Chief Medical Officer, Mount Auburn Hospital
Beth Israel Lahey HealthAbout the role
When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.
Mount Auburn Hospital (MAH) and Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians (HMFP) are seeking a Chief Medical Officer. Mount Auburn Hospital was founded in 1886 as the first hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Mount Auburn Hospital, a Harvard Medical School affiliated teaching institution, remains firmly committed to providing care that is personable, convenient, and compassionate. The hospital combines advanced clinical expertise with a strong commitment to educating the caregivers of tomorrow and helping to enhance the quality of patient care across the community.Mount Auburn Hospital features private inpatient rooms designed to provide the highest level of comfort and care, along with comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services across all major medical specialties. Recognized for excellence in areas including maternity care, cardiac care, cancer care, obstetrics and gynecology, and cardiovascular and digestive health, the hospital provides advanced, high-quality care within a community-based setting.
Mount Auburn Hospital is a licensed 217-bed acute care hospital that oversees approximately 33,000 emergency department visits, more than 2,400 births, 11,000 inpatient discharges, and 296,000 outpatient visits annually.
Mount Auburn Hospital and Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians (HMFP) have collaborated to create a model that combines HMFP’s expertise in physician employment, with MAH’s strong local culture, ensuring seamless day-to-day management, while enhancing clinical programs and maintaining exceptional patient care. Through this partnership, physicians are employed by HMFP, and care for patients at MAH, preserving the hospital’s commitment to patient-centric care and operational continuity.
Job Description:
Reporting to the President of Mount Auburn Hospital, the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) serves as a key member of the senior leadership team and provides strategic, operational, and clinical leadership across the organization. The CMO maintains a dotted-line reporting relationship to the Chief Clinical Officer of Beth Israel Lahey Health (BILH) and serves as a critical liaison between hospital leadership, the medical staff, and the broader health system.
The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) serves as the senior physician leader responsible for driving initiatives related to clinical quality, patient safety, care coordination, utilization management, patient flow, and physician engagement, while advancing a high performing, patient centered culture that supports operational excellence, academic medicine, and physician alignment across Mount Auburn Hospital.
The CMO provides executive oversight of all key physician and clinical functions, including Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians, department chairs, service line medical directors, case management, utilization review, referral management, medical staff affairs, physician recruitment and retention, and medical staff education.
The selected physician should be eligible for a faculty appointment as Full or Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School, commensurate with experience, training, and academic contributions, and will maintain an active clinical practice at Mount Auburn Hospital as part of the Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians, who provide care throughout the Beth Israel Lahey Health system.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Provide executive leadership to advance a culture of safety, quality, collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement across the organization.
- Maintain collaborative relationships, including BIDMC/Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians (HMFP) and Operations Leadership identifying opportunities to strengthen integration, expand services, and improve collaboration and efficiency.
- Partner closely with hospital and BILH system leadership to develop and implement strategic and operational priorities that enhance clinical performance, physician engagement, and patient outcomes.
- Foster strong relationships with physicians, department chairs, medical directors, advanced practice clinicians, and community partners to ensure alignment with organizational goals and priorities.
- Serve as a trusted and visible leader within th
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