Across healthcare, physician shortages are straining even the most well-prepared systems. On average, it now takes 224 days to fill a physician role and nearly 170 days for surgical and specialty positions. These extended vacancies impact not only patient access but also revenue, throughput, and provider morale.
As recruitment timelines extend and demands for care continue to rise, many healthcare leaders are rethinking how they build and sustain their workforce. At this year’s Becker’s CEO + CFO Roundtable, Medicus Healthcare Solutions will host a session titled Leading Through the Physician Shortage: A New Era of Workforce Stabilization. The discussion will feature leading healthcare executives who’ve implemented new processes that address physician shortages, improve retention, and ensure ongoing coverage.
Meet the Panelists:
Dr. Michael Loftus
Senior Vice President, Chief Medical and Quality Officer at RWJBarnabas Health
At RWJBarnabas Health, Dr. Loftus has addressed physician shortages across several key specialties, including radiology, anesthesiology, gastroenterology, and hospital medicine. Each area required coordinated planning to sustain access to care and maintain quality across a large health system. During the Medicus-hosted session, Dr. Loftus will discuss his approach to workforce planning, including how to anticipate and prepare for continued physician shortages in the years ahead.
Dr. Kevin Gebke
Senior Vice President at Indiana University Health
At Indiana University Health, Dr. Gebke has led efforts to strengthen workforce stability across several critical service lines. His team transitioned anesthesia services from an outsourced to an employed model and leveraged interim staffing to maintain coverage and ensure continuity of care. In addition, Dr. Gebke has guided similar efforts in emergency medicine and pediatric specialties. During the Becker’s panel, he will share how his team maintained quality care and morale during workforce shortages and introduce results-driven approaches designed to improve workforce stability and retention.
Dr. Matthew Broom
Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at BJC Medical Group
Since joining BJC Medical Group, Dr. Broom has addressed physician workforce shortages across multiple specialties, including cardiology, electrophysiology, and gastroenterology. These provider shortages led to access constraints across the health system, requiring a coordinated response to preserve service reliability and system performance. During the Medicus-hosted session at Becker’s, Dr. Broom will share his perspective on leading through workforce disruption and sustaining system performance amid ongoing clinical staffing uncertainty.
Insights Into the Medicus Hosted Session:
During this forward-thinking session, attendees will hear from these leading healthcare executives on how they are addressing physician shortages, advancing workforce stability, and preparing for the next era of care delivery.
What Attendees Will Learn:
- Reframing Workforce Strategy: Discover how leaders are rethinking clinical workforce planning to address growing challenges in recruitment, retention, and patient demand.
- Identifying Root Causes of Physician Shortages: Understand the operational and cultural factors driving workforce instability and how leaders are addressing them.
- Exploring Change Management and Improving Provider Retention: Hear practical strategies for leading teams through clinical staffing transitions while maintaining access to care and provider morale.
- Tracking Metrics: Learn which indicators can help leaders anticipate clinical staffing challenges.
- Incorporating Artificial Intelligence (AI): Gain insights into the implementation of AI and how it’s being utilized within health systems.
- Utilizing Interim Staffing Partnerships: See how leveraging interim staffing partnerships, like the Medicus Transition Program, can help health system leaders overcome critical physician shortages and achieve long-term clinical workforce stabilization.
Join Medicus at Becker’s CEO + CFO Roundtable!
Attending the 13th Annual Becker’s CEO + CFO Roundtable? Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from these healthcare executives as they share firsthand insights on leading through physician shortages with Medicus Healthcare Solutions on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, from 1:10 to 1:50 PM.
