Physician Medical Director, Advanced Heart Failure Services

Cardiology - Physician Medical Director, Advanced Heart Failure Services

Southeastern Massachusetts - less than 30 minutes from Providence, Rhode Island and less than 1-hour Boston, Massachusetts

Southcoast Health is focused on bringing together high-quality Physicians to deliver exceptional care and services. We are the region's largest integrated network of Physicians and Advanced Practice Practitioners.

The Heart and Vascular Center at Southcoast Health provides advanced, tertiary level cardiac care at the systems main hospital in Southeastern MA. High-end imaging, catheterization, structural, electrophysiology and surgical services are all provided with a Heart Team approach in an ideal sized hospital setting. On top of our dedicated general cardiologists, there are multiple advanced subspecialists and surgeons within the division, as well as a robust Advanced Practice Practitioner service.

More information can be found at : www.southcoast.org / cardio-heart-vascular

Southcoast Health Heart and Vascular Center Highlights

• Busiest STEMI center in the region

Over 2,000 diagnostic catheterizations, and 800 interventions per year

1000 Ablations per year (SVT, AFIB, VT, Convergent AF)

600 device per year (Pacemakers, ICD, CRT, leadless, Subq ICD)

250 TAVRs / year, >

100 Watchman / year

350 cardiac surgical procedures annually including coronary revascularization, valve repair and replacement, aortic surgery, mechanical circulatory support, ECMO.

Full Echo services including 3D with a dedicated Structural Heart imaging team

Currently participating in multiple research trials and providing medical student and APP rotations

Position Highlights

The Heart Failure clinician will be a full participant in activities of the Tufts Heart Failure Team, approximately 4 weeks of attending on the inpatient LVAD / transplant / advanced heart failure service on-site at Tufts, potential participation in outpatient clinics, participation in all of the LVAD / transplant evaluation meetings and presenting local cases to the team following full local evaluation

Qualifications include Board Certification in Cardiology and Board certification / eligibility following Fellowship Training in AdvancedHeart Failure and Transplant

Employment model with no buy-in or overhead

Excellent benefit package including

Community Highlights

About Southcoast Health

Southcoast Health is a physician-led not for profit Health system. It is one of the largest and fastest growing health systems in New England. Since its inception in 1996, Southcoast has become a sought-after destination for health care professionals. As a thriving part of the New England medical community, Southcoast Health offers practice excellence in an environment you want to call home.

For more information contact Holly Lestage, Manager Provider Recruitment @ 508-525-3585 or lestageh@southcoast.org