System Exeutive Medical Director, Neurosciences

System Executive Medical Director, Neurosciences
Location: Rochester, New York
Specialty: Neurology / Neurosurgery / PM&R
Employer: Rochester Regional Health

Lead the Brain Trust. Shape the Region.

Rochester Regional Health is seeking a visionary physician leader to serve as System Executive Medical Director of Neurosciences. This is an extraordinary opportunity to advance a unified neurosciences program spanning neurology, neurosurgery, stroke, and PM&R across 8 hospitals and 600+ care sites in Western and Northern New York.

Why This Opportunity?

• This role wasn’t created out of crisis—it’s built on a legacy of physician leadership, growth, and strategic vision.
• You’ll build on momentum, with aligned teams, approved strategy, and board-backed resources to lead at scale.
• Shape a fully integrated, physician-led platform where your leadership makes a regional impact.

Program Highlights:

• Leadership of neurology with subspecialty depth (stroke, epilepsy, memory, headache, neurohospitalist)
• Advanced neurosurgery capabilities: DBS, LITT, RNS, cerebrovascular, complex spine
• Regional PM&R anchored by the CARF-accredited Golisano Restorative Neurology & Rehabilitation Center
• Systemwide tech: RapidAI, Brainlab, IONM, O-arm, genomics partnership with Helix
• Governance built on a true dyad model with operational and clinical alignment

What Success Looks Like:

• Unified stroke workflows and regional access expansion
• Recruitment of key subspecialists to meet demand
• Telestroke and Teleneuro program growth
• Consistent experience for patients across urban, suburban, and rural settings

Qualifications:

• MD or DO; Board Certified in Neurology, Neurosurgery, or PM&R
• Proven system-level leadership in an academic or integrated health system
• Strategic, collaborative, relationship-driven
• Clinical component approximately 40%, adjustable depending on specialty and interest

Compensation:

• Neurology base: $500,000–$600,000
• Neurosurgery base: $1,200,000–$1,400,000
• Executive and clinical incentives, defined benefit pension, relocation, malpractice with tail, and more

Why Rochester?

• Cost of living 20% lower than national average
• Median home price ~$230K
• Easy access to the Finger Lakes, Lake Ontario, and Adirondacks
• Highly ranked schools, vibrant culture, and outdoor recreation

Contact:
To express interest, please send a CV and letter of interest to:

Jane Born
Born & Bicknell Physician Executive Search
jborn@bornbicknell.com | 954-600-8029

Rochester Regional Health is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran

Rochester Regional Health is an integrated health services organization serving the people of Western New York, the Finger Lakes and beyond. The system provides care from 150 locations, including five hospitals, more than 100 primary and specialty practices, rehabilitation centers and ambulatory campuses, innovative senior services, facilities and independent housing, a wide range of behavioral health services, and ACM Medical Laboratory, a global leader in patient and clinical trials. 

Rochester Regional Health is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran

Rochester has been ranked the 3rd best place to live in New York and as the 26th best place to live among the 150 most populous metro areas in the United States by U.S. News & World Report. The Rochester region's suburbs feature excellent public and private schools, and a variety of housing options. The Rochester region offers diverse cultural and recreational opportunities year-round, including the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, GeVa Theater Center, Rochester International Jazz Festival, as well as easy access to Manhattan, Boston, Washington, DC and Philadelphia, the Adirondacks and the Finger Lakes.