Pediatric Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiologist - UVA School of Medicine

Pediatric Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiologist University of Virginia | Charlottesville, VA

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The University of Virginia (UVA) Children’s Hospital seeks a full-time Pediatric Cardiologist with advanced training in Heart Failure, Transplantation, and Mechanical Circulatory Support to join the Division of Pediatric Cardiology at the rank of Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor (open track).

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Candidates must hold an MD or DO, be board certified in Pediatric Cardiology, and have completed advanced fellowship training in pediatric heart failure/transplant and mechanical circulatory support. The successful candidate must meet criteria to be recognized as a transplant physician by UNOS. Training at an institution with a high-performing congenital heart surgery and transplant program is strongly preferred.

The Division of Pediatric Cardiology includes 13 faculty members with expertise across the full spectrum of pediatric cardiology, including heart failure/transplant, pulmonary hypertension, interventional cardiology, imaging, adult congenital heart disease, and electrophysiology. The incoming physician will join three existing heart failure/transplant faculty and share inpatient and outpatient clinical responsibilities, including participation in dedicated heart failure, transplant, and cardiomyopathy clinics.

The program is supported by two dedicated pediatric heart transplant nurse practitioners and two congenital heart surgeons who perform procedures across the lifespan with some of the best risk-adjusted outcomes in the country. The surgical program performs approximately 10 pediatric heart transplants annually, in addition to managing patients requiring mechanical circulatory support.

UVA serves as the lead institution in the Virginia Congenital Cardiac Consortium, a three-institution collaboration that directs the most complex congenital cardiac patients to UVA Children’s Hospital. The UVA Children’s Heart Program has been ranked among the Top 50 nationally by U.S. News & World Report for eight consecutive years.

About UVA & Charlottesville The University of Virginia Medical Center and Children’s Hospital are located on the historic grounds of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, a vibrant and scenic community consistently ranked among the best places to live in the United States.

About UVA Health

UVA Health is an integrated health system with a world-class academic medical center that includes a level 1 trauma center, a level IV NICU, the first NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in Virginia, and UVA Health Children’s, the #1 pediatric hospital in Virginia. UVA Health also encompasses 3 community hospitals, a specialty rehabilitation hospital, and an integrated network of primary and specialty care clinics throughout Virginia. Through teaching and research, we continue to advance medicine and innovate excellence while providing high-quality care in communities across the state.UVA Health consists of:UVA Health Medical CenterUVA Community HealthUVA School of MedicineUVA School of Nursing UVA Claude Moore Health Sciences LibraryUVA Community Health Medical GroupUniversity Physicians Group