Thinking Outside the Box: Creative Physician Recruiting for Hard-to-Fill Positions – on demand

Tara’s career in healthcare began over 15 years ago as a physician liaison and quickly expanded to include physician recruitment, strategic planning, and business development. Working for hospitals and health systems throughout the Midwest and Mid-South, her job focused on finding and hiring the best physicians, then working with them to develop and implement business strategies to expand the amount of exceptional care they provided for their patients.

Today, as Regional Vice President of Recruiting for Jackson Physician Search’s Midwest Division, she specializes in helping providers advance their professional careers. Utilizing her background as an in-house physician recruiter and healthcare administration experience, she is passionate about recruiting the best candidates that provide a long-term fit for each provider, hospital, and community Jackson Physician Search serves.

Tara is a sought-after thought leader who frequently speaks on topics from evolving industry trends to physician compensation to optimizing the recruitment cycle. Throughout her career, she has amassed a number of impressive professional accolades, including:

• Recruiting Vice President of the Year Award Recipient
• Industry Analysts “40 Under 40” Award Recipient (2023)
• Graduate of Jackson Healthcare’s corporate leadership university and St. Louis-based Leadership Chesterfield and Vision Leadership St. Charles County

Tara resides in St. Louis, Missouri, with her husband, Ryan, and their two children, Sophia and Bennett.

Neal has more than 15 years of experience in retained physician search. In his current role as Regional Vice President of Recruiting, Neal serves as a mentor to a growing team of JPS recruiters. Neal specializes in helping all providers — especially young physicians — advance their professional careers by finding the right fit. 

Neal has a bachelor’s degree in marketing from Auburn University and was a member of the 2000 Auburn football team. He also has studied in nine countries throughout the Pacific Rim during a 115-day semester at sea that circumnavigated the globe in 115 days.