Position Overview

Understanding the Role

A Vascular Surgery Program Built for What's Next

You will join two established vascular surgeons as the third member of a purpose-built vascular surgery program within Southern Medical Group (SMG), one of the largest physician-led private practices in North Florida. This is not a traditional vascular surgery position. It is a ground-floor opportunity to help shape a modern, integrated vascular service line that was designed from the outset to work in close collaboration with a high-volume interventional cardiology team, a model that is rare in community practice and one that gives you access to patients, technology, and procedural growth that most standalone vascular groups simply cannot match.

The position was created after Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare (TMH) and Capital Health Plan, the region's dominant insurer, approached SMG four years ago with a specific request: build a vascular surgery program that could modernize vascular care in a market that had remained largely unchanged for decades. SMG answered by recruiting three vascular surgeons between January 2023 and July 2024. One surgeon recently departed for family reasons unrelated to the position, creating this opening. You will step into an established workflow with a defined patient base, active referral relationships, and a clinical infrastructure already in place.

• Practice model: Physician-led private practice (SMG) with full hospital support through a Professional Services Agreement (PSA) with TMH; you are employed by SMG with a hospital-funded salary guarantee
• Position type: Replacement; third vascular surgeon joining two mid-career colleagues who practice independently and collaboratively
• Candidate profile: Mid-career surgeon with autonomous practice experience preferred; must be comfortable with a broad-based generalist scope including both open and endovascular procedures
• Schedule: Approximately one to one-and-a-half days of clinic per week, with the remainder dedicated to operative time
• Call: Q2 within the vascular group, improving to Q3 with your hire; shared unassigned ER call rotating approximately every third week
• Outreach: Satellite clinics in Marianna (one hour west) with plans for regional expansion, including eventual coverage of Panama City Beach as TMH builds a new hospital there (projected 2028)
• Reporting structure: You report within the SMG physician governance structure and collaborate directly with vascular surgery colleagues and the interventional cardiology team

Serving a Region That Needs You

Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare is the region's tertiary referral center and designated STEMI destination, providing the overwhelming majority of cardiovascular and vascular services within a 90-mile radius. The service area stretches two hours in every direction across North Florida and South Georgia, a geographically isolated corridor with high disease burden, limited specialty access, and a large underserved population. Peripheral arterial disease, critical limb ischemia, and diabetes-related vascular complications are prevalent throughout the region, and the demand for vascular surgical care far outpaces the current supply.

This is not a practice where you will wait for volume. The referral pipeline is active, the relationships with hospitalists, emergency physicians, and primary care providers are already producing new patients daily, and the satellite clinic in Marianna has grown from a handful of patients per week to a thriving outreach site. You will be busy from day one, and the clinical need is real. This is a community that depends on the work you do.

• TMH serves as the primary referral center for cardiovascular and vascular care across North Florida and South Georgia
• High prevalence of CLI, PAD, and diabetes-related vascular disease throughout the service area
• Active satellite clinic in Marianna with established patient volume and referral relationships
• Regional expansion underway with TMH and FSU Health building a new hospital in Panama City Beach (projected 2028, starting at approximately 100 beds)

The combination of clinical demand, institutional support, and the freedom to build something from the ground up makes this a rare opportunity for a surgeon who wants to practice at the top of their scope while shaping the future of vascular care in a region that genuinely needs it.