Orthopedic Spine Surgeon (Joliet, IL)

Genesisortho; Joliet (IL); On-site; USD 450,000 - 750,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full benefits

CME allowance

Equity pathway

Malpractice coverage

Job summary

Genesis Orthopedics & Sports Medicine seeks a fellowship-trained spine surgeon to join our full-spectrum MSK platform across Chicagoland. You'll practice with a team-based approach, emphasizing conservative care first and coordinating imaging, PT, and pain management.

You’ll have 1–3 APPs per surgeon, a partnership/equity pathway, and opportunities in clinical research and product development within a patient-centered system that serves Medicaid to private pay.

Qualifications

• Board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon with fellowship training in the spine.
• Illinois licensure or eligibility is required.
• Commitment to a conservative-care-first approach and multidisciplinary coordination.

Responsibilities

• Perform comprehensive spine care across the full spectrum of spinal disorders.
• Collaborate with APPs, PT, pain management, and imaging teams.
• Lead patient-centered decision making with emphasis on non-operative care when appropriate.
• Engage in clinical trials, product development, and academic opportunities.

Skills

Board-certified

Spine fellowship

Illinois license

Conservative care advocate

Education

Fellowship in Spine Surgery

MD or DO

Tools

EPIC EMR

Job description

Spine surgery carries more weight than almost anything else in orthopedics. The patients who land in your clinic have often been through years of failed conservative care, multiple opinions, and a healthcare system that either rushed them to the OR or left them waiting indefinitely. They're in pain. They're scared. And the margin for error is about as thin as it gets.

You know this. It's why you chose the specialty.

What you may not have expected is how much of your career would be spent navigating systems that make it harder–not easier–to do the work well. Insurance fights. OR access. Referral pipelines built around the wrong incentives. A model that treats surgery as a firstoptioninstead of a last resort.

Genesis was built astheantidote to all of that. Andwe'relooking for a spine surgeonwho'sready to practice inside a system designed around the patient–not the payer.

The Opportunity

We'rea full-spectrum MSK platform–16 clinics across Chicagoland, surgery through physical therapy, Medicaid to private pay–with a spine patient population that is high-volume, underserved, and waiting for someone who will take the time to treat them correctly.

That last part matters here. Genesis was founded on the conviction that surgery is a last resort, not a revenue strategy.You'llhave the clinical infrastructure to exhaust conservative care first–physical therapy, injections, imaging, pain management–and the surgical volume toback it up when the caseactually callsfor it.

Day one,you'llhave a full case load.You'llhave 1–3 APPs supporting your practice. Andyou'llhave a partnership-track role with real equity potential for a surgeon who wants to build, not just practice.

What You’ll Work On

The full spine spectrum, including:

• Cervical, thoracic, and lumbar degenerative disease
• Disc herniation and radiculopathy
• Spinal stenosis and decompression
• Minimally invasive spine surgery (MISS)
• Cervical and lumbar fusion–anterior, posterior, and lateral approaches
• Complex spinal reconstruction and revision surgery
• Deformity correction–scoliosis, kyphosis, sagittal imbalance
• Trauma–vertebral fractures, instability, cord injury
• Tumor and infection–evaluation and surgical management
• Motion preservation and disc replacement

Beyond the OR: access to Genesis'sclinical trial infrastructure,product developmentopportunities, and the chance to contribute to research thatactually movesspine surgery forward.

Who We're Looking For

BC/BE in orthopedic surgery with fellowship training in spine. Licensed in Illinois or eligible. But past the credential, here's what actually matters:

You believe in conservative care first.Genesis was built around this. Patients with spine pathology deserve a thorough non-operative workup before anyone talks about surgery.You'rethe surgeon who agrees — and whooperateswith conviction when surgery is genuinely the answer.

You'retechnically broad.Cervical to lumbar, decompression to complex reconstruction,primary torevision. The patient population heredoesn'tself-select for simple cases. You should be comfortable with the full spectrum.

You thinkinsystems.Spine patients require coordination — imaging, PT, pain management, surgical planning, post‑op rehab. You understandthatand you want to practice inside a platform built to support it.

You'remission-aligned.Our patients include some of the most underserved in Chicagoland. Spine pathologydoesn'tdiscriminatebyincome. Neither does our care.

You want equity, not just a salary.Partnership is the trajectory here for surgeons who invest in building something.

The Stack

• Competitive base salary + performance-based incentives
• Partnership and equity pathway
• Full benefits–health, dental, vision, retirement
• Malpractice coverage
• CME allowance
• 1–3 dedicated APPs per surgeon
• Shared call
• EPIC EMR
• Clinical research, product development, and academic opportunities

About Genesis

Genesis Orthopedics & Sports Medicine is a full-spectrum MSK platformoperatingacross 16 clinics throughout Chicagoland–surgery, physical therapy, and everything in between. We run clinical trials. We serve Medicaid patients atscale.We'vebuilt a care delivery model that proves accessible care and excellent carearen'tin conflict–one standard, regardless ofwhat'sin a patient's wallet.

Spine is one of the highest-need, highest-impact specialties in our patient population.We'reinvesting in it accordingly.

Ifyou'rea fellowship-trained spine surgeonwho'sready to practice at full capacity–inside a system that was designed tosupportit–we want to hear from you.