Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician

About the role

This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct inpatient and outpatient care to Veterans for evaluation and management of cardiac arrhythmias using ambulatory rhythm monitoring, ECG interpretation, and advanced EP diagnostics
• Conduct diagnostic EP studies using intracardiac catheters to assess arrhythmogenic pathways and guide treatment decisions
• Perform catheter ablation procedures
• Implant and manage cardiac implantable devices, including pacemakers, ICDs, CRT systems, and conduct device clinic oversight and remote monitoring
• Respond to consults from primary care and other services, performing clinical evaluations, developing EP treatment plans, and arranging follow-up procedures such as cardioversions and Holter/event monitoring
• Oversee the cardiac rhythm device clinic, ensuring timely programming, troubleshooting, and veteran-centered follow-up care
• Collaborate with electrophysiology team, general cardiologists, imaging technicians, and nursing staff to coordinate efficient EP service delivery in both hospital and clinic environments
• Mentor and educate internal medicine residents, cardiology fellows, and mid-level providers in EP techniques, interpretation of electrophysiologic data, device management, and procedural skills
• Lead quality improvement initiatives focused on EP outcomes, such as complication tracking, reductions in procedural times or radiation exposure, and device-related improvement
• Review and update EP care protocols, ensuring compliance with VA system-wide policies and local operational standards
• Promote access to EP care for Veterans via coordinated scheduling, consult responsiveness, and adoption of telehealth where applicable
• Engage with the Columbia VA community to address veteran-specific needs and ensure culturally competent, equitable care delivery
• Maintain board certifications in cardiovascular disease and clinical cardiac electrophysiology and certifications in ACLS/BLS

Qualifications

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• Current, full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia.
• Residency Training: Physicians must have completed residency training, approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification.
• Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine. The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed.
• Approved residencies are:
• (1) Those approved by the accrediting bodies for graduate medical education, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or American Osteopathic Association (AOA), in the list published for the year the residency, or fellowship if applicable, was completed;
• (2) One year of post medical school training (internship, first year of residency, or transitional year residency) approved by ACGME or AOA followed by two years of post-training independent practice (performing under a full and unrestricted license) in the United States;
• (3) Non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of three years of verified independent practice in the United States (performing under a full and unrestricted license) performing duties related to the position they are applying for (United States fellowships would be creditable towards this requirement), which the local Medical Staff Executive Committee deems to have provided the applicant with appropriate professional training and believes has exposed the Physician to an appropriate range of patient care experiences.