Physician, Cardiothoracic Surgery (San Francisco, CA)
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Job Description
Opportunity Information
Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group is seeking a full-time, board-certified Cardiothoracic Surgery physician.
- State-of-the-art medical center
- Physician-led and collegial environment
- Schedule flexibility
- Full spectrum practice
- Opportunity for rapid practice growth
- Duties include outpatient and hospital-based
Qualifications
Board-certified Cardiothoracic Surgery
Minimum 3-5 years of experience
Join Us and Enjoy
- Guaranteed salary for two years with production bonus
- Shareholder eligible after two years
- Shareholders enjoy very competitive, production-based income
- Schedule flexibility and sabbaticals for work-life balance
- Relocation allowance
- Generous benefits package
- 401K, cash-balance retirement plan, HSA
Organization Details
We are one of the largest multi-specialty medical groups in the country, made up of over 1,700 clinicians in 40+ specialties, in practices throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Our organization is nationally recognized for our excellence with multiple awards for quality of care, innovation, and leadership.
Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group is affiliated with Palo Alto Medical Foundation, a not-for-profit health care organization, providing operational and administrative support, including the latest technology, allowing physicians to focus on delivering exceptional patient care.
Community Information
The San Francisco Bay Area is known for its natural beauty, liberal politics, entrepreneurship, and diversity. The area has high incomes; it includes the five highest California counties by per capita income and two of the top 25 wealthiest counties in the United States.
The nine-county Bay Area contains many cities, towns, airports, and associated regional, state, and national parks, connected by a network of roads, highways, railroads, bridges, tunnels and commuter rail.
The combined urban area of San Jose and San Francisco is the largest in Northern California, the second largest in California (after Los Angeles), and the 55th largest urban area in the world.
Equal Opportunity Statement
It is the policy of Sutter Health and its partners to provide equal employment for all qualified individuals; to prohibit discrimination in employment because of basis of race, color, creed, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, registered domestic partner status, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, ancestry, national origin (including possession of a driver's license issued to individuals who did not present proof of authorized presence in the U.S.), age, medical condition, physical or mental disability, military or protected veteran status, political affiliation, pregnancy or perceived pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical condition, genetic information or any other characteristic made unlawful by local, state or federal law, ordinance or regulation.
We promote the full realization of equal employment opportunities through a positive continuing program within each medical group, company, hospital, department, and service area. Equal employment opportunities apply to every aspect of Sutter's employment policies and practices.
Key Responsibilities
Duties include managing both outpatient and hospital-based responsibilities within a full-spectrum practice. The physician will also have the opportunity for rapid practice growth.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physician, Cardiothoracic Surgery (San Francisco, CA) at Sutter Health - Bay Area a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Surgery — ranked against 1,126 active Surgery listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, flexible scheduling.
Surgery — Physician Career Context
Of the 50 active Surgery listings this role was benchmarked against, 96% have no call, 70% require no weekends.
Surgery pay on WeekdayDoc is down 11.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
For production-based offers, this specialty runs a typical 9,000 wRVUs per year (derived from CMS CPT-frequency data), and WeekdayDoc listings compensate a median of about $48 per wRVU — implying roughly $432k in production-based pay. For reference, the 2026 CMS Medicare conversion factor is $33.40 per RVU.
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