Position Summary
The Executive Vice President & Chief Physician Executive (CPE) serves as the organization's senior-most physician leader and a key member of the Luminis Health Executive Leadership Team, reporting directly to the CEO. The CPE provides strategic, operational, and physician leadership across the health system, with accountability for advancing clinical quality, patient safety, physician performance, and the overall effectiveness of the clinical delivery system.
The CPE ensures Luminis Health operates as a fully integrated system of care, aligning physicians, clinical standards, and operations across inpatient, ambulatory, and post-acute settings. This role drives enterprise performance and growth by advancing service line development, optimizing care delivery, and strengthening the physician enterprise in support of organizational priorities, including value-based care and population health.
Operating within a highly matrixed environment, the CPE leads through influence and collaboration, building strong relationships across clinical, operational, and administrative leadership. This leader fosters alignment across employed and independent physicians and champions a “one medical staff” model with consistent standards, governance, and expectations across the system.
The CPE is a highly respected, practicing physician who demonstrates clinical excellence and serves as a role model for the medical staff. Leading with humility, transparency, and integrity, the CPE builds trust and credibility while mentoring and developing physician leaders across the organization. This role requires the judgment and courage to make difficult decisions in the best interest of patients, physicians, and the health system.
The CPE is expected to maintain an active clinical practice within Luminis Health, as appropriate, to sustain clinical credibility and connection to frontline care delivery.
Essential Functions & Responsibilities:
1. Strategic & Enterprise Leadership
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Serve as the principal physician advisor to the CEO and Board on clinical strategy and performance.
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Participate in the development and execution of enterprise-wide strategic plans.
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Translate strategic imperatives into measurable clinical and operational initiatives.
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Lead physician alignment and engagement strategies across employed and independent medical staff.
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Champion a “one medical staff” model with standardized credentialing, peer review, clinical protocols, and governance structures across the system.
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Drive service line strategy, growth, and financial performance, including geographic expansion and market development efforts.
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Lead physician-driven business development efforts in partnership with executive leadership, including joint ventures, affiliations, and strategic partnerships.
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Advance referral optimization, access management, and network integrity.
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Represent the organization regionally and nationally with academic, regulatory, and community stakeholders.
2. Clinical Quality, Safety & High Reliability
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In partnership with the system COO, organize Quality, Nursing, and Operational leadership to advance clinical outcomes, patient safety, and patient experience.
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Champion a culture of high reliability, transparency, and accountability across the physician enterprise.
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Drive physician engagement in performance improvement initiatives aligned to system goals and national benchmarks.
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Establish clear physician accountability for quality and safety outcomes across all care settings.
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Promote transparency in performance data, outcomes, and peer review processes.
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Support achievement of top-quartile performance in HSCRC-based metrics of quality, safety, readmissions, length of stay, and value-based measures.
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Collaborate with clinical leadership to ensure readiness and compliance with regulatory and accreditation standards (e.g., CMS, The Joint Commission, specialty boards).
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Build structural and operational readiness for the AHEAD model
3. Ambulatory, Physician Enterprise & Growth Leadership
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Provide executive leadership and accountability for the strategy, growth, and performance of the ambulatory enterprise, including physician practices, outpatient services, and care delivery sites.
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Lead the strategy and growth of the physician enterprise, including development of the medical group and alignment of employed and independent physicians.
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Partner closely with the President of Luminis Health Medical Group to ensure alignment between employed physicians, independent providers, and system strategy.
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Drive business development initiatives, including identification and execution of new market opportunities, service line expansion, and strategic partnerships.
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Partner with Finance and Operations leadership to drive and optimize ambulatory performance, including access, throughput, productivity, and financial outcomes.
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Oversee integration and alignment of physician services across inpatient, ambulatory, and post-acute settings to support system growth and performance.
4. Physician & Medical Staff Leadership
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Provide executive leadership of employed physicians and advanced practice providers.
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Mentor, coach, and develop physician leaders, creating a strong internal pipeline for leadership succession.
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Lead physician recruitment, retention, and workforce planning in partnership with HR, ensuring the attraction, development, and succession of high-performing physicians aligned with organizational values and strategic priorities.
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Cultivate and develop physician leaders, creating a strong internal pipeline for leadership succession.
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Promote physician well-being and engagement across the system.
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Demonstrate courage and sound judgment in addressing physician performance and making difficult leadership decisions.
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Strengthen engagement and alignment of independent and community physicians.
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Serve as a liaison between administration and organized medical staff leadership while preserving governance integrity.
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Support physician performance management processes, including credentialing, privileging, and peer review, in partnership with medical staff leadership.
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Develop internal physician leadership infrastructure and succession pipelines.
5. Clinical Operations & Care Transformation
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Accountable for care standardization efforts to reduce variation, improve outcomes, and optimize resource utilization.
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Advance integrated service lines across inpatient, ambulatory, and post-acute settings to improve access, growth, and care coordination.
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Drive patient flow optimization, throughput, care transitions, and capacity management.
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Eliminate silos and ensure coordinated care delivery across inpatient, ambulatory, and post-acute settings.
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Lead system-wide value-based care initiatives, including population health and risk-based contracting strategies.
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Champion data-driven decision-making and clinical analytics integration.
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Partner with Information Technology leadership to optimize EHR functionality and clinical transformation initiatives.
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Support innovative care delivery models (virtual care, remote monitoring, hospital-at-home, etc.).
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Oversee physician advisor and clinical documentation integrity strategies.
6. Leadership Scope & Organizational Impact
The CPE leads a comprehensive physician leadershipstructure across Luminis Health, with oversight of more than 40 physician leaders across the system.
Direct leadership responsibilities include:
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Chief Clinical Officer (CCO)
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Vice President, Medical Affairs (VPMA)
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Vice President, Quality & Patient Safety (VPQPS)
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President, Luminis Health Medical Group
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Department Chairs and Executive Medical Directors (Medicine, Surgery, OB/GYN, Orthopedics, Primary Care)
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Designated Institutional Official (DIO)
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SVP of Ambulatory Operations
Key enterprise partnerships include:
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Medical Staff Presidents
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Chief Information Officer (CIO)
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Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO)
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Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
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Chief Legal Officer (CLO)
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Chief Compliance Officer
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Service Line and Operational Leadership
This role carries enterprise-wide accountability for physician performance, clinical integration, and medical staff alignment across all care settings.
Critical Competencies for Success:
The CPE will serve as an exemplar of Luminis Health leadership which includes Team leadership, Change leadership and Business leadership (TCB).
Team
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Demonstrates the ability to collaborate across the system with multiple constituencies.
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Able to motivate, support, and educate such that team members achieve the best of their abilities.
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Natural ability to mentor and coach others.
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Promotes clinician engagement.
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Able to lead in a multidisciplinary environment.
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Recognize that relationships across the system are essential to the success of executive leaders.
Change
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Able to lead in an environment of change.
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Able to leverage knowledge, team and skills to achieve system goals.
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Possesses the ability to influence and communicate when there is need to evolve from the status quo.
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Create a trusting environment such that innovation is enhanced and risks can be assessed, measured and acted upon.
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Understanding of the requirements to manage broad, cultural changes within the health system.
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Drives change in an active manner setting the tone, urgency and persistence of work.
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Possesses resiliency in the face of conflict and challenges.
Business
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Possesses business acumen and skill.
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Ability to negotiate in order to achieve appropriate business goals.
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Recognizes the need to develop and adhere to a series of measured goals.
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Utilizes business intelligence and analytics to gain insight into the healthcare marketplace.
Qualifications
Education & Certification
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MD or DO required.
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Completion of ACGME-accredited residency.
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Current Board Certification.
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Eligible for medical licensure in Maryland.
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Advanced degree (MBA, MPH, MHA, or equivalent) is strongly preferred.
Experience
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Minimum 10–15 years of progressive leadership experience in a complex healthcare environment.
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Senior-level experience within integrated delivery systems, multi-specialty medical groups, or large hospitals.
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Demonstrated success leading quality, safety, regulatory, and performance improvement initiatives.
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Recognized as a credible and accomplished clinician with a track record of clinical excellence.
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Demonstrated ability to lead with humility, transparency, and integrity in complex physician environments.
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Experience overseeing employed physician enterprise operations.
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Strong understanding of value-based care, population health, and risk-based reimbursement.
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Experience managing medical staff governance and accreditation processes.
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Proven ability to lead through influence in matrixed organizations.
