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OSF HealthCare
Peoria, Illinois

Thoracic Surgeon

SurgeryFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

OSF Healthcare is adding a third thoracic surgeon to their busy and growing team in Central Illinois

Cases include Tracheal resections, VATS lobectomies, Esophagectomies Pneumonectomies, as well as multiple thoracoscopies, rigid bronchoscopies.

OSF HealthCare consists of 17 hospitals and medical centers, one long-term facility and two colleges of nursing.

OSF’s Cardiovascular Institute consists of 3 CV Surgeons, 4 cardiothoracic surgery physician assistants, and over 55 Cardiologists.

Highly integrated clinical and interventional pulmonology program including expanding multi-site ION robotic bronchoscopy program.

Walk into a progressive practice that will be busy from day one with a primary care referral base of 300+ providers.

OSF Saint Francis Medical Center located in Peoria, IL is a 625-bed facility is a Level 1 Trauma Center and home to the Children’s Hospital of Illinois. The Medical Center acts as a regional tertiary and quaternary referral center.

  • OSF’s onsite Cancer Institute is becoming a destination for world-class cancer care.
  • Collaborate with state of the art medical and radiation oncology in a highly integrated multi-specialty thoracic oncology program including proton therapy
  • Opportunity for investigator initiated clinical/translational research

Benefits & Perks

  • OSF HealthCare offers a comprehensive Compensation and Total Rewards Package which includes:
  • Generous paid time off from Day One!
  • Vacation and holiday time off to get away and recharge
  • Well-being time for self-care, mission trips, or whatever makes you happy!
  • Sick leave for you or to care for an ill-family member
  • CME time and dollars
  • Signing bonus
  • Concierge relocation services
  • Health, life, dental, and retirement plans
  • Paid occurrence based malpractice
  • Residency/Training Stipend
  • Student Loan repayment and counseling
  • Career Development through our Physician Leadership Academy
  • Full time, clinical base salary pay range for this position: $600,000-675,000

Range shown should be used as an estimate and can be impacted by many factors including but not limited to the critical need of the position, overall experience and qualifications, community need, and other considerations. Additional compensation components may be applicable such as bonuses or incentives which may or may not be based on metric achievement.

OSF Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

Education: Doctorate Licenses/Certifications: Physician Licensed to practice medicine in current state. Board certified or board eligible in the appropriate specialty(ies). Obtain and maintain medical staff membership and appropriate privileges.

Must be eligible as a provider for Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal health programs. Physician shall meet all qualifications to participate in OSF's programs for professional malpractice and other liability coverage.

Licensed by the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration and the State of Illinois to prescribe narcotics, if applicable. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide patient care aligned to the preferences, goals, and needs of the patients served

OSF HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Key Responsibilities

The thoracic surgeon will perform a variety of complex surgical procedures including resections and lobectomies within a busy, integrated cardiovascular and oncology program. The role involves collaborating with a multi-specialty team and participating in investigator-initiated clinical or translational research.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
5+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Thoracic surgeryClinical researchMedical oncology

Surgery — Physician Career Context

Of the 48 active Surgery listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 92% have no call, 71% require no weekends.

Surgery pay on WeekdayDoc is down 3.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Illinois is 100.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 62.6% of Illinois clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Surgeon Jobs

38 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution38 jobs · 7 employers

18
$300k
20
$350k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks35 jobs · 7 employers

401k / retirement match
86% this job
Sign-on bonus
17% this job
CME allowance
9% this job
Relocation assistance
9% this job
Loan repayment
3% this job

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Work-life snapshot

median 3.9this job 1.5
Below most Surgery listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 990 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Peoria

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$153k
Typical market rent
$1,266/mo
Residents’ average commute
18 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
91.2
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Peoria, IL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About OSF HealthCare

Hospitals and Health Care
Peoria, Illinois
10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

Generous Paid Time Off from Day One
Vacation and Holiday Time Off
Well-being Time
Sick Leave
CME Time and Dollars
Signing Bonus
Concierge Relocation Services
Health, Life, Dental, and Retirement Plans