CAREERS
Your Practice, Your Community, Your Peers
Doctor-led. Doctor-owned. Team-driven. If you’re looking for a thoughtful— and local — home where you can care for your patients with complete clinical autonomy while backed by a concierge level of administrative support, you’ve come to the right place.
Whether you’re a resident preparing to launch your career, an experienced clinician seeking a more balanced path, or a practitioner looking for flexible part-time options, we invite you to explore what it means to partner with Forefront Dermatology.
Doctor-Led, Doctor-Driven
At Forefront Dermatology, we believe that medical leadership should stay in the hands of medical professionals. We don’t answer to corporate mandates and we don’t speak in human resources jargon — we speak as colleagues.
Our group is run — and was founded by — practicing physicians who understand the daily joys and pressures of patient care. When you walk into your clinic, you are the ultimate authority on patient health. You choose your treatment plans, direct your care team, and shape the culture of your local office. You’re independent but never isolated. You are surrounded by a vetted network of skilled partners available for clinical consultation, mentorship, and professional community.
Culture Is the Differentiator
You can be a physician in practice. You can also grow into leadership across the group. Either path, you’re valued as a professional, not just a clinician.
That’s what physician-led committees, internal grand rounds, and retreats across our markets are for. Not culture for culture’s sake, but culture as the connective tissue that keeps you in the profession you chose.
Our support is built around your goals, not a template. We ask what you want to accomplish. Then we align our resources to help you get there.
Stories from the Clinic: Partner Perspectives
I want to find solutions to your skin concerns that will benefit you most. Seeing the outcome is only the beginning, finding the confidence in your skin is the reward.
Hillary Ahola, MPAS, PA-C
Certified Physician Assistant
Appleton, WI
Forefront figured that out right away. We needed to be prepared, we needed to protect patients, we needed to protect our staff, but we also needed to be available for our patients.
Thomas Bender, MD, FAAD, ABD
Board-Certified Dermatologist
Bay Minette, AL
I believe it is important to work collaboratively with patients to come up with individualized treatment plans to achieve their skin care goals.
Courtney Converse, PA-C
Certified Physician Assistant
Battle Creek, MI
We Do the Homework So You Can Do the Work
At Forefront Dermatology, we vet every single role before it opens.
Before a position is posted, our leadership team completes exhaustive foundational work:
We ensure physical space or secure, design, and build what we need.
We run comprehensive market-share and demographic analyses to understand and project patient demand.
We align with local physicians and providers to ensure a warm and collaborative regional ecosystem.
When you accept an opportunity with us you walk into a practice that’s ready to grow. The risk is minimized, the runway is clear, and your opportunity to succeed is established long before your first day.
A Recognized Commitment to Well-Being
Our commitment to a physician-friendly environment is not just something we say—it’s independently validated. Forefront Dermatology is a proud recipient of the American Medical Association (AMA) Joy in Medicine® Health System Recognition. This honor recognizes organizations that actively reduce systemic burnout and invest heavily in the clinical well-being of their medical teams. By taking the heavy administrative burdens off your plate, we protect your time, your energy, and your passion for medicine.
Fit Matters
Forefront Dermatology focuses on alignment and compatibility to ensure a high degree of fit for the practice and the candidate. We’re looking for long-term partnerships, not short-term placements.
Our recruitment process begins with a conversation with our physician recruiting team. We want to hear about your personal and professional goals, your clinical interests, your preferred geography, and your ideal work-life balance. From there, we work to identify an opportunity that aligns with your goals.
FAQs
The easiest path is to request an informal conversation — you don’t need an updated CV or a formal cover letter. A member of our physician recruitment team will reach out for a casual and confidential discussion about what you are looking for in your next professional chapter.
Please reach out anyway. Many of our most successful clinics began as simple, exploratory conversations with talented providers. If there is alignment between your target market, your goals, and our support capabilities, we are fully equipped to build a customized de novo clinic. We absorb everything from billing to supplies to staffing.
You can expect an exceptionally supportive and low-stress transition into practice. We provide dedicated clinical mentorship from experienced local peers, step-by-step onboarding, and an administrative team that manages your billing, credentialing, and staffing. You can focus entirely on refining your clinical workflow and building relationships with your patients.
Yes. We understand circumstances are different for everyone and offer flexible schedules to accommodate that. Whether you’re looking to scale back your hours, ease into retirement, or balance your practice with other life commitments, we can structure a flexible schedule that respects your time.
Absolutely. We find that the best judges of excellent talent are other clinicians. If you have a colleague, resident, or peer who would thrive in a collaborative, autonomous, and low-turnover environment, please connect them with our team. We handle all referrals with the utmost confidentiality.
We recommend looking past basic contract figures and asking deep questions about structural health:
What data and planning has gone into vetting the role? What have they demonstrated in terms of support capability?
Does the group have third-party validation for provider well-being, like the AMA Joy in Medicine® Award?
Who makes the ultimate clinical and staffing decisions when it comes to your practice—you, or a regional business manager?
What is the long-term retention rate of physicians within the group?
At Forefront Dermatology, an open position is never a guess or an impulse. A role is only created after a thorough vetting process confirms strong local patient demand, the right space, and full alignment with neighboring physicians. We only open a seat when we have proven that the right physician will have a busy, successful, and welcoming practice ready to greet them.
Ready to Explore What's Possible?
If you value clinical autonomy, a supportive peer network, and a practice built thoroughly on data and preparation, we would love to connect.