Excellent Opportunity to Craft YOUR Breast Surgery Practice Close to Chicago, Milwaukee, and Madison - Mercyhealth (FKA Mercy Health System)

Mercyhealth is currently seeking a board certified/board eligible breast surgeon to join our exceptional team of collaborating physicians in Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin!

Mercyhealth is a multi-regional, integrated health system comprising of seven hospitals, more than 750 employed physicians, and over 80 outpatient clinics and other locations that serve residents in more than 55 communities throughout northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. We provide over 125 specialty and sub-specialty services, including adult and pediatric critical care, neonatal intensive care, neurosurgery, heart and vascular care, cancer care, plastic and reconstructive surgery, da Vinci robotic surgery, WATCHMAN, and much more!

Opportunity

Enjoy the benefits of a highly skilled support staff, working amongst highly trained surgeons including but not limited to: general/trauma surgeons, orthopedic surgeons, neurosurgeons, and more. 

Mercyhealths Javon Bea Hospital is a Comprehensive Stroke Center and an ACS-designated Level I Adult Trauma Center and Level III NICU, with advanced operating and surgery suites, including hybrid operating suites that provide physicians with real-time radiographic capabilities while performing surgery in one surgical suite.

Mercyhealth Hospital and Trauma Center-Janesville is accredited as a Primary Stroke Center, Level III Adult Trauma Center and Chest Pain Center. The facility features advanced operating and surgery suites, including a hybrid operating suite with real-time radiographic capabilities and state-of-the-art technology.

• Walk in to a robust panel of patients with the support of collaborating physicians and operational leaders
• Craft your practice! We support and promote the private practice model.
• Get excited with us about our new Cancer Institute opening late 2024 in Rockford, IL!
• Regional approach - System wide support and collaboration including two Radiation Oncologists and six Hematology Oncologists.
• State-of-the-art surgery suites and admitting hospital: Mercyhealths Javon Bea Hospital, which opened in 2019 and Mercyhealth Hospital and Trauma Center-Janesville, which was renovated in 2020
• Excellent support staff, including mid-levels, RN, and experienced OR surgical team
• Typically, 4-4.5 days per week, including clinic and surgeries
• Flexible work-life balance
• Vast multi-subspecialty referral sources onsite
• EPIC EMR

Compensation and benefits

Mercyhealth offers a highly competitive initial salary guarantee (based on MGMA guidelines) leading to a production-based model after the first year, along with an outstanding benefits package:

• Paid CME, malpractice and licensure
• Relocation assistance and sign-on bonus
• Paid membership and medical association dues
• Excellent benefits package, including health, dental, vision, disability, and retirement program
• Short- and long-term disability
• Loan forgiveness eligible
• New day one 403(b) matching
• New paid parental and caregiver leave

Community

Beautiful Rockford, Illinois, is the third-largest city in the state of Illinois. Settled on the banks of the Rock River, Rockford is notable for its economic diversification into automotive, aerospace, and health care industries, as well as the undertaking of various tourism and downtown revitalization efforts.

Rockford is known for various venues of cultural or historical significance, including Anderson Japanese Gardens, Klehm Arboretum, the Coronado Theater, and the Burpee Museum of Natural History. Rockford has been recognized as one of the most affordable housing markets in the nation, and is less than a 90-minute drive from downtown Chicago and Milwaukee and less than an hour from Madison, Wisconsin.

Janesville is a mid-sized city offering a safe, family-oriented community with excellent schools and abundant recreational opportunities. Janesville is Wisconsins Park Place, with over 2,500 acres of beautiful parks. The community also offers live theatre and unique shopping and dining. Located 30 minutes south of Madison, Wisconsin, Janesville is on the interstate corridor providing easy access to metro areas and international airports. Need a taste of the big city? Day trips less than two hours away include Chicago and much of the Lake Michigan coast!