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Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group is seeking a full-time, board-certified Cardiothoracic Surgery physician.

• State-of-the-art medical center
• Physician-led and collegial environment
• Schedule flexibility
• Full spectrum practice
• Opportunity for rapid practice growth
• Duties include outpatient and hospital-based

• Board-certified Cardiothoracic Surgery
• Minimum 3-5 years of experience

• Guaranteed salary for two years with production bonus
• Shareholder eligible after two years
• Shareholders enjoy very competitive, production-based income
• Schedule flexibility and sabbaticals for work-life balance
• Relocation allowance
• Generous benefits package
• 401K, cash-balance retirement plan, HSA

We are one of the largest multi-specialty medical groups in the country, made up of over 1,700 clinicians in 40+ specialties, in practices throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Our organization is nationally recognized for our excellence with multiple awards for quality of care, innovation, and leadership.

Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group is affiliated with Palo Alto Medical Foundation, a not-for-profit health care organization, providing operational and administrative support, including the latest technology, allowing physicians to focus on delivering exceptional patient care.

The San Francisco Bay Area is known for its natural beauty, liberal politics, entrepreneurship, and diversity. The area has high incomes; it includes the five highest California counties by per capita income and two of the top 25 wealthiest counties in the United States. The nine-county Bay Area contains many cities, towns, airports, and associated regional, state, and national parks, connected by a network of roads, highways, railroads, bridges, tunnels and commuter rail. The combined urban area of San Jose and San Francisco is the largest in Northern California, the second largest in California (after Los Angeles), and the 55th largest urban area in the world.

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