Physician Executive, Heart & Vascular Service Line Leader

Christiana Care Health Services•Newark, DE

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About The Position

ChristianaCare seeks an accomplished physician executive to provide strategic, clinical, and administrative leadership for its Center for Heart & Vascular Health. Reporting to the Chief Physician Executive, this leader will guide the vision, growth, and performance of an integrated cardiovascular service line across the continuum of care. In partnership with operational and executive leadership, the Physician Executive will advance clinical excellence, physician engagement, innovation, research, quality, patient experience, and sustainable growth while strengthening ChristianaCare’s position in heart and vascular care. The successful candidate will be a respected physician leader with significant experience leading cardiovascular programs, service lines, or physician organizations within a large health system, academic medical center, or integrated cardiovascular enterprise. This is an opportunity to shape the future of cardiovascular care within ChristianaCare.

Requirements

MD or DO degree.
Board certification in a cardiovascular specialty.
Distinguished record of clinical excellence and physician leadership.
Experience driving strategic growth, physician alignment, clinical integration, and performance improvement.
Strong relationship-building, communication, and consensus-building skills.
Significant experience leading cardiovascular programs, service lines, or physician organizations within a large health system, academic medical center, or integrated cardiovascular enterprise.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting academic medicine, research, and physician education.
MBA, MHA, or comparable leadership training.

Responsibilities

Lead the strategic direction and continued development of ChristianaCare’s heart and vascular service line.
Drive growth, integration, access, and market differentiation across cardiovascular services.
Advance clinical quality, patient safety, operational performance, and value-based care initiatives.
Partner within a dyad leadership model to align clinical, operational, and financial priorities.
Foster physician engagement, accountability, leadership development, and alignment across employed and community-based physicians.
Champion innovation, new technologies, research, and academic initiatives, including medical education and fellowship development.
Build collaborative relationships with physicians, administrators, academic partners, and external stakeholders to advance cardiovascular care.