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Job description
Core Physicians | Exeter Health Resources | Beth Israel Lahey Health
About Core Physicians
Core Physicians is a physician-led, multi-specialty medical group affiliated with Exeter Health Resources and Beth Israel Lahey Health (BILH). With more than 15 practice locations throughout the New Hampshire Seacoast, we provide integrated primary care, specialty care, and ancillary services to the communities we serve.
As part of Beth Israel Lahey Health, our physicians collaborate across one of New England's premier healthcare systems, which includes:
Academic medical centers and teaching hospitals
Community and specialty hospitals
4,700+ physicians
35,000+ employees
Position Summary
Reporting to the President of Core Physicians, the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) serves as the senior physician executive responsible for clinical, operational, and strategic leadership across the organization. The CMO partners with Core Physicians, Exeter Hospital, and Beth Israel Lahey Health leadership to advance clinical quality, physician engagement, patient safety, value-based care, and organizational growth while maintaining an active clinical practice.
Key Responsibilities
Provide executive leadership for clinical quality, patient safety, patient experience, and physician performance.
Lead physician recruitment, engagement, retention, and leadership development.
Drive clinical strategy, practice growth, and service line development across primary and specialty care.
Partner with executive leadership to advance value-based care, population health, and operational excellence.
Oversee physician performance, quality improvement, peer review, and clinical governance.
Collaborate with Beth Israel Lahey Health leadership to align local initiatives with system-wide priorities.
Champion a culture of accountability, innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Success Measures
Physician recruitment, engagement, and retention
Clinical quality, patient safety, and patient experience
Provider productivity, access, and operational performance
Growth of primary and specialty care services
Value-based care and population health outcomes
Financial stewardship and leadership development
Qualifications
MD or DO with Board Certification and New Hampshire medical licensure (or eligibility)
Minimum of five years of progressive physician leadership experience
Leadership experience within a medical group, community hospital, or integrated health system
Demonstrated success in physician engagement, quality improvement, operational leadership, and strategic growth
Interested Candidates
Melinda Morton, Senior Executive Recruiter at
Ellen Haggerty, Senior Physician Recruiter at
Beth Israel Lahey Health, including all of its employing entities, are a purpose-driven, values-based organization that unites our workforce of people who provide exceptional health care to everyone we serve. All of the employing entities of Beth Israel Lahey Health maintain policies of equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination in employment. Please see here for more information about our purpose and values ( and here for more information about our Equal Employment Opportunity Policy (
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