Advanced Heart Failure Cardiology
About the role
Baylor Scott & White Health is seeking a fellowship‑trained, board‑certified/board‑eligible Advanced Heart Failure Transplant Cardiologist for the Advanced Heart Failure Transplant team serving the Greater Austin Region. You will join a team of nine advanced heart failure specialists who provide inpatient and outpatient heart failure, transplant, and mechanical circulatory support services, including remote monitoring, amyloidosis and sarcoidosis management, heart transplant, ventricular assist devices (VAD), temporary MCS, and interdisciplinary programs. The team supports approximately 200 temporary MCS devices and 50 heart replacements annually, with a focus on quality and longitudinal well‑being for patients and caregivers. The position is dedicated to expanding advanced heart failure services in the Greater Austin area, with clinical responsibilities centered at the Lakeway and Round Rock hospitals.
Responsibilities
- Provide inpatient and outpatient heart failure and transplant consultation services.
- Deliver predominant inpatient service responsibilities related to the LVAD/HTx program, including inpatient rounding, VAD/HTx clinic, echocardiography for VAD/HTx, and invasive procedures such as right heart catheterization, implantable pulmonary artery monitor placement, and endomyocardial biopsies (available in Lakeway).
- Perform cath lab procedures (right heart catheterization, implantable pulmonary artery monitors) and read echocardiography for VAD and heart transplant patients.
- Participate in ACGME‑accredited education of cardiology fellows.
- Rotate on the inpatient cardiac transplant service at BSWH Round Rock and BSWH Memorial Hospital in Temple, Texas.
- Work with dedicated heart failure nurses and advanced practice providers (APP) once per week, with plans for expansion.
Qualifications
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