Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine & Vice President, Emergency Medicine

Northwell Health is seeking a distinguished physician executive to serve in a combined leadership role as Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Lenox Hill Hospital (LHH) and Vice President of Emergency Medicine for the Metro Market. This dual role provides full administrative, operational, and clinical leadership for the LHH Emergency Department, along with strategic oversight and clinical governance of Emergency Medicine programs across the Metro Market.

The successful candidate will drive quality, safety, and financial performance at Lenox Hill while mentoring and aligning Emergency Department Chairs and teams across market sites.

Practice Info

• Lenox Hill Hospital is a nationally ranked, 450-bed academic medical center on Manhattan's Upper East Side.
• The Emergency Department at Lenox Hill Hospital manages approximately 51,000 visits annually.
• The Emergency Department holds distinctions including NYS-certified Stroke Center, STEMI Receiving Center, and Level 3 Geriatric ED Accreditation.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic, clinical, operational, and administrative leadership for the LHH Emergency Department and clinical governance across the Metro Market.
• Advance quality, safety, patient experience, throughput, and performance improvement priorities.
• Manage P&L, budgets, and resource utilization; identify growth opportunities across the market.
• Recruit, mentor, and retain a high-performing team of emergency physicians and advanced practice clinicians.
• Lead change management for care redesign, technology adoption, and emergency department modernization.
• Engage philanthropic donors and institutional supporters, and cultivate research-oriented sponsorship opportunities that advance the department's academic and clinical mission.
• Build trusted relationships across hospital leadership, market executives, physicians, and community stakeholders.

Compensation

• Full-time clinical base compensation at Northwell Health ranges from $125,000 to $750,000, which is impacted by various factors, including but not limited to physician specialty, level of experience, quality of care, academic accomplishments, patient experience and productivity.

Benefits

• Eligible employees will receive 100% employer-paid tuition expenses towards a master's degree from Hofstra University.
• Those attending another university will receive $5,000 annually in reimbursement toward qualified tuition expenses.
• Northwell Health is a nonprofit, making us a qualifier for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program (PSLF) under federal student aid.

Requirements

• MD or DO degree from an accredited institution.
• Board Certification in Emergency Medicine (ABEM or AOBEM) required.
• MBA, MHA, or equivalent advanced degree highly preferred.
• Significant, progressive leadership experience in Emergency Medicine at a tertiary or qua ternary medical center.
• Multi-site or regional leadership experience strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated success in operational improvement, financial management, quality outcomes, and physician engagement within a large health system.