Description

Endeavor Health  |  Evanston, Illinois (Chicago suburbs) and system-wide

Endeavor Health is seeking a practicing surgeon leader to serve as Executive Medical Director of Surgical Quality — a key partner to our Department of Surgery who will provide the strategic and operational leadership behind our system-wide surgical quality initiative. This physician executive sets the strategy for surgical quality, patient safety, and clinical outcomes across all surgical service lines system-wide.

Working alongside surgeons, hospital and nursing leadership, and quality and operational teams, you will standardize care, reduce clinical variation, and build a durable culture of continuous improvement — while serving as the senior advisor to executive leadership on surgical quality strategy, performance, and accreditation readiness.

Structure: 0.6 FTE administrative, 0.4 FTE clinical. Full time, Monday–Friday, with flexible scheduling. System-wide travel required

 We are open on the specialty. Urology, Plastics, Cardiac, Vascular, General Surgery, ENT, or Thoracic.

Core Responsibilities
     Set and lead the system-wide surgical quality and patient safety agenda across all surgical specialties

     Develop specialty-specific clinical pathways and operational playbooks; drive cross-specialty benchmarking to spread best practices

     Own surgical quality and safety metrics, dashboards, and reporting in partnership with analytics and IT (Epic)

     Oversee Morbidity and Mortality Conferences across the system

     Lead safe introduction of new procedures and technologies; partner with risk management on event review and prevention

     Ensure clinical care and documentation meet regulatory and accreditation standards

     Align quality metrics with payer, value-based care, and system goals

     Advance patient access, throughput, and experience across surgical services

Benefits
Competitive salary + incentives, CME days and allowance, malpractice coverage with tail, time off, Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, retirement plan with company match, PSLF eligibility, extensive wellness, family, and lifestyle benefits, free parking at designated locations; and community involvement opportunities and much more.

To Learn More or Apply
Lori Kramer  —  lori.kramer@endeavorhealth.org   Send CV and cover letter Attn. Lori Kramer

Full description and online application (Req. R46554): Apply here

Careers site: endeavorhealth.org/careers

Endeavor Health is an equal opportunity employer.

Requirements

Qualifications
     MD or DO from an accredited institution; Doctorate Medicine Required

     Board certification in a surgical specialty within the Department of Surgery — Urology, Plastic Surgery, Cardiac, Vascular, General Surgery, Otolaryngology, or Thoracic

     Illinois medical license or eligibility

     5+ years of practice with demonstrated leadership in surgical quality improvement

     Experience with clinical quality data, EMR/Epic optimization, and population health

     Strong interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills, with a collaborative, action-oriented approach