauma
• Licensure: Currently licensed to practice in the United States
• Clinical depth: Working knowledge in one or more of the following areas:

  • Mandibular, midface, and orbital fractures

  • Frontal sinus and skull base trauma
  • Facial soft tissue injuries and lacerations
  • Dentoalveolar trauma and occlusion
  • Airway management in facial trauma
  • Craniofacial and post-traumatic reconstruction

Additional qualifications (not required, but strengthen your application)

• Board certification or board eligibility in your specialty, or fellowship training in craniofacial, trauma, or reconstructive surgery
• Experience at a Level I trauma center, academic medical center, or teaching hospital, peer-reviewed publications, or involvement in clinical research

Required for all applicants

• Must have US work authorization
• Strong written communication and attention to detail
• Ability to explain complex surgical and trauma concepts clearly
• Ability to work independently in a remote, asynchronous environment