Surgeons for Emergency Care

What Surgeons for Emergency Care does

Surgeons for Emergency Care (SEC) is a Delaware-based collaborative network of independent private-practice general surgeons who coordinate shared on-call schedules to provide 24/7 dedicated emergency surgical coverage to hospitals and healthcare facilities. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Bear, Delaware, the organization maintains a roster of 17 medical directors with subspecialty depth spanning surgical oncology, bariatric, hepatobiliary/pancreatic, vascular and endovascular, and minimally invasive/robotic surgery. The operating model is structurally designed to address the well-documented friction between heavy elective surgical schedules and the unpredictability of emergency call — SEC's surgeons are freed from competing elective duties during their on-call rotation, enabling more efficient assessment, definitive surgical care, and communication with patients and families.

SEC's core offering is a bundled emergency general surgery service covering acute abdomen, perforated viscus, gastrointestinal bleeding, pancreatitis, appendicitis, cholecystitis, diverticulitis, bowel obstruction, hernia emergencies, soft tissue infections, and emergency vascular access. Service delivery is concentrated at Christiana Care Health System, Delaware's largest health system, where multiple SEC medical directors hold section chief, vice-chair, and directorship roles. The go-to-market is sales-led and direct-to-hospital, with referral traffic generated through emergency physicians and physician networks rather than consumer or paid marketing.

The business model is contract-based, recurring emergency surgical coverage for healthcare facilities, with participating surgeons retaining their own independent private practices outside the SEC coverage rotation. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is negotiated through service contracts. Revenue is not publicly reported. SEC is operated by Executive Director Kemal Erkan, who simultaneously serves as CEO and President of United Medical, LLC, a separate healthcare management network providing EMR, accountable care organization management, practice administration, and medical billing services. There are no disclosed funding rounds, no parent company, no institutional investors, and no operating presence outside Delaware.

Name

Surgeons for Emergency Care

Legal name

Surgeons for Emergency Care

Website

https://secusa.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Surgeons for Emergency Care is a Delaware-based network of 17 independent private-practice surgeons who share on-call schedules to provide 24/7 dedicated emergency general surgery coverage to hospitals — primarily Christiana Care Health System — across acute abdominal, GI, hernia, and trauma-related conditions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Emergency Surgical Services

NAICS

Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) (621111)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Hospital-Based Emergency Departments (EDs) (HLAFADAA)

Keywords

• Emergency surgical services
• General surgery coverage
• Acute care surgery
• Hospital surgical coverage
• On-call surgeon network

Headquarters

HQ city

Bear

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Emergency Surgical Services: Revenue generated from providing dedicated 24/7 general surgery coverage for hospitals and healthcare facilities. Surgeons from different private practices coordinate schedules to ensure continuous emergency surgical availability, likely through contractual arrangements with healthcare facilities.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Surgeons for Emergency Care (SEC) provides 24/7 dedicated general surgeon coverage for acute surgical emergencies to hospitals and healthcare facilities in Delaware. It is a coordinated network of independent private-practice surgeons who share on-call schedules so that a general surgeon is always available for acute surgical emergencies without competing elective duties, delivering timely assessment, definitive surgical care, and enhanced communication with patients and families.

Product overview

Surgeons for Emergency Care (SEC) is a Delaware-based surgical practice that provides emergency general surgery services through a network of private practice surgeons. The company operates as a unified service model offering 24/7 dedicated surgeon coverage for acute surgical emergencies. The core offering consists of emergency surgical care services covering conditions such as acute abdomen, gastrointestinal bleeding, pancreatitis, appendicitis, cholecystitis, diverticulitis, bowel obstruction, hernia emergencies, perforated viscus, soft tissue infections, and vascular access procedures. SEC's structure enables participating surgeons from different private practices to share emergency call schedules, ensuring patients receive timely surgical assessment and definitive care without the burden of competing elective duties.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Emergency Surgical Care Services 24/7 dedicated general surgeon coverage for acute surgical emergencies, providing timely assessment and definitive surgical care for conditions including acute abdomen, gastrointestinal bleeding, pancreatitis, appendicitis, cholecystitis, diverticulitis, soft tissue infections, and emergency vascular access. Targeted at hospitals and healthcare facilities in Delaware needing continuous on-call emergency surgical coverage.
• Acute Abdominal Emergency Care
• Bowel Obstruction Treatment Medical and surgical treatment for mechanical or functional intestinal obstruction, including conservative management over 2–5 days and surgical procedures for life-threatening cases such as fully lodged foreign objects or malignant tumors.
• Hernia Emergency Care Emergency evaluation and treatment of abdominal wall hernias and their complications, including emergency presentations discovered during routine examination or via associated complications.
• Perforated Viscus Treatment Emergency surgical care for perforated hollow organs including the stomach, appendix, intestines, spleen, gallbladder, and urinary bladder, addressing life-threatening toxic material spillage into the abdominal cavity and the risk of bacteremia.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Christiana Care Health SystemcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMultiple SEC surgeons maintain active affiliations with Christiana Care Health System, one of Delaware's largest healthcare providers. Surgeons serve in various leadership roles including Chief of General Surgery, Vice Chair of Surgery, and positions at the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center.
• United Medical, LLCminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerUnited Medical, LLC provides web design services for SEC (noted in website footer). United Medical is a healthcare management network with Kemal Erkan serving as CEO and President.
• Goldey-Beacom CollegeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSEC Executive Director Kemal Erkan is recognized for developing healthcare management programs at Goldey-Beacom College and serves on their Alumni Board and Employer Advisory Board.
• American College of Healthcare ExecutivesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKemal Erkan is a fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives, indicating professional affiliation and recognition in healthcare management.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• SCP Health (formerly Schumacher Clinical Partners): SCP Health provides emergency medicine, hospitalist, and urgent care staffing to hospitals across the U.S.—comparable to SEC's model of delivering contracted physician services to healthcare facilities, though at national scale.
• TeamHealth: TeamHealth is one of the largest U.S. providers of hospital-based clinical services, including emergency medicine and hospitalist staffing—comparable to SEC as a hospital-facing clinician-coverage organization, though operating at national scale.
• Envision Healthcare: Envision provides emergency, anesthesia, and surgical physician staffing to hospitals nationally—a broader incumbent whose emergency medicine staffing business overlaps with SEC's hospital-coverage model.
• Sound Physicians: Sound Physicians is a national physician partner to hospitals focused on hospitalist and emergency medicine services—comparable in delivering coordinated physician coverage to hospitals, although SEC focuses specifically on surgical coverage.
• ApolloMD: ApolloMD provides emergency medicine, hospitalist, and anesthesia staffing to hospitals and health systems—comparable to SEC in operating as a contracted clinician-coverage organization serving hospitals.
• U.S. Acute Care Solutions (USACS): USACS provides emergency medicine and hospitalist services across the U.S., employing clinicians to staff EDs and inpatient settings—comparable to SEC in delivering contracted physician coverage to hospitals, though broader in scope than surgical-only coverage.

Others

• ChristianaCare Health System: ChristianaCare is SEC's primary hospital partner and the dominant health system in Delaware, employing several of SEC's medical directors in leadership roles—a key customer/affiliate relationship rather than a competitor.
• LocumTenens.com: LocumTenens.com provides locum tenens physician staffing, including surgeons, to healthcare facilities—comparable as an enabling platform that coordinates surgeon availability for hospitals, though via a different staffing model than SEC's coordinated private-practice network.
• CompHealth (CHG Healthcare): CompHealth is a healthcare staffing firm placing physicians including surgeons in permanent and locum roles at hospitals—an adjacent enabler to SEC's model of connecting surgical talent to hospital coverage needs.

Direct peers

• Surgical Affiliates Management Group: Surgical Affiliates provides 24/7 emergency surgical coverage and trauma care to hospitals through coordinated teams of surgeons, closely matching SEC's model of organizing dedicated surgical coverage without elective conflicts for hospital partners.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/secusa
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/surgeons-for-emergency-care

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles17 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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