Executive Medical Director Medical Group Surgical Quality

American College Of Surgeons; Evanston (IL); On-site; USD 250,000 - 450,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

CME days and allowance

Malpractice coverage with tail

Retirement plan with company match

PSLF eligibility

Wellness benefits

Comprehensive health, dental, vision

Parking assistance

Job summary

Endeavor Health is seeking an Executive Medical Director of Surgical Quality to lead system-wide quality, patient safety, and outcomes. 0.6 FTE admin and 0.4 FTE clinical; travel across the system is required.

You will standardize care, reduce variation, and partner with executive leadership to align with accreditation readiness and payer goals.

Qualifications

• MD or DO with board certification in a surgical specialty.
• Illinois medical license or eligibility.
• 5+ years leading surgical quality improvement.

Responsibilities

• Set system-wide surgical quality and patient safety agenda across specialties.
• Develop clinical pathways and playbooks; drive cross-specialty benchmarking.
• Own quality metrics, dashboards, and reporting with IT/Analytics (Epic).
• Oversee Morbidity and Mortality Conferences system-wide.
• Lead safe adoption of new procedures; partner with risk management.

Skills

Leadership

Surgical quality improvement

Strategic planning

Collaboration

Communication

Education

MD/DO from accredited institution

Illinois medical license or eligibility

Tools

Epic EMR

Data analytics tools

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.