Physician, Vice Chair for System Integration, Anesthesiology

About the role

The West Virginia University Health System, the state's largest health system and largest private employer, comprises 18 hospitals throughout the state and bordering states. In addition, it includes five institutes, as well as providing management services for other local hospitals through affiliate agreements. Whether you are caring for our patients at one of the critical access hospitals, community sites, regional or academic medical centers, we are all one WVU Health System. Work Here. Thrive Here.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary liaison for anesthesiology between SMG and community hospital CEOs and CMOs.
• Build and sustain collaborative, trust-based relationships.
• Align SMG goals with hospital strategic priorities.
• Represent SMG-Anesthesiology in hospital-level leadership forums as appropriate.
• Travel to well-performing system hospitals approximately quarterly.
• Travel to hospitals requiring operational or quality support at least monthly until stability is achieved.
• Maintain regular in-person engagement with hospital leadership and anesthesia teams.
• Provide occasional clinical coverage at system hospitals when strategically or operationally necessary.
• Promote evidence-based perioperative best practices.
• Serve as the system’s ASPIRE/MPOG advisor: interpret dashboards, identify performance improvement priorities, and coach site quality leads on actionable improvement plans.
• Support local leaders in translating quality data into measurable frontline change.
• Guide development of consistent policies, staffing models, and operational frameworks.
• Lead collaborative improvement efforts at sites requiring additional support.
• Partner with local hospital CEOs, CMOs, and site anesthesia leaders to support physician and APP recruitment.
• Affirm staffing plans aligned with growth projections and operational needs.
• Assist in developing staffing plans aligned with growth projections and operational needs.
• Help ensure equitable compensation structures and consistent recruitment messaging across sites.
• Support retention efforts through transparent performance and compensation alignment.
• Support and coach site anesthesia leaders.
• Promote collaboration across hospitals while respecting local autonomy.
• Mediate conflicts when appropriate and foster system-wide professional standards.

Qualifications

• Candidate must have an MD or DO degree or foreign equivalent and be eligible for an unrestricted state medical license.
• Must have completed an Anesthesiology residency program.
• Must be board certified in Anesthesiology.
• Minimum 7 years post-training clinical experience.
• Minimum 3 years of progressive leadership experience.
• Demonstrated experience with ASPIRE and MPOG quality reporting platforms.
• Experience with physician compensation models and recruitment strategy preferred.
• Strong executive presence, communication skills, and political acumen.
• Willingness and ability to travel routinely to system hospitals.

Benefits

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Pay

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