Our search practices
Who we place
Why boards and PE partners choose us
- We reach the leaders who aren't looking. The best executive for your seat is running someone else's right now. We bring them to you, confidentially.
- A senior specialist runs your search. Your seat is handled by a senior consultant who focuses on exactly this specialty, under our US healthcare Sector Head. Not a junior associate and a database.
- Healthcare is all we do. We know the difference between a clinician with a title and a leader who can run a P&L and a medical staff.
- Retained means all-in. We commit the full team to one search and stay until the right person signs. Most of ours close in 30 to 90 days.
- A global bench behind a local search. ISG runs in 50-plus countries with 1,200-plus partners, so no leader is out of reach.
Representative engagements
Representative, anonymized examples. Details and locations changed to protect client and candidate confidentiality.
- A multi-site behavioral health operator was bleeding cash and had churned through two leaders in a year. We placed a turnaround CEO in the Southeast; within twelve months the programs were stable and profitable.
- A multi-hospital system had spent a year failing to unify clinical standards across its region. We placed the Chief Clinical Officer who finally did it.
- A physician-owned system was mid-turnaround with no one at the helm. We placed a nurse-executive CEO who steadied the leadership team inside a quarter.
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of healthcare leaders do you place?
We place C-suite and physician executives, including CEOs, chief medical and clinical officers, chief nursing officers, CFOs, COOs, and CHROs, across hospitals, health systems, behavioral health, post-acute, and PE-backed platforms.
Do you work nationally?
Yes. We recruit across the United States, and on the ISG platform we can run searches that cross into more than 50 countries when a role calls for it.
What is retained executive search?
Retained search is a dedicated, exclusive partnership. We commit our senior people and our full research engine to your search, work it confidentially from the first call to the signed offer, and stay accountable until the right leader is in the seat. Because the engagement is exclusive, we go deep: mapping the entire market, approaching the leaders who are not looking, and representing your organization with the seniority a C-suite hire deserves. It is the model built for the hires you cannot afford to get wrong.
How do you keep a search confidential?
We run searches blind, sharing candidates on an anonymized basis, so neither the client nor the candidate is exposed before the right moment.
Meet your search partner
Lee Fossey leads the US Healthcare Executive Search practice for ISG Americas, with a team of senior consultants each focused on a specialty, so your search is run by someone who lives in that corner of the market. Across nearly three decades in search, the practice has helped hospitals, health systems, and private-equity-backed platforms place the leaders who change their trajectory, and on the global ISG platform that reach extends to more than 50 countries. Lee would rather have one honest conversation about your search than send you a proposal.
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Every week a leadership seat sits empty, it costs you momentum, money, and the board's confidence. One confidential call, and you will know quickly whether we are the firm for your search.
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