HealthSearch Partners

Name

HealthSearch Partners

Legal name

HealthSearch Partners

Website

https://healthsearchpartners.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Executive Search Services

NAICS

Executive Search Services (561312), Human Resources Consulting Services (541612)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare & Life Sciences Leadership Search (BPACAAAE)

Keywords

• Healthcare executive search
• Retained executive search
• Healthcare leadership recruitment
• Physician executive placement
• C-suite healthcare search

Headquarters

HQ city

Dallas

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Retained Executive Search Services: HealthSearch Partners generates revenue through retained executive search engagements with healthcare organizations. Clients engage the firm through detailed engagement letters that specify the scope of services, responsibilities, fees, and expenses. The firm conducts searches for C-suite, senior leadership, and academic roles on a project basis, with fees typically tied to successful placements.
2. Consulting and Advisory Services: Post-placement, HSP provides executive coaching and onboarding support as part of their follow-up process, offering additional engagement opportunities beyond the initial search assignment.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

HealthSearch Partners is a retained executive search firm that recruits C-suite, senior leadership, and academic leaders for hospitals, health systems, healthcare associations, academic institutions, and PE/VC-backed healthcare companies. Engagements follow a proprietary multi-step PRO|FILE™ search methodology led by senior consultants from initial discovery through onboarding. The firm also provides post-placement executive coaching and advisory support to ensure successful transitions.

Product overview

HealthSearch Partners is a nationally recognized healthcare executive search firm founded in 2017, offering a portfolio of specialized executive search services including Healthcare Executive Search, Healthcare Association Executive Search, Academic Leadership and Faculty Search, and a Private Equity and Venture Capital Practice. The firm's core differentiator is its proprietary PRO|FILE℠ search methodology, which guides clients through a structured 11-step process from engagement through onboarding. Beyond traditional search services, the firm extends its thought leadership through content offerings including the First 90 Days Series, Search Committee Interview Series, Insights Newsletter, and podcast appearances—content designed to support healthcare leaders throughout their career journey and placement success.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Healthcare Executive Search
• Healthcare Association Executive Search
• Academic Leadership and Faculty Search
• Private Equity and Venture Capital Practice
• Executive Coaching and Onboarding Support

Quantifiable outcome

• 600+ senior-level executive search assignments completed by Board Chairman Neill Marshall alone
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Georgia Hospital Health ServicescoreGTM or Marketing PartnerGeorgia Hospital Health Services (GHHS) is a state hospital association with 145 hospital members that has endorsed or partnered with HealthSearch Partners for executive search services. GHHS represents one of HSP's largest state-level endorsement relationships.
• APS (American Professional Services)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerAPS, a state hospital association or healthcare services organization representing 116 hospital members, has partnered with HealthSearch Partners for executive search services.
• Healthcare Business VenturescoreGTM or Marketing PartnerHealthcare Business Ventures, serving 53 hospital members, has partnered with HealthSearch Partners for executive search and staffing solutions.
• Wyoming Hospital Association (WHA Resources)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerThe Wyoming Hospital Association (WHA Resources) with 34 hospital members has partnered with HealthSearch Partners for executive search services for its member organizations.
• Private Equity and Venture Capital FirmscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHSP serves as the preferred executive search partner for private equity and venture capital firms and their portfolio companies in the healthcare sector. The firm identifies leaders who drive value creation while supporting each organization's mission and strategic vision, operating across healthcare services, tech-enabled services, technology, digital health, and life sciences.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Cejka Search: Healthcare-focused executive search firm with deep C-suite and physician leadership placements across hospitals, health systems, and academic medical centers. Cejka is the most direct same-segment competitor to HSP in terms of specialty, client base, and boutique-style engagement model.
• Witt/Kieffer: One of the most established healthcare-specialized executive search firms in the U.S., serving hospitals, health systems, associations, and academic medical centers with C-suite and senior leadership placements. Multiple HSP senior leaders (Marshall, Cesafsky) came directly from Witt/Kieffer, and HSP competes head-to-head for the same mission-driven healthcare mandates.
• B.E. Smith (AMN Healthcare): Healthcare-specialized executive search and interim leadership firm, now part of AMN Healthcare. B.E. Smith places C-suite and senior leaders across hospitals and health systems nationwide, making it a directly comparable boutique healthcare executive search peer with broader parent-company scale.

Broad incumbents

• Merritt Hawkins (AMN Healthcare): The largest U.S. physician search firm and a leading healthcare executive search provider, part of AMN Healthcare. Neill Marshall previously served as Director of Marketing at Merritt Hawkins, and Kurt Mosley previously ran Strategic Alliances at AMN — both firms share deep relationships with state hospital associations that channel executive search mandates.
• Heidrick & Struggles: Global executive search firm with a Healthcare & Life Sciences practice serving large health systems, payers, and academic medical centers. A frequent competitor for enterprise C-suite mandates that HSP also targets.
• Spencer Stuart: Global executive search and leadership advisory firm with a Healthcare practice spanning providers, payers, and life sciences. Spencer Stuart competes with HSP for the largest health-system CEO and board-level searches, with much greater global infrastructure.
• Russell Reynolds Associates: Global executive search firm with a dedicated Healthcare Services practice focused on health systems, payers, and academic medical centers. Competes with HSP for senior C-suite and board placements at larger mission-driven healthcare organizations.
• Korn Ferry: Global executive search and organizational consulting giant with a dedicated Healthcare Services practice covering providers, payers, and life sciences. HSP VP David Clark previously led Korn Ferry's For-Profit/Private Capital Practice, and Korn Ferry is the largest incumbent HSP competes against for large health-system mandates.

Regional players

• Jackson Physician Search: U.S. physician and healthcare executive search firm focused on permanent placement of medical leaders and C-suite executives across hospitals, health systems, and medical groups. Operates in adjacent physician-search space but competes for healthcare executive mandates.

Emerging players

• The Tolan Group: Boutique healthcare executive search firm specializing in operations, finance, and revenue cycle leadership placements. HSP VP David Clark previously served as VP of Business Development at The Tolan Group; the two firms are similarly sized and compete for mid-market healthcare executive mandates.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Xx.com/hsearchpartners

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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