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
