Pediatric Cardiologist (Physician)

Inova Children's Cardiology and the Inova Children's Heart Center are seeking a full-time Pediatric Cardiologist to support and expand our Maryland-based practice. This physician will collaborate closely with Heart Center leadership to establish and grow a strong clinical presence in our Maryland locations, including Shady Grove and Frederick, which serve communities adjacent to Northern Virginia.

The successful candidate will join an exceptional team of board-certified pediatric cardiologists and cardiovascular surgeons who are deeply committed to collaboration, teamwork, and delivering outstanding care to patients and their families. The Inova Children's Heart Center includes 19 pediatric cardiologists across multiple subspecialties, including interventional cardiology, electrophysiology, advanced cardiac imaging, fetal cardiology, adult congenital heart disease, general cardiology, dedicated cardiac intensivists, and congenital cardiovascular surgeons.

The selected candidate will interpret advanced noninvasive cardiac imaging studies and will have opportunities to participate in quality improvement initiatives, clinical research, and the education of medical students and pediatric residents.

Inova LJ Murphy Children's Hospital is a 226-bed children's hospital at Inova Fairfax Hospital medical campus, located in Northern Virginia. As the only dedicated children's hospital in Northern Virginia, we provide care in a welcoming environment that offers the latest technical innovation in kid-friendly spaces. Other features of our hospital include:

• 108-bed, level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
• Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
• Inova Children's Cancer Center
• Level One Trauma Center
• Complex pediatric care across a spectrum of specialties
• Pediatric Emergency Department and network of pediatric emergency care seeing over 100,000 patients annually
• Child Life Services dedicated in each inpatient space and outpatient procedural area
• Specialized air and ground transport service
• Ronald McDonald House

Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience.**We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education: Doctor of Medicine degree from an accredited institution. Board eligible or board certified in Pediatric Cardiology.
• Experience: successful completion of Pediatric residency program.
• Licensure: Current unrestricted license to practice medicine in the State of Virginia.
• Certification: Basic Life Support (BLS) upon start, ACLS, PALS (when appropriate)
• Payer Credentialing: Ability to successfully complete the credentialing process by third-party payors and ability to enrolled as a CMS Medicare/Medicaid payor
• Medical Staff Credentialing: Successful completion of credentialing for Medical Staff membership and appropriate clinical privileges sufficient to perform all required services

About Inova Health

We are Inova, Northern Virginia and the Washington, DC metropolitan area's leading nonprofit healthcare provider. With expertise and compassion, we partner with our patients to help them stay healthy.

We treat illness, heal injury and look at a patient’s whole health to help them flourish. Through our expansive network of hospitals, primary and specialty care practices, emergency and urgent care centers, and outpatient services, Inova provides care for more than one million unique patients every year. Total patient visits exceed four million annually, demonstrating our ability to deliver the best clinical care and ensuring a seamless experience for all who rely on us for their healthcare needs.

Consistently ranked and recognized as a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience, Inova's world-class care is made possible by the strength and breadth of our network, our 26,000 team members, our technology and our innovation. In 2025, Inova was named the Health System of the Year by Press Ganey, a national leader in healthcare experience, recognizing our excellence in patient care, team member engagement, and commitment to continuous improvement.

Inova is home to Northern Virginia's only Level 1 Trauma Center and Level 4 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and provides high-quality healthcare to each person in every community we are privileged to serve – regardless of ability to pay – every day of their life.