Cardiology - Heart Failure and Transplant Physician

HealthTexas Provider Network • Plano, TX, United States • $200k - $250k / year • 3w ago

Cardiology - Heart Failure and Transplant Physician

The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano is an academic cardiovascular hospital searching for an advanced heart failure and transplant cardiologist to join our four advanced heart failure cardiologists and three advanced practice providers team. The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano is part of the Baylor Scott and White system, which is the largest not-for-profit health care system in the State of Texas and one of the largest in the United States. The BSWH system includes 47 hospitals, over 6,600 physicians, 43,000 employees, over 900 access points, and a state-certified health maintenance organization healthcare plan. The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano is the largest cardiovascular center in the state and one of the top 5 in the country by cardiac surgery volume.

Our program is rapidly growing, and we are looking forward to having a partner join our dynamic team. The position involves teaching general cardiology fellows as well as the heart failure fellow, seeing patients at our heart failure and subspecialty clinics, and an inpatient consulting service including shock management and cardiac critical care. There is ample opportunity for research on both local and national levels. This position requires evaluation, assessment, and pre and post-surgical management of LVAD patients. You will be leading the shock team with management of temporary mechanical support devices including ECMO, IABP, Protek, and Impella. The outpatient clinic includes a dedicated geneticist as well as infiltrative, amyloidosis, genetic, and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy sub-specialty clinics. Our heart failure team works in close conjunction with an affiliated transplant center for consideration and evaluation of potential transplants. The heart failure service works closely with our busy structural heart disease program.

Plano is a northern suburb of Dallas, Texas with a population of over 280,000. It is an ethnically diverse and growing community. There is a favorable cost of living and superior schools within Plano and surrounding areas. There are several local green spaces and lakes. It is a 20-minute commute to downtown Dallas with a wide range of dining and shopping experiences.

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