Pediatric Cardiologist - Heart Failure Cardiac Transplant
Company: Phoenix Children's
Location: Phoenix
Posted on: October 19, 2024
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Job Description:
Pediatric Cardiologist - Heart Failure Cardiac TransplantPhoenix
Children's - Division of Cardiology, is actively seeking up to 3
full-time faculty to join the Advanced Heart Failure - Cardiac
Transplant Team at the level of Instructor, Assistant, or Associate
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and Child Health. There is an
opportunity for the right candidate to join or develop into the
role of Director of Mechanical Circulatory Support, depending on
experience.The program performs an average of 12-15 heart
transplants annually, follows heart failure patients in both the
inpatient and outpatient setting and supports a mechanical
circulatory support program offering the full range of pediatric
and adult devices. Applicants must have an M.D. or equivalent
degree, be board certified or board eligible in Pediatric
Cardiology by the American Board of Pediatrics and eligible for
medical licensure in the State of Arizona. Candidates will have
already completed an ACGME accredited 3-year fellowship in
Pediatric Cardiology, with additional 1-2 years of advanced
subspecialty training in pediatric advanced heart failure including
management of cardiac transplant patients and mechanical
circulatory support. This position is not currently accepting J1
visa candidates.Candidates should demonstrate a rigorous academic
focus preferably in clinical and/or translational research,
however, basic science opportunities are also available. Academic
clinical faculty appointments will be facilitated at the University
of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix and Tucson, Creighton
University School of Medicine, and Mayo Clinic School of Medicine -
Scottsdale. Additional research collaborations exist with the
Translational Genomics Research Institute (tGen) and the Arizona
State University, Department of Bioengineering.The Division of
Cardiology currently hosts a fellowship training program in general
pediatric cardiology with 9 fellows distributed over 3 years. The
Phoenix Children's Center for Heart Care also hosts subspecialty
fellowships in pediatric cardiac critical care, advanced cardiac
imaging, and interventional cardiac catheterization. The inpatient
service includes a 48-bed CV intensive care unit and transition
care unit. Patient care is interdisciplinary involving transplant
cardiology, cardiovascular surgery, and dedicated cardiac NP and PA
providers. The provision of both workplace based and didactic
teaching to fellows, residents, medical students, and nurses is an
expectation in this role.The successful candidate(s) will join our
program with 24 cardiologists, 13 cardiac intensivists, 3
cardiovascular surgeons, and 25 advanced practice providers.
Inpatient pediatric cardiac care is centered at the Phoenix
Children's Hospital while adult congenital inpatient care and
procedures are also provided at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical
Center. Ambulatory cardiac services are centered at the Center for
Heart Care - Thomas Campus and satellite offices are located
throughout the Phoenix metropolitan area. Additional general
cardiology outreach offices are in Tucson, Prescott, and Yuma
AZ.The Phoenix metropolitan area is the 5th largest metropolitan
area in the United States with a population of 1.6M and an
estimated pediatric population of 1M in Maricopa county alone.
Phoenix Children's is one of the largest freestanding children's
hospitals in the nation with 433 licensed beds and a faculty of
over 1200 employed / affiliated physicians. Phoenix is consistently
ranked among the Best Places to live in the United States and
boasts over 300 sunny days per year and convenient access to ocean
and mountain attractions.This position offers competitive
compensation and excellent benefits, including employer retirement
contribution, generous vacation/meeting time, CME funds, health and
dental benefits, disability, and life insurance.Interested
candidates should send a curriculum vitae with a cover letter of
introduction to:David BlahaPhysician Talent Acquisition Partner
Interested candidates can also contact the program director
directly:Steve Zangwill MD
Keywords: Phoenix Children's, Sun City , Pediatric Cardiologist - Heart Failure Cardiac Transplant, Healthcare , Phoenix, Arizona
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