Anesthesiologist
Listed compensation
$500K
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- Includes call
- Weekends
- Not specified
Job Description
Overview
Rewarding chief leadership role at Howard University. Be a part of a team striving to make a difference in the local D. C. community.
Job Highlights
Howard University is looking for a unique leadership chief position. In addition to clinical practice, this physician will have administrative responsibilities which include overseeing day-to-day operations within the Anesthesia department, ensuring quality monitoring and improvement, ensuring high-quality patient care and efficient use of resources, facilitating collaboration between Howard University Hospital and US Anesthesia Partners, and assisting with the retention and recruitment of Anesthesia providers.
The anesthesiology department currently consists of 12 board-certified/board-eligible anesthesiologists.
We’re Offering
Unique leadership role to enhance your career and exposure to leadership and working closely with hospital administration
$500k base salary + + Anesthesia chief stipend (commensurate with experience) + $20k quality bonus + $50k signing bonus
Full Benefits: Health, Dental and Vision insurance, health savings and flexible spending accounts, basic and supplemental life insurance and AD&D
Profit sharing with immediate 401k matching contributions
Howard
Howard University Hospital has a world-renowned reputation for high-quality, patient-centric care. Departmental faculty members have diverse medical backgrounds and are graduates of a variety of anesthesiology training programs including Howard University Hospital. Level 1 Trauma Center and the nation’s only teaching hospital located on the campus of a historically black university in downtown Washington D. C. Washington DC’s only Gold-Plus Hospital for heart specialties. The Department of Anesthesiology is a full-service department, providing health care services to surgical, obstetric, and emergency and pain management patients.
Community
Located in the heart of the nation's capital, this area is highly attractive and has a variety of different living environments from a city feel to more suburban areas. Washington, DC, is a compact city on the Potomac River, bordering the states of Maryland and Virginia. D. C. has a blend of a small-town feel with a more cosmopolitan one. If living in the city, much of the area is walkable and boasts a large number of beautiful parks. There are also a number of beautiful neighborhoods that sprawl into Virginia and Maryland that are as old as the capital. Alexandria, Virginia is full of historic brick row houses, antique shops, restaurants, and boutiques. There are more recently established bedroom communities like Tyson's Corner, full of suburbs, malls, and schools.
Qualifications
All USAP Anesthesiologists must be either M. D. or D. O. with completion of approved Anesthesiology residency program.
- Board eligible or board certified in Anesthesiology
- DEA Certificate
US Anesthesia Partners, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics
Company Information
US Anesthesia Partners (USAP) is a network of physician-owned-and-led local anesthesia practices backed by nationwide support. Our physicians remain at the helm of their practices supported by structured leadership development, proprietary OR staffing and utilization tools, and localized business experts. The focus stays on providing top-quality anesthesia care with advantages like superior operational infrastructure, advanced quality data, and a streamlined patient experience. Build your career with the team that is leading the nation in quality anesthesia care.
US Anesthesia Partners, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, status as a parent, national origin, age, disability (physical or mental), family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit based factors.
Key Responsibilities
Provide routine general anesthesia for inpatient and outpatient cases, including OB and trauma opportunities. Work within a care team model to deliver high-quality anesthesia services across multiple hospital locations.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
Certifications
Key Skills
Anesthesiology — Physician Career Context
In District of Columbia, the Physician weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$234k (46 salary observations; 70 listings), vs ~$293k nationally (14,093 salary observations; 34,926 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-11-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 40 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 5% are remote, 88% have no call, 83% require no weekends.
Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 9.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
The cost-of-living index for District of Columbia is 109.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$500k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $455k in an average-cost state. 64.3% of District of Columbia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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