Executive Medical Director Medical Group Surgical Quality

Endeavor Health; Evanston (IL); On-site; USD 300,000 - 520,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

CME days and allowance

Malpractice tail coverage

Retirement plan with company match

PSLF eligibility

Free parking at designated locations

Wellness programs and family benefits

Job summary

Endeavor Health is seeking an Executive Medical Director of Surgical Quality to lead system-wide surgical quality initiatives and patient safety across all specialties. You will set strategy, standardize care, and drive performance with analytics and IT partnerships, including Epic implementations.

The role combines administration (0.6 FTE) and clinical duties (0.4 FTE) with travel. You will advise executive leadership and build a durable improvement culture system-wide.

Qualifications

• MD or DO with board certification in a surgical specialty.
• Illinois medical license or eligibility required.
• Experience leading surgical quality programs and teams.

Responsibilities

• Set system-wide surgical quality and patient safety agenda.
• Develop specialty clinical pathways and playbooks.
• Own surgical quality metrics, dashboards, and reporting (Epic).
• Lead Morbidity and Mortality conferences across the system.
• Ensure regulatory and accreditation readiness across services.
• Align quality metrics with value-based care objectives.

Education

MD or DO from an accredited institution

Board certification in a surgical specialty

Illinois medical license or eligibility

Tools

Epic EMR optimization

EMR data analytics

Job 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

Weare 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.

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

Endeavor Health is an equal opportunity employer.