Executive Talent for Vizient Members • Vizient Contract #SV8368

Executive, Professional & Interim Talent for Member Organizations

Fusion Search Partners is the executive talent partner for Vizient members across health systems, academic medicine, children’s hospitals, and other member organizations.

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Why Fusion for Vizient Members

300+ executive searches, including 50+ interim placements, supporting Vizient members to date.

Academic Depth
Physician and scientist executive leadership placements across Presidents/VPHAs, Deans, Department Chairs, and Center/Institute leaders.
Health System Breadth
From AMCs to regional IDNs, children’s and community hospitals—operational, ambulatory, and service line leadership.

Our process is agile, transparent, and designed to leverage the Vizient network for relevant benchmarking and targeted candidate outreach.

RISE Talent Lifecycle
A joint Fusion × Vizient program that integrates search, assessment, and onboarding—giving Vizient members differentiated leadership acceleration.
AI-Powered Research
Nimble and targeted outreach using AI-informed market research/mapping and psychographic insights, paired with rigorous, partner-led evaluation.
Engagement Models *

* Dedicated support for Vizient members with flexible models that match urgency, scope, and budget.

Your Opportunity

Vizient members engage Fusion immediately — no RFPs or delays — with access to vetted permanent and interim executives, preferred member pricing, and access to Vizient’s share-back model, which returns a portion of value directly to participating member organizations.

The Fusion × Vizient Advantage

A unified model that helps leaders succeed faster — not just arrive.

The RISE Talent Lifecycle

Vizient members often emphasize how critical the first 90–120 days are to long-term success — especially in AMCs, children’s hospitals, and transforming IDNs.

Our RISE talent model integrates search, assessment, onboarding, and coaching into one streamlined process supported by Vizient’s data, networks, and councils — reducing transition risk and accelerating early impact.

R — Recruit
National outreach, AI-enabled mapping, partner-led calibration
I — Interview & Assess
Competency and psychographic evaluation
S — Vizient Support
Insight from Vizient benchmark, councils, and peer organizations
E — Empower
30/60/90-day planning, developmental and transition coaching
This is the first integrated search, assessment, Vizient-aligned orientation, and early-tenure coaching program on the market.

The Vizient Advantage

  • Cohort peer benchmarking (top performance / comparative context)
  • Vizient Member Networks + Performance Improvement Collaboratives (peer playbooks, SME coaching, digital communities)

Roles We Fill

Academic Medicine
  • President / VP Health Affairs
  • Medical School Deans
  • Department Chairs
  • Division Chiefs
  • Center & Institute Directors
Hospitals/Health System
  • CEO, COO, CFO, CHRO, CLO, CSO
  • CMO, CNO, CQO, CMIO, Medical Group CEO
  • CIO, CDO, CTO, CISO
  • VPs/Directors/Managers: Finance, HR, Marketing, Supply Chain, Revenue Cycle, IT, Legal, Strategy
Clinical & Scientific
  • Physician-in-Chief, Chiefs of Service, Medical Directors
  • Nursing Leadership
  • Pharmacy Leadership
  • Research Administration
  • Lab & Pathology Leadership

Additional Talent Advisory Capabilities

  • Leadership assessment (standalone or integrated into search; Hogan available)
  • Executive & team effectiveness coaching
  • Transition planning
  • Succession planning and talent benchmarking
  • Interim oversight and interim-to-perm transition support
  • Search chair and committee coaching
  • Organization structure and role design for new or evolving roles

What Members Tell Us

“The first 90–120 days matter as much as the hire.” RISE is designed to reduce transition risk and accelerate early executive impact.

Fusion × Vizient helps members strengthen leadership teams, reduce transition risk, and accelerate early impact.

Your Fusion Team

Phil Dawes
Phil Dawes
Partner, Vizient Lead
Leads Fusion’s Vizient partnership and oversees executive, professional, and interim leadership engagements for member organizations.
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Jack Datz
Jack Datz
Partner, Growth
Supports strategic relationships and expansion initiatives with Vizient and national health system partners.
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Greg Gerson
Greg Gerson
Founder & CEO
Veteran executive search leader with deep expertise in health systems, life sciences, and academic medicine.
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Dr. Bernard Godley
Bernard Godley, MD, PhD
Partner, Academic Medicine & Physician Leadership
Former department chair and physician executive; recruits physician and scientific leaders for major academic centers.
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Note: References to Vizient reflect our alignment to serve Vizient members. No endorsement is implied.

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