Physician: Cardiac Surgeon - Palos Heights, IL
Listed compensation
$765k-$1000k
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- No call
- Weekends
- Not specified
Job description
Join Northwestern Memorial Healthcare as a Cardiac Surgeon – $765K-$1M, No Call Mentioned in Palos Heights, Illinois, United States.
Benefits & Compensation
- Salary: $765K - $1M
- Malpractice insurance covered.
- Continuing medical education allowance
- Paid time off
- Well-being fund
- 401k
- Paid parental leave
Work Schedule
- Full-Time position.
- No call required.
- Day shift only - no nights.
This position offers no call requirements, day shifts only, competitive compensation. Work with Northwestern Memorial Healthcare in Palos Heights, Illinois, United States.
Key Responsibilities
The cardiac surgeon will perform a broad range of adult cardiac surgical procedures and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to deliver coordinated patient care. Additionally, the role involves building referral relationships, participating in program growth, and contributing to quality improvement initiatives.
Requirements
Candidates must be ACGME fellowship trained and board-certified or board-eligible in cardiac surgery. The ideal applicant is a patient-focused surgeon capable of working effectively in a community hospital environment.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 10+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physician: Cardiac Surgeon - Palos Heights, IL at Northwestern Memorial Healthcare a 6.9 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Surgery — ranked against 804 active Surgery listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no night shifts.
Surgery — Physician Career Context
Of the 40 active Surgery listings this role was benchmarked against, 15% are remote, 35% have no call, 23% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Illinois is 100.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$883k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $883k in an average-cost state. 62.6% of Illinois clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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