Chair, Department of Surgery

Nemours Children’s Health is seeking a Chair to lead our Department of Surgery at Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware, in Wilmington.

The Chair of Surgery at Nemours Children’s Health in Wilmington, Delaware will lead over 35 surgeons across 9 surgical divisions. Reporting to the Surgeon-in-Chief, the Chair will manage operational, academic, and educational initiatives across the Department, promoting a “one-team” culture of inclusivity, collaboration, and personal excellence. The Chair of Surgery will work alongside the Chair of Orthopedics and the Chair of Cardiovascular Medicine in growing the regional, national and international footprint for Nemours surgical services both in clinical programming and in academic pre-eminence. Given the unique multi-state network of Nemours Children’s Health, the Chair will also work collaboratively with the other surgical leaders across the organization to facilitate “systemness” in the development and monitoring of enterprise-wide surgical care.

In the Delaware Valley, The Chair will empower Division Chief leaders and individual faculty to establish the highest standards in quality of patient care and patient safety, educational outcomes, research impact, and financial stewardship, through an inclusive and equitable style of leadership. The Chair will be responsible for promoting the academic growth of established divisions as well as recruitment, retention, and professional development of an excellent, diverse faculty. The Chair will foster opportunities to expand both clinical programming and research portfolios across divisions, with a focus on interdisciplinary and collaborative team-based scholarship. The Chair will champion the work of the Department by promoting partnerships across the Nemours system, The Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University and with community partners.

The Chair must also be a competent and prudent steward of the Department, guiding it through what will almost certainly be uncharted territories of change for the organization. This includes an aggressive mission for building Quality and Safety infrastructure within the Department, incorporating value-based strategies aligned with the Nemours vision for creating the healthiest generation of children, and an unwavering commitment to clinical excellence, academic innovation, and collegiality.

For confidential consideration, please forward your formal CV to:

Zac Wilberger, Physician Recruiter

Nemours Children’s Health

[email protected]

This is a rare opportunity to step into a busy practice in one of the Northeast’s most desirable communities. Located in the Northeast corridor, Wilmington provides limitless cultural and professional opportunities given its easy access and proximity to major metropolitan areas while being nestled in the bucolic Brandywine Valley. As the center of commerce and culture in Delaware, Wilmington combines the amenities and excitement of big-city living with the peace and charm of a small town.

Nemours Children’s Health is an internationally recognized children’s health system. With more than 1.7 million patient encounters annually, Nemours provides medical care in five states through
two freestanding state-of-the-art children’s hospitals – Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children’s Hospital, Florida. Nemours’ pediatric network includes 80 primary-urgent-and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospitalists serving 19 affiliated hospitals. Nemours generates annual revenues of more than $1.7 billion derived from patient services, contributions from the Alfred I. duPont Trust, and other philanthropic organizations.

Nemours offers a competitive salary and extensive benefits package that includes bonus incentives, relocation allowance, life insurance, comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage, CME and board maintenance allowances, 403b retirement plan with employer matching and an additional 457b retirement savings plan, educational allowance, paid licensure and malpractice fees, professional membership dues allowance, and more.