Physician - Cardiology - Mercy Health - St. ElizabethYoungstown Hospital

Opportunity Criteria

Specialty :

Cardiology : Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant

Candidate Type : MD, DO

Visa Accepted : H-1B

Salary Range : Not Specified

Loan Repayment : Yes

Employment Type : Full Time

Bonuses Offered : Sign-on

Advanced Heart

Failure Cardiology Opportunity :

Bon

Secours Mercy Health Physicians -Youngstown is seeking a motivated

and capable board certified or board eligible advanced heart

failure and transplantation specialist to join the largest Heart

and Vascular Institute in the region comprised of 1 advanced heart

failure and pulmonary hypertension cardiologist, 9 general

cardiologists, 3 interventional cardiologists, 3

electrophysiologists, 4 vascular surgeons and 3 cardiothoracic

surgeons. The hospital is a Level I trauma center, certified stroke

center and the only sepsis center of excellence in Ohio.

The heart failure program includes 1 nurse

practitioner, 2 heart failure nurse coordinators also specializing

in pulmonary hypertension, two infusion clinics that each include

two RNs, and two heart failure nurse navigators.

The hospital has a rapidly growing CardioMEMS

program and will be enrolling in the GUIDE-HF clinic trial. The

hospital is a Shared Care site with regional transplantation and

LVAD centers, interrogating and managing LVADs locally, and with a

growing transplantation population.

The program

meets qualifications for regional referral center status for

pulmonary hypertension, offering metabolic stress testing and

ergometric right heart catheterization.

The

hospital offers 3 well-equipped cath labs, 2 EP labs, 1 vascular

lab and a hybrid OR. Over the past few years greater than 1500

diagnostic procedures were performed annually. The hospital is

equipped to perform high risk PCIs, mechanical support with Impella

(CP and RP), plaque modification with Rotablador, Diamondback and

Laser Atherectomy.

In the structural arena,

200 TAVR procedures have been performed over the past three

years. This is the only TAVR program locally and within one hour

radius. More than 30 PFO closures have been performed over the past

year.

The hospital has a robust research

department including a statistician and 3 nurse coordinators. They

are currently enrolling in 30-50 clinical trials. There is ample

opportunity to engage in clinical research.

This is an employment opportunity. No overhead or buy-in

requirements.

Call model 1 : 10.

Highly competitive salary, relocation and

benefit package, 403B, retirement, sign on bonus, education loan

repayment and other benefits.

New graduates and

current trainees will be strongly considered and training stipend

is available to those still in training. Our physician partners are

committed to mentoring any new graduate that is hired.

ABOUT MERCY HEALTH YOUNGSTOWN :

Bon Secours Mercy Health Youngstown,

formerly Humility of Mary Health Partners, is an integrated health

system in the Mahoning Valley, which encompasses the

Youngstown / Warren metropolitan area – Mahoning, Trumbull and

Columbiana counties in Ohio. It is part of Bon Secours Mercy

Health, which is headquartered in Cincinnati and is the largest

health system in Ohio and one of the largest Catholic health

systems in the United States. It is affiliated with several medical

schools including Northeast Ohio Medical University just north and

Lake Erie College of Medicine northeast of the area.

Bon Secours Mercy Health Youngstown provides a

full spectrum of healthcare services – acute inpatient and trauma,

outpatient and ambulatory, rehabilitation, behavioral, emergency

and urgent care, primary care physicians in patient-centered

medical homes, specialist physician care, home health, home medical

equipment, long-term care and hospice care, as well as Mercy Health

Foundation Mahoning Valley.

Bon Secours Mercy

Health Physicians offers an extensive network of physicians and is

the largest group in the Mahoning Valley. Our team includes primary

care physicians and a wide range of specialties.

Community :

Situated one hour from Cleveland and

Pittsburgh, Youngstown is at the center of the Mahoning Valley.

With a catchment area of 550,000, it’s a comfortable and inviting

community with excellent schools and affordable housing, plus

dozens of galleries, museums, performance venues and historic

sites.

Mahoning County is home to lush parks

and miles of hiking and biking trails. Several nearby lakes are

great places to spend the day on the water. Plus, you’re just an

hour south of beautiful Lake Erie.

The

Youngstown area has been ranked #4 in the country for top-quality

public golf courses, with more than a dozen to play.

Northeast Ohio is home to some of the finest

domestic wineries in the country with varietals unique to the

climate. The local dining scene satisfies “foodies” with a wide

variety of cuisine.

From the professional

Youngstown Symphony Orchestra to the longest continually running

community theater in the U.S., the arts are playing an important

part in the rebirth of the area. The unique Butler Institute of

American Art is home to over 20,000 works created solely by

American artists.

In addition to traditional

malls, you’ll find everything from Ohio’s only indoor Amish Market

to quaint antique shops and one of Ohio’s most unique farmers

markets.

The area offers USHL hockey, Division

1 NCAA football and Class A baseball. It’s easy to take in the game

of your choice close to home. For major league sports, Cleveland

and Pittsburgh are just an hour away.

Youngstown is perfectly situated for those who like to travel with

3 international airports within an hour’s drive.