Thoracic Surgeon — Mercy Health Cincinnati

Mercy Health’s General Thoracic Surgery Service Line in Cincinnati, OH is recruiting a thoracic surgeon to join a busy, collaborative team at the region’s largest health system. Surgeons will practice at Mercy Health hospitals equipped with state-of-the-art ORs, hybrid rooms, and an experienced support team including dedicated CNPs, PAs, RNs, nurse navigators, and lung navigators.

Clinical responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive general thoracic and foregut care, including esophagectomies, lung resections, chest wall and mediastinal surgery, thymectomy, anti-reflux and paraesophageal hernia repairs, and management of esophageal perforations.
• Perform endoscopic and interventional procedures such as esophageal stenting, dilations, TIF, LINX, and diagnostic/interventional bronchoscopies.
• Participate in lung screening, nodule board, and thoracic tumor board discussions; maintain proficiency in minimally invasive and advanced approaches to the chest and foregut.
• Share call on a 1:2 rotation and collaborate closely with an experienced thoracic surgeon as part of the General Thoracic and Foregut Service Line (GTFS).

Quality, collaboration, and growth

• The GTFS participates in the STS Database for quality benchmarking, is GO2 Foundation certified, and collaborates with the American Foregut Society and ACOS INCP accreditation program.
• Mercy Health maintains an established lung cancer screening pathway and active thoracic and nodule boards, with growing remote- and AI-enabled capabilities.
• Large regional referral networks include over 160 employed primary care providers, multiple pulmonologists, the largest oncology group in Cincinnati, and a broad primary care and GI market for foregut referrals.

Qualifications

• Board certified or board eligible by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery with training in general thoracic and foregut surgery.

Compensation and benefits

• Competitive compensation with quality bonus, sign-on bonus, and student loan assistance.
• Comprehensive benefits: health, dental, vision, HSA/FSA, disability, and medical malpractice insurance with tail coverage.
• Relocation allowance and Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligibility.
• Retirement plans: 403(b) with company match, 457(b), and fully funded 457(f) by Mercy Health.
• EPIC EMR system-wide.

Mercy Health is a mission-driven, nonprofit health system committed to improving patients’ lives—mind, body, and spirit. We are Cincinnati’s largest health system and one of the largest nonprofit healthcare systems in the United States.