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Henry Ford Health
Detroit, Michigan

Plastic Surgeon - Hand and Wrist

SurgeryFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

Company Description

At Henry Ford Health, we're committed to advancing health and improving lives for the millions of people we serve across Michigan and around the world.

As one of the nation's leading academic health systems, we provide a comprehensive continuum of care that includes primary and preventive services, specialty and complex care, virtual care, pharmacy, home health, eye care, health insurance, and more.

With 12 hospitals and hundreds of ambulatory care locations, including former Ascension Southeast Michigan and Flint Region facilities, our growing network expands access to exceptional care in the communities we serve.

Headquartered in Detroit, Henry Ford Health is helping shape the future of healthcare through the transformative Future of Health: Detroit initiative, a $3 billion investment that is redefining our academic healthcare campus and advancing innovation, research, education, and community impact.

Our work is grounded in purpose, collaboration, and belonging. We empower team members to grow their careers, contribute innovative ideas, and make a meaningful difference every day. Whether you're caring for patients, supporting operations, conducting research, or driving new solutions, you'll be part of a team united by a shared mission: delivering exceptional care, advancing health outcomes, and building healthier communities for all.

Job Description

This position will have a special emphasis on arthroscropy as well as hand and wrist surgery. Henry Ford Health is an academic institution encouraging staff to participate in teaching and research opportunities at its main hospital in Detroit and 30 outpatient centers. As a member of the 2,700 person Henry Ford Medical Group, you will have colleagues in 40 specialties and share patients via the electronic medical record.

The position offers competitive salary with incentives based on productivity and aesthetic surgery. Benefits include fully paid malpractice with tail coverage, long term disability and affordable family medical benefits

Qualifications

  • Must be board certified in plastic surgery.
  • Board eligible candidates must be certified in the first three years of employment.
  • If you are interested, please forward your CV via email to Donna Tepper, M.D., c/o [email protected]

Key Responsibilities

The surgeon will perform specialized hand and wrist procedures with an emphasis on arthroscopy. Additionally, the role involves participating in teaching and research initiatives within an academic healthcare environment.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
5+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Hand surgeryClinical teachingMedical research

Surgery — Physician Career Context

Of the 40 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 95% have no call, 73% require no weekends.

Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Physician by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedPhysician median $460k (middle half $275k–$580k)49 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost of livingMichigan index 96.2US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Physician listings in Michigan628 active22,554 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 95% no call · 73% no weekends40 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedMichigan Physician listings: 22% state a sign-on bonus (median $50k) · 5% offer loan repayment628 active listings, Oct 2026
Physician pay trend+1.7% vs prior quarter—through Sep 2026
Implied production pay~$336k$48/wRVU × 7,000 wRVUsCMS CPT frequencies; WeekdayDoc listing median $/wRVU
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024), CMS Physician Fee Schedule; as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

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401k / retirement match
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Sign-on bonus
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Relocation assistance
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CME allowance
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Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 1.5
Below most Surgery listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,271 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Henry Ford Health

Benefits & Perks

Competitive salary with productivity incentives
Aesthetic surgery incentives
Fully paid malpractice with tail coverage
Long term disability
Affordable family medical benefits

Living in Detroit

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$79k
Typical market rent
$1,328/mo
Residents’ average commute
25 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
100.3
State income tax
Up to 4.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.