Electrophysiologist-UPMC Altoona

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Join a cardiology practice of 2 interventional cardiologists, 1 non-invasive, 2 electrophysiologists, and 1 heart failure specialist!

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• Practice has pacemaker clinic and established EP clinic with solid patient base
• Primarily outpatient practice with APP support
• Patient load of an estimated 25 patients per day
• Work schedule in the office Monday – Friday 8 am – 5 pm; 2 days in clinic and 3 days in EP lab doing procedures.
• Call schedule is 1 night per week, Monday – Friday and 1 in every 5 weekends
• Department includes Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners

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2023 Procedure and Volume Statistics:

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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 Altoona Regional Health Services (ARHS) is a multi-specialty physician practice with cardiology, medical oncology, neurology, pulmonology, dermatology, internal medicine, family practice, urology, ENT and plastic surgery.

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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