Heart Failure Cardiologist

About the role

MaineHealth Cardiology is seeking a Heart Failure cardiologist to join their team. The position involves direct teaching roles within the Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship and mentoring medical students.

Responsibilities

• Rounding on advanced heart failure patients with the primary HF service.
• Rotating as primary attending in the cardiology intensive care unit (CICU).
• Providing clinical education to medical students, internal medicine residents, and cardiology fellows.
• Peri-operative and long-term care of durable implantable left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) recipients.
• Co-management of cardiogenic shock care including management of temporary mechanical circulatory support (TMCS) devices such as extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), Impella 5.5, and temporary percutaneous right and left sided ventricular assist devices.
• Post transplant care of heart transplant recipients who have transitioned care back to MaineHealth from a regional transplant center.
• Additional ambulatory opportunities for interested candidates include Structural Heart or Valve Clinic, Infiltrative Cardiomyopathy Clinic, and Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic.

Requirements

• Candidates must be Board Certified in Cardiovascular Medicine and Board Certified/Eligible in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology.
• The MMC Advanced Heart Failure Program works closely with regional transplant centers and currently follows 160 active repatriated transplant patients.
• The program performed 35 ECMO cannulations and the second highest volume of LVAD implants in New England last year.
• Maine Medical Center was designated as a “Gold Level Center of Excellence” by the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) in 2017.
• Maine Medical Center was recertified by The Gold Seal of Approval from Joint Commission as an Advanced Certification Program for Ventricular Assist Device in 2025.

Qualifications

• Experience in advanced heart failure care.
• Ability to work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team.
• Knowledge of peri-operative and long-term care of LVAD recipients.
• Experience with cardiogenic shock care and management of TMCS devices.
• Experience with post-transplant care of heart transplant recipients.

Skills

• Excellent communication skills.
• Strong clinical skills.
• Collaborative teamwork.

Benefits

• Academic appointment at Tufts University School of Medicine.
• Direct teaching role within the Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship.
• Mentoring medical students from the Maine Medical Center-Tufts University School of Medicine Program (Tufts-Maine Track).

Pay

Details on pay are not specified in the job posting.

Schedule

Details on schedule are not specified in the job posting.

Benefits

Details on benefits are not specified in the job posting.

Contact

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Notice

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