Physician - Chair, Surgical Services Institute

AtlantiCare•Atlantic City, NJ

1d•Onsite

About The Position

AtlantiCare, southeastern New Jersey’s largest health system and a Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient, is seeking a transformative Chair of Surgical Services Institute to lead its system-wide surgical strategy. This is a highly visible, system-level leadership role designed to unify and elevate a broad surgical portfolio in alignment with AtlantiCare’s Vision 2030—driven by innovation, academic growth, clinical excellence, and health system transformation. Reporting directly to the Chief Medical Officer, the Chair will serve as the architect of a destination Surgical Services Institute—integrating Surgical Oncology, Urology, Bariatric Surgery, General Surgery, Acute Care Surgery, Trauma, Orthopedics, Plastic Surgery, and Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery into a cohesive, high-performing academic enterprise. This role is designed for a proven academic surgical leader who is ready to step into a highly resourced environment and build at scale—shaping surgical care, advancing education, and driving innovation across the system. Be part of an extraordinary moment in healthcare - help shape the future as AtlantiCare partners in the creation of a brand-new, 4-year Temple University’s Lewis Katz School of Medicine right here in Atlantic City, alongside the launch of the Stockton-AtlantiCare College of Community Health. As a physician at AtlantiCare, you have the opportunity to train and inspire the next generation of doctors and healthcare professionals, contribute to cutting-edge research, and deliver compassionate care that transforms lives. This is your chance to leave a lasting impact on our community, advance medicine, and help build a legacy of innovation, excellence, and leadership in healthcare.

Requirements

Proven academic surgical leader
Ready to step into a highly resourced environment and build at scale
Ability to shape surgical care, advance education, and drive innovation across the system
Opportunity to train and inspire the next generation of doctors and healthcare professionals
Contribute to cutting-edge research
Deliver compassionate care that transforms lives
Leave a lasting impact on our community
Advance medicine
Help build a legacy of innovation, excellence, and leadership in healthcare

Nice To Haves

Integration across inpatient, outpatient, and procedural care environments
Expansion of surgical residency and fellowship training programs
A growing academic platform with medical students, residents, and fellows embedded in the clinical environment
System-level alignment with strategic service lines including Oncology, Neurosciences, Cardiovascular, and other high-priority initiatives

Responsibilities

Provide strategic, operational, and clinical leadership across all surgical disciplines, aligning programs under a unified Surgical Services Institute model focused on quality, access, and performance.
Partner with Nursing, Anesthesia, and Perioperative teams to design and optimize a best-in-class surgical ecosystem, including OR efficiency, access, throughput, block utilization, and patient experience.
Lead the expansion of surgical GME programs, medical student education, and faculty development, supporting AtlantiCare’s evolution into a robust academic clinical campus in partnership with a new medical school strategy.
Collaborate with executive leadership to prioritize and deploy capital investments in robotics, minimally invasive platforms, hybrid ORs, and advanced surgical technologies to expand clinical capabilities.
Build a high-caliber academic surgical faculty by recruiting top-tier surgeons and cultivating a culture of clinical excellence, teaching, mentorship, and scholarship.
Drive system-wide performance improvement, standardization of care, and continuous quality enhancement across all surgical services.