Who We Are

Who We Are As a leading executive search and integrated talent management firm exclusively focused on healthcare and life sciences, our experience in evaluating talent, leadership, and culture helps companies align their organizations to execute their strategic initiatives. Our relationships, processes, and attention to details put a premium on service excellence and client satisfaction. History/Overview […]
Private Equity
Private Equity Private equity firms need leaders who can deliver rapid speed to impact within their portfolio companies. Whether the challenge is a turnaround, a hypergrowth, or some form of disruption, we deliver candidates who can create order out of ambiguity, develop a success strategy rapidly, and then drive it to completion. The leaders we […]
Associations, Membership Organizations, Accrediting Bodies and Foundations
Healthcare Associations, Membership Organizations, Accrediting Bodies and Foundations Organizations don’t just need good organizational leaders; they need leaders who have deep experience in the industries they serve. These leaders bring a passion that helps galvanize membership and amplifies the impact of their organizations. Because we provide senior leaders to virtually every area of the healthcare […]
Life Sciences
Life Sciences The life sciences leaders that we identify and recruit excel at operating in highly regulated environments. They bring expertise on multiple fronts: depth of experience in product development and delivery, and exceptional understanding of all of the factors that impact product commercialization—the payer mix, reimbursement, compliance, life cycle management, and more. Our clients […]
Healthcare Services and Technology
Healthcare Services and Technology We have worked with innovative healthcare services and technology companies from our beginning. As the industry underwent huge transformation at the start of the dot-com era, individuals from the companies for whom we were working became the new entrepreneurs, creating the nascent services and technologies that have now transformed healthcare. Our […]
Hospice and Post-Acute Services
End-of-Life Care and Post-Acute Services We are the nation’s leading talent acquisition firm for both hospice and post-acute care organizations. With a deep personal passion for supporting care at home, our team is dedicated to ensuring that our clients and, ultimately, their patients and family’s needs are met. We deliver successful candidates to for-profit and […]
Healthcare Payers and Insurance
Healthcare Payers and Insurance Services The payer space was Furst’s focus area starting in the 1980s, and we have worked with payers longer than any other executive search company. Our initial survey and research work helped bring unparalleled insights into what was then an emerging segment. The senior leaders we provide bring a deep understanding […]
Healthcare Providers

Healthcare Providers Our work with healthcare providers spans four decades. We bring strategically focused senior leaders into provider organizations of all types who can navigate the increasing complexities of patient care, reimbursement, technology and ever-increasing financial pressure. By bringing exceptional leadership across all functional areas, we have made a lasting impact on hundreds of integrated […]
Client List

Representative Client List Providers (Hospitals/IDNs/Physician Practices) AdventHealth Akron Children’s Hospital Allina Health Aspirus, Inc. Advocate Aurora Health Baystate Health System BJC HealthCare Corewell Health Carson Tahoe Health Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota Community Regional Medical Center Covenant Health CommonSpirit Health CoxHealth Einstein Health Network Hartford HealthCare HealthPartners Henry Ford Health System Hospital Sister Health System […]
Board Advisory
Board Services The depth of knowledge of the industry segments in which boards operate allows us to find candidates with the right expertise for what a particular board needs whether clinical, financial, strategic, or operational. Because of our deep market knowledge and relationships, we have a proven ability to engage industry leaders bringing expertise to […]