North Dallas, TX - Outstanding Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery Leadership and Supporting Surgical Team Opportunities

The Cook Children's Health Care System (CCHCS) based in Ft. Worth, TX is seeking a transformational leader and additional surgical team members including 2026 trainees to support the new, state-of-the-art Cook Children’s Medical Center, Prosper (North Dallas). With CCHCS’s recent #1 ranking on Forbes Magazine’s list of America's Best Large Healthcare Employers the organization’s recognition for outstanding quality care and the economic prosperity and work life balance for its providers, we believe these roles to be among the top pediatric orthopedic surgery opportunities available.

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CCHCS is a not-for-profit, nationally recognized pediatric health care organization comprised of two free-standing medical centers totaling more than 600 beds, a physician network that employs more than 1000 providers and APP’s, a home health organization, 4 surgery centers and a comprehensive network of urgent care sites, a health plan and a thriving foundation that foster innovation across all missions. The system has more than 60 primary and specialty care offices throughout North and West Texas, serving a 23-county referral network.

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Key Opportunity Highlights:

• Guide the strategic planning and programmatic development for orthopedic surgical services in one of the US’s fastest growing areas.

• Legacy opportunity to build a nationally respected surgical program.

• Highly competitive compensation, relocation incentives, fellow retention stipends and benefits packages further enhanced by no state income tax and one of the strongest economies in the country.

• Quality of life assurance with robust staffing and administrative support.

• State-of-the-art space in Cook Children’s new freestanding children’s hospital.

• Clinical practice to entail 100% pediatric orthopedic surgery with group to define academic mission. Academic appointments and teaching opportunities are available, if desired, through Cook Children’s four medical school partnerships.

• While not mandatory, enjoy enhanced professional satisfaction with support for non-clinical academic interests (QI, Medical Informatics, Physician Advisory, Clinical Research, Education …)

• Qualifications: Must be board certified/board eligible in Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery and be able to secure an unrestricted Texas medical license.

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About CareerPhysician, LLC

CareerPhysician is a nationally respected executive search and leadership consulting firm with over 20 years of unprecedented success collaborating with children’s hospitals, academic medical centers and colleges of medicine. CareerPhysician has seen first-hand the indelible impact transformational physician and C-suite leaders can have on establishing productive cultures characterized by diversity, quality and wellness and yielding high-functioning teams capable of delivering strong fiscal performance and academic achievement.