Join a Collegial Practice Where you Will Thrive

Borgess-Lee Memorial Hospital is a part of Ascension, a 15-hospital system in Michigan. The hospital serves Dowagiac and Cass County with primary care, secondary services, and tertiary care in cardiovascular, orthopedic, pulmonary, and diagnostic services. Thanks to the link with Borgess Health, the hospital offers many specialty services usually found only in larger cities.

• 25-bed, non-profit, critical-access hospital
• 11,000 ED Volume
• Employed position
• No call environment
• Integrated care program – Sound manages the hospitalist and emergency medicine services
• Board-certified in emergency medicine with 7500 hours of EM experience required
• ACLS, ATLS, and PALS certifications required

Hospital emergency departments have become the source of the majority of hospital admissions, so continually striving to improve outcomes in the emergency department is key to a hospital’s success. With the goal of always improving patient care and experience, our processes streamline transitions from the emergency department to inpatient admissions. We believe that clinical integration between emergency medicine and hospital medicine teams is imperative. Using our proven processes, our clinical teams align to streamline inter-department handoffs, and improve clinical performance, and patient experience.

When you join Sound, you join an organization that strives to be the unmatched leader in improving quality and reducing the cost of healthcare in the communities we serve. You will feel empowered to be creative and utilize your leadership skills to problem solve and drive improvement.

What Matters to You

As a physician-founded and led organization, we know what matters to you. Trust, recognition, camaraderie, hassle-free onboarding are just a few gears we hang our hat on. Our model is designed to challenge the status quo and transform the acute episode of care.

• Data-driven physician dashboards with automated analytics
• Optimized daily workflows and optimized scheduling
• Compliance support

Success Happens When you Start With your People

Do you have big ideas and even bigger ambitions? We are looking for an emergency medicine physician who is passionate about embracing innovation. Sound Physicians brings leadership, organization, technology, and process to confront the pain points that every emergency department must contend with today including reducing avoidable readmissions, managing patients who make frequent ED visits, implementing efficient workflows, and a commitment to delivering a positive clinician and patient experience.

• Commitment to our front-line clinicians
• Contributions are valued and rewarded
• Clinician-specific performance feedback

Location & Lifestyle

Surrounded by rolling farmlands and abundant orchards, Dowagiac is nestled within the Fruit Belt in Southwest Michigan. Enjoy a multitude of cultural and recreational attractions in the area such as fishing, canoeing, boating, water skiing, and ice fishing on the neighboring Sister Lakes. Be sure to tour the historic train depot, live theatre, museums, and art galleries as well.