Chief, Cardiac Surgery
- Employer
- Baystate Health
- Location
- Western Massachusetts
- Posted Date
- Jun 7, 2016
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- Specialty
- Chiefs / Directors / Dept. Heads
- Position Type
- Permanent
Job Details
Baystate Health, a Truven® Award–winning healthcare system and home of the University of Massachusetts Medical School-Baystate, is searching for an experienced cardiac surgeon to join Baystate Health’s award winning Heart & Vascular Program as Chief of Cardiac Surgery.
This opportunity features:
- Direct, lead, and mentor the Heart and Vascular cardiac surgery team that is ranked among the top 15 hospitals in America for heart surgery by Consumer Reports
- Ability to promote scholarship, including clinical, QI and outcomes-based research and to provide scholarly mentorship to the team
- A key leadership role in the Heart and Vascular team, collaborating with leaders within our system and other regional hospitals and providers to grow the Heart and Vascular Program across Western MA
Ideal candidate should be a nationally recognized cardiac surgeon with the ability to lead a high volume and growing program that is top ranked for quality and outcomes and is the sole cardiac surgery throughout Western Massachusetts. Candidates should have experience as a clinician-educator/researcher with outstanding clinical skills, and will qualify as an Associate Professor or Professor at UMASS Medical School-Baystate. In addition to exceptional clinical practice, foci of this position will include leadership around quality and patient safety, patient experience, value, and academics. Ongoing program development, research, and regulatory compliance are expected.
Housed in a new patient tower that includes dedicated CV operating suites with advanced imaging, The Heart and Vascular Program at Baystate Health is among the best in the nation and serves Baystate Medical Center, an academic 700+ bed facility, as well as our network of community hospitals. A truly regional cardiac surgery program, Baystate Medical Center performs more than 80% of cardiac surgery for residents of western MA. This high volume, high quality program is amongst the busiest in the state for cardiac surgery and PCI by volume. There is an active TAVR program, with initiation of VAD and percutaneous mitral therapy in place. Baystate Medical Center is one of only two hospitals in the state, and one of only 15 in the country to earn a top score from Consumer Reports for cardiac surgery.
Baystate Medical Center was recently recognized as the #5 overall “Major Teaching Hospital” in Thompson Reuters, and also achieved elite distinction as one of 34 “High Performing” hospitals in America from US News & World Report in 2015. Baystate Health consistently ranks among the nation’s top hospitals and healthcare organizations. As a not-for-profit, mission-driven, integrated health system, Baystate Health serves a population of more than 750,000 people in communities across western Massachusetts. Patient-centered care is at the core of Baystate Health’s culture. We are committed to hiring clinicians who value a culture of compassion and appreciate diversity - while delivering a higher state of caring.
For more information, please contact:
Aaron Kugelmass, MD, VP & Medical Director Heart & Vascular Services, Baystate Health
c/o Pam Snyder, Director Physician Recruitment,
Phone: 413-794-2623; E-mail: Pamela.snyder@baystatehealth.org
Or visit us online at: http://www.choosebaystatehealth.org/cardsurg/nejm
Baystate Health is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or Protected Veteran status.
Company
Baystate Health, a leading not-for-profit integrated health system, is transforming the delivery of health care to the communities it serves. Baystate Health (BH) is one of New England’s leading and largest integrated healthcare systems, serving more than 800,000 people throughout Western Massachusetts. With about 12,000 employees, a 1,200-member medical staff, and net patient service revenue of more than $2.3 billion, this dynamic and growing system includes an academic medical center, a children’s hospital and three community hospitals. It also includes a large multispecialty group, (Baystate Medical Practices), Baystate Home Health, Baystate Reference Laboratories, and Health New England, a 205,000-member health insurance company.
The mission of Baystate Health is “to improve the health of the people in our communities every day, with quality and compassion.” For over 130 years, Baystate has been a keystone of Western Massachusetts as it has evolved, grown, and emerged as one of the highest quality and most effective health care providers in the nation. Baystate Health was named a top 15 Health System in the country by Thompson Reuters; and is a PRC National Excellence in Healthcare Award Winner. Most recently US News and World Report ranked Baystate Medical Center and Massachusetts General Hospital as the only two hospitals in Massachusetts to achieve top quality ranking for five common procedures and conditions such as total joint replacement and congestive heart failure.
Baystate Health believes that the advancement of knowledge, through education and research, is essential to its mission of improving the health of the communities it serves. Baystate Medical Center has major programs in postgraduate medical education with residencies in Medicine, Surgery, Anesthesiology, Radiology, Pathology, OB/GYN, Pediatrics, Medicine-Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine, and Psychiatry; along with 22 fellowship programs.
Baystate Health is a forward-thinking organization. With impressive size, scope, and expertise, Baystate Health is the longtime market leader for health care services in western Massachusetts and is financially solid. However, as in most regions of the country, the healthcare landscape in western Massachusetts has shifted as a result of ever-increasing economic pressures and corresponding provider consolidation. Baystate Health is committed to its position as the key provider of tertiary level medical services to the people of Western Massachusetts. At the same time, Baystate Health has embraced a broader mission of promoting better health for the communities it serves and reducing health disparities. Baystate Health is committed to the provision of high value health care and is transforming how it delivers care and educates the next generation of physicians. One example of this is TechSpring, Baystate Health’s digital health care laboratory in downtown Springfield. Founded in June 2014, TechSpring works with entrepreneurs on ways that health care technology can fade into the background and take up less time.
In June 2015, Baystate Health established a new partnership with the UMass Medical School to develop a new regional clinical campus in Springfield, known as the University of Massachusetts Medical School – Baystate (UMMS-Baystate). UMMS-Baystate is now home to UMMS’ four-year Population-based Urban and Rural Community Health (PURCH) track, which welcomed its inaugural class of 22 medical students in Autumn 2017. Through this innovative program, the three institutions are partnering to strengthen the pipeline of new primary care physicians for the future in Western Massachusetts. These three institutions have also collaborated to create the Institute for Healthcare Delivery & Population Science, to generate and apply new knowledge to transform health care delivery and population health in support of Baystate Health’s strategic goals. The Institute conducts health services research projects in partnership with local, regional, and national stakeholders.
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