Academic health systems are facing unique leadership challenges today, including employee engagement, financial sustainability, reputation and rankings, population health and quality of care, curriculum reform, and regulatory requirements. These challenges underscore the critical need for specialized leadership solutions.
At Caldwell, we connect our clients with exceptional leaders who can navigate the complexities of integrated academic health systems. Understanding that these organizations must balance the pursuit of excellence within the clinical, research, and education missions, our approach ensures the placement of leaders whose competencies cut across all aspects of academic healthcare. We provide a high-touch, individualized approach to executive search, focusing on finding adaptive leaders with strategic visions for the future.
A Data-Driven Approach
Our team leverages results-driven, scientific assessments to empower clients to not only hire with confidence, but also chart a path for success to minimize turnover. We customize our approach to meet each client’s specific needs, ensuring that we find the ideal candidate who can lead highly effective teams, drive transformation, and accelerate performance.
Diverse Backgrounds, Specialized Expertise
Our practice team has executed over 1500 searches in 101 academic health systems across the US and Canada. With a diverse range of experiences and backgrounds, including unique expertise within academic health system operations, we’re well-equipped to address the unique challenges of the healthcare sector and provide comprehensive, innovative solutions to our clients.
Core Expertise
We are well-versed in regulatory requirements such as LCME, ACGME, ACCME, CMS and TJC, ensuring that the leaders we place are proficient with industry standards. Our strong focus on executive leadership competencies sets us apart in the industry.
We recruit for a variety of roles in the academic healthcare space:
Medical Schools
Dean, Associate Dean, Department Chair, Vice Chair, Division Chief, Designated Institutional Officer, Center and Institute Directors, Residency and Fellowship Directors
Academic/Teaching Hospitals and Health Systems
Chief Executive Officer, Chief Medical Officer, Chief Clinical Officer, Chief Nursing Officer, Chief Quality Officer, Chief Medical Information Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Vice President, and Service Line Leadership.
Exceptional Service
At Caldwell, we are committed to transforming the academic healthcare sector by placing leaders who can drive innovation and excellence in healthcare and education. These sentiments are more than a sales pitch; they are tested and true. We track our client and candidate satisfaction using Net Promoter® Score methodology, and our scores are comparable to some of the world’s most respected brands.
Our Academic Healthcare Practice Team
Our Academic Healthcare Practice team is structured around a core group of academic medicine experts: Steven Price, Dianna Jacob and Elizabeth Sironi, and further leverages the broader Life Sciences & Healthcare and Higher Education teams. Elevate your academic healthcare leadership team; click below find the exceptional leaders your institution needs to thrive.
