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Burlingame, California

Physician, Cardiothoracic Surgery (Burlingame, CA)

SurgeryFull-Time

Compensation

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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 in Cardiothoracic Surgery

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 2,300 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 city of Burlingame is 20 miles south of San Francisco in San Mateo County, juxtaposed between San Francisco and San Jose's Silicon Valley.

The county has ideal weather with year-round temperatures averaging 68 degrees. San Mateo County is a very desirable suburban, family friendly Bay Area community, with excellent schools and activities. PAMF's Burlingame Center is located within walking distance of the Bay Area Rapid Transit line (BART) that connects most Bay Area cities, including San Francisco, and Caltrain providing commuter rail service along the San Francisco Peninsula.

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

Provide cardiothoracic surgery services in a full-spectrum practice, with duties spanning outpatient and hospital-based care. Deliver patient care in a state-of-the-art medical center within a physician-led medical group.

Qualifications

Experience
10+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Outpatient Care

Surgery — Physician Career Context

Of the 50 active Surgery listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 82% have no call, 66% require no weekends.

Surgery pay on WeekdayDoc is down 10.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 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.

Top Surgeon Jobs

35 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution35 jobs · 7 employers

28
$350k
7
$400k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks34 jobs · 7 employers

401k / retirement match
97% this job
CME allowance
12%
Relocation assistance
9% this job
Sign-on bonus
6%
Loan repayment
3%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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#3

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Work-life snapshot

median 3.9this job 2.8
Better work-life than 30% of Surgery listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 876 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Burlingame

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$2.77M
Typical market rent
$3,903/mo
Residents’ average commute
31 min
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

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

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

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Benefits & Perks

Guaranteed salary for two years with production bonus
Shareholder eligibility after two years
Schedule flexibility and sabbaticals
Relocation allowance
Generous benefits package
401K
Cash-balance retirement plan
HSA