To our prospective teammates,

My name is Michael Bergman, MD. I’m the Critical Care Program Medical Director for Franciscan Health Olympia Fields, located in Olympia Fields, IL. I’ve been a part of Sound for 4 years. I’m proud of the intensivist practice we are building at Franciscan Health Olympia Fields and welcome interest from critical care-trained physicians coming out of training or looking to make a career change to explore our group and our practice. I would like to share more about who we are and what we do — specifically about our people, practice, and purpose — as you consider your options:

People

• We are a team of 4 intensivist physicians providing on-site day coverage in the 32-bed ICU with medical, surgical, and cardiovascular patients.
• Our intensivists have a diverse mix of clinical practice time.
• Nights are covered by Sound tele-ICU and onsite critical care fellows.
• Within the hospital, we work closely with the multi-disciplinary team within the unit to collaboratively care for patients.
• Olympia Fields is a southern suburb of Chicago located 25 miles from Chicago in Cook County.  Olympia Fields is a safe, quiet community with numerous parks and above average ranking public schools. Most of the 5,000+ residents in Olympia Fields own their own homes.  Olympia Fields is home to two award-winning, tournament-quality championship golf courses including the prestigious Olympia Fields County Golf Club, founded in 1915 and host to PGA tournaments

Practice

• Franciscan Health Olympia Fields is a 375-bed, acute care teaching hospital with a comprehensive internal medicine residency and an ACGME-accredited critical care fellowship program. The teaching environment fosters the hospital culture of continued learning and research.
• The ICU operates as a closed unit except for the co-management of cardiovascular ICU patients.
• Critical care fellows and internal medicine residents round in the ICU.
• We are seeking board-certified or board-eligible critical care physicians (MD or DO) who possess or can obtain an Illinois license, have a commitment to excellence in clinical service, are forward-thinking and demonstrate problem-solving abilities necessary in the ICU, and demonstrate the ability to work as a team member and perform all technical skills in the critical care setting.
• We work in EPIC, with access to our own internal informatics platform.
• Full-time physicians work an average of 15 shifts per month, block shift schedule, generally in 4-5 day stretches. Part-time and per diem (PRN) physicians are scheduled as needed and available. We work together to manage the schedule as equitably as possible providing intensivists with a great work/family life balance.
• Benefits include medical, dental, vision, life, and AD&D insurance, long- and short-term disability, 401k with match, paid medical malpractice and tail coverage, and annual CME allowance.

Purpose

• We put patients first. Always.
• We value and support growth and development in our practice and in our critical care group, allowing you to explore opportunities that provide clinical and professional growth opportunities.

Want to learn more about this opportunity? Reach out to my recruiting partner, who will put you in touch with me.

Michael Bergman, MD
Program Medical Director