Some details about the position:
Join a cardiology practice of 2 interventional cardiologists, 1 non-invasive, 2 electrophysiologists, and 1 heart failure specialist.
The practice has a pacemaker clinic and established EP clinic with a solid patient base.
It is primarily an outpatient practice with APP support.
The patient load is estimated at 25 patients per day.
The work schedule in the office is Monday - Friday, 8 am - 5 pm; with 2 days in the clinic and 3 days in the EP lab doing procedures.
The call schedule is 1 night per week, Monday - Friday, and 1 in every 5 weekends.
The department includes Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners.
2023 Procedure and Volume Statistics:
Cath Lab Statistics:
- Patient Visits: 2,511
- Catheterizations: 1,975
- Impella: 13
- Drug Eluting Stent: 814
- Rotablador: 27
- Watchman: 309
- TAVR: 64
EP Lab Statistics:
- Patient Visits: 1,187
- Pacemaker insertions: 177
- Bi-V Pacemaker: 20
- ICD Insertion: 56
- Bi-V ICD: 65
- Loop Recorder Insert: 177
- EP Study: 23
- Ablation simple: 171
- Ablation complex: 361
Compensation:
Competitive compensation and benefits package includes a base salary and wRVU bonus, sign-on bonus, relocation allowance, annual CME stipend, paid vacation, medical/dental/vision and life insurance, retirement benefits, and malpractice insurance.
The Company:
UPMC Altoona is part of the world-renowned UPMC network of 42 hospitals, 92,000 employees, 700 physician offices, and a 4.5-million-member insurance services division.
The hospital is a 400-bed tertiary care hospital with 400+ practicing physicians serving a 6-county region in central PA with an accredited level 2 trauma, stroke and chest pain center and a regional oncology, cardiology, cardiac and vascular surgery center.
The Community:
Altoona is a small city surrounded by mountains in central PA with easy access to 5 major metro areas - a friendly, uncomplicated, family-oriented community filled with cultural and recreational opportunities, and excellent schools.
Altoona Metro/Blair County Population: 130,000
Hospital Service Area Population: 350,000
Trauma Service Area Population: 1 million+ (20 county)
5 major metropolitan areas within 2 - 5 hours, accessible by local air and train service.
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