Join a Top-Ranked Heart Program and Discover the Lifestyle You’ve Been Looking For

The Ward Family Heart Center at Children’s Mercy Kansas City seeks a board-certified/board-eligible Pediatric Cardiologist to join the Advanced Cardiac Therapies and Transplant (ACTT) Team at the assistant or associate professor level. Applicants should have advanced fellowship training in Heart Failure, Mechanical Circulatory Support, and Transplantation. Additional interest in cardio-oncology would be preferred. Trainees in their final year are welcome to apply.

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About our Heart Center:

• ACTT team of 3 Cardiologists, 1 Advanced Practice Provider, 4 Nurse Coordinators, 1 Pharmacist, 2 Dieticians, and 1 Social Worker.
• Averages 8-10 transplants annually including multi-organ transplantation
• Pediatric VAD program incorporates the full breadth of durable and temporary support devices with an average of 3-5 VAD implants annually
• We perform over 500 cardiac operations, 600 cardiac catheterizations including over 200 invasive EP procedures, 18k outpatient visits, and more than 20k echocardiograms annually
• Two state-of the art hybrid catheterization labs equipped with the latest 3D imaging and EP technology
• Our full team includes 45 cardiologists (40 in Kansas City; 2 in Wichita, KS; 2 in Springfield, MO; 1 in Topeka, KS), 4 Cardiothoracic surgeons, and over 30 APNs
• Our cardiac sub-specialty resources include Electrophysiology (which includes Clinical EP, pacing and Genetic Arrhythmia), Interventional Cardiology and Advanced Cardiac Imaging (fetal echo, 3D echo, trans-esophageal echo, CT, MRI, virtual reality-based studies, and 3D printing)

Position Details:

• Provide comprehensive care for infants, children and adolescents with advanced heart failure, including pre- and post-transplant.
• Collaborate within a multidisciplinary team of cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons, intensivists, advanced practice providers, nurse coordinators, pharmacists, and social workers.
• Participate in inpatient and outpatient consults, follow-up clinics, on-call coverage and transplant selection.
• Inpatient care includes co-management with intensivists in a dedicated Cardiac ICU and care as the primary attending on the ACTT floor service
• There are ample opportunities for clinical/translational research as well as teaching (medical students, residents and Pediatric Cardiology fellows). 

About Children's Mercy Kansas City

Children’s Mercy Kansas City is an independent, non-profit, 390-bed pediatric health system, providing over half a million patient encounters each year for children from across the country. Children’s Mercy is ranked by U.S. News & World Report in nine specialties. We have received Magnet® recognition five times for excellence in nursing services. In affiliation with the University of Missouri-Kansas City and the University of Kansas, our faculty of nearly 800 pediatric specialists and researchers are actively involved in clinical care, pediatric research and educating the next generation of pediatricians and pediatric subspecialists.

The Children’s Mercy Research Institute (CMRI) integrates research and clinical care with nationally recognized expertise in genomic medicine, precision therapeutics, population health and health care innovation. In 2021, the CMRI moved into a nine story, 375,000 square foot space emphasizing a translational approach to research in which clinicians and researchers work together to accelerate the pace of discovery that enhances care.