Join Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, as a Distinguished Physician Leader to Serve as Chair of the Department of Surgery

Roles and Responsibilities:

As Chair, the successful candidate will:

• Lead Strategic Planning: Shape long-term vision and initiatives aligned with institutional goals.
• Recruit & Develop Physicians and Advanced Practice Providers (APPs): Attract top talent and support career growth.
• Lead Innovation, Quality & Safety Initiatives: Collaborate to optimize patient safety and clinical outcomes.
• Drive Performance: Oversee division and departmental performance to ensure access, operating room efficiency, and clinical excellence.
• Optimize Operations: Manage resources, implement process improvements, and maintain high standards of care, safety, and service.
• Foster Collaboration: Work closely with division chairs and APP leaders to align departmental strategy with LHMC and Beth Israel Lahey Health priorities.
• Invigorate Research and Scholarship: Expand the department’s research enterprise in basic, translational, clinical, and health services research by supporting faculty in obtaining extramural funding and collaborating with Lahey’s Institute for Healthcare Delivery Science and the Center for Translational Science.
• Champion UMass-Chan-Lahey’s Teaching and Training Missions: Oversee the development and delivery of innovative educational programs for medical students, residents, and fellows by promoting the highest standard in surgical training and curriculum design.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate:

• Leadership & Vision: Able to set strategic direction, manage change, and advocate for the department within LHMC and on a national level.
• Quality and Safety: Ability to lead in delivery of high-quality, evidence-based surgical care across all divisions.
• Academic Excellence: Significant track record of scholarship, mentorship, and support for clinical and translational research and a strong history of supporting faculty professional development.
• Operational & Financial Acumen: Proficiency in managing budgets, clinical operations, and resource allocation with data-driven decision making.
• Culture & People Leadership: High emotional intelligence, team-building skills, and a strong commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging.
• Collaboration & System Engagement: Ability to foster interdisciplinary partnerships, strengthen community connections, and integrate departmental goals with Beth Israel Lahey Health initiatives.
• M.D. or D.O. (or international equivalent), board certified in a surgical specialty, and eligible for Massachusetts licensure.
• Minimum of 7 years of progressive leadership experience in academic surgery.
• Demonstrated achievement in clinical care, teaching, and research.
• Highly visible national and international reputation with academic credentials meriting appointment as Associate Professor or Professor.
• Formal leadership training and operational management experience preferred

Pay Range:

$600,000.00 USD - $900,000.00 USD

The pay range listed for this position is the annual base salary range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation may be determined based on several factors, that may include education, training, relevant experience, specialty, geography of work location, productivity, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law.  In addition to base compensation, this position may be eligible for performance-based incentive compensation, which may include productivity and quality bonuses. 

About Beth Israel Lahey Health

Beth Israel Lahey Health brings you the comfort of knowing your health is always in the best hands, in a place that’s closer to home. Our nationally recognized specialists, superb primary care physicians and award-winning hospitals and services make it easy for you to become and stay healthy. At Lahey Health, we offer services you can count on throughout your life, and with a full spectrum of seamlessly integrated and accessible resources and a smart approach to delivering care, we’re with you every step of the way. Lahey Health has more than 1,400 local providers in adult and pediatric primary care and almost every medical specialty. Diversity is a core value at Beth Israel Lahey Health. We are passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable working and learning environment for our staff. We believe every member on our team enriches our diversity by exposing us to a broad range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and to discover, design and deliver solutions.