Perioperative Medical Director, Duke Health Lake Norman Hospital

DUHS Perioperative Medical Director Job Description & Expectations

Duke Health is seeking an exceptional physician leader to serve as Perioperative Medical Director for Duke Health Lake Norman Hospital. This highly visible leadership role offers the opportunity to shape the future of perioperative services within one of the nation's leading academic health systems while supporting a growing community hospital environment.

The Perioperative Medical Director will partner closely with surgical, anesthesia, nursing, and administrative leaders to advance quality, safety, operational excellence, physician engagement, and strategic growth across the perioperative enterprise.

The successful physician candidate will be a collaborative leader with a passion for improving patient outcomes, optimizing operating room performance, and fostering a culture of teamwork and accountability. This role combines part-time leadership with clinical effort and is open to physician applicants only.

Position Highlights

• One-year renewable leadership appointment
• Leadership role within the Duke University Health System
• Member of the perioperative leadership team
• Direct collaboration with surgery, anesthesia, nursing, and executive leadership
• Opportunity to influence perioperative strategy, growth, and system-wide initiatives

Practice in one of the fastest-growing regions in North Carolina, serving the Lake Norman and greater Charlotte communities

Key Responsibilities

• Clinical Quality and Patient Safety
• Champion evidence-based perioperative care pathways and quality initiatives
• Partner with multidisciplinary teams to improve surgical outcomes and reduce variation in care
• Support peer review, patient safety investigations, and quality improvement efforts
• Participate in surgical optimization initiatives and high-risk case review processes
• Operational Leadership
• Provide oversight of perioperative operations, access, throughput, and OR efficiency
• Collaborate with operational teams on staffing, scheduling, capacity planning, and case prioritization
• Support improvements in on-time starts, turnover times, block utilization, and patient flow
• Lead problem-solving efforts during operational challenges impacting patient care
• Physician Engagement
• Serve as a trusted liaison between medical staff and perioperative leadership
• Promote communication, transparency, and collaboration among surgeons, anesthesiologists, and perioperative teams
• Support medical staff leadership activities, credentialing initiatives, and professional development
• Strategic and Institutional Leadership
• Align perioperative initiatives with organizational priorities and growth strategies
• Participate in capital planning, technology implementation, and service line development
• Lead perioperative leadership forums and contribute to system-wide committees and task forces
• Financial Stewardship
• Promote responsible resource utilization and value-based care
• Partner with supply chain and operational leaders to support cost-conscious clinical decision-making

Qualifications

• MD or DO degree from an accredited institution
• Board-certified in a surgical or perioperative specialty
• Demonstrated leadership experience within perioperative, surgical, or hospital operations
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and team-building skills
• Commitment to quality, safety, operational excellence, and physician engagement

Duke is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, (including pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions), sexual orientation, or military status.

Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes.

To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.

Please Note

To be considered for this position, please attach your CV, select SUBMIT APPLICATION, and complete the application questions.