General Cardiology (Non-invasive) Faculty Appointment – Chicago
- Employer
- Loyola University Health System
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois
- Posted Date
- Dec 6, 2017
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- Specialty
- Cardiology
- Position Type
- Permanent
Job Details
The Division of Cardiology at Loyola University Chicago (LUC) Stritch School of Medicine announces its search for a general cardiologist (non-invasive). This is an opportunity to join a collegial practice with excellent growth potential. Board certified or board eligible candidates who have completed an ACGME-accredited fellowship training program in cardiovascular disease will be considered. Advanced training in non-invasive cardiac imaging with Level 3 certification in echocardiography, and/or cardiovascular computed tomography, and/or cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging, and/or training, interest, or experience in acute care cardiology, including cardiac critical care, is required. Preference will be given to candidates who have achieved the rank of Associate Professor.
A highly competitive benefits package including institutional malpractice coverage, salary commensurate with experience, and time in rank is available. Clinical and basic science research opportunities, as well as educational opportunities in our fellowship, residency, and medical student training programs exist.
Based in the western suburbs of Chicago, Loyola University Health System (LUHS) is a quaternary care system with a 61-acre main medical center campus, the 36-acre Gottlieb hospital campus and 26 primary and specialty care facilities in Cook, Will, and DuPage counties. The medical center campus is conveniently located in Maywood, 13 miles west of the Chicago Loop, and eight miles east of Oak Brook, IL. The heart of the medical center campus, Loyola University Medical Center, is a 570-bed facility. It houses a Level 1 Trauma Center, a Burn Center, and the Ronald McDonald® Children’s Hospital of Loyola University Medical Center. Also on campus are the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, Loyola Outpatient Center, Center for Heart & Vascular Medicine, Loyola Oral Health Center, LUC Stritch School of Medicine, LUC Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing, and Loyola Center for Health & Fitness. LUHS at Melrose Park includes Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, a non-profit, independent, community hospital founded in 1961. The Gottlieb campus includes a 250-bed community hospital, Gottlieb Health & Fitness Center, and the Marjorie G. Weinberg Cancer Care Center.
For consideration, please address a cover letter and curriculum vitae to Verghese Mathew, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Cardiology Division Director, and e-mail to H. Shawn Richardson at harold.richardson@luhs.org.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion (except where religion is a bona fide occupational qualification for the job), national origin, sex, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability
Company
Loyola University Medical Center (LUMC) is a 61-acre medical center campus conveniently located in Maywood, 13 miles west of the Chicago Loop. LUMC is a quaternary care facility with 547 licensed beds, a Level I Trauma Center, nationally recognized Burn Center, renowned Transplant Center and a special 20-bed unit for patients undergoing stem cell transplant. The center provides top hospital care in all medical specialties, including orthopedics, nephrology, cardiology, cancer, ophthalmology, and surgery. LUMC's Stroke Center has been honored by the American Stroke Association for its expert collaboration of professionals from emergency medicine, neurology, neurosurgery, rehabilitative services, social work, nutrition, pharmacy and other specialties. The medical center was again designated a Level III Perinatal Center by the Illinois Department of Public Health, a designation recognizing centers that have demonstrated the highest level of expertise in caring for women with high-risk pregnancies, their unborn babies, and critically ill newborns. LUMC has a close partnership with Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital. Most faculty members have joint appointments at Hines and Loyola students and resident physicians rotate through Hines as part of their training. Researchers from Loyola and Hines collaborate closely on many federally funded studies.
Loyola University Health System (LUHS) is a private, Catholic-Jesuit healthcare provider based in the western suburbs of Chicago. With 800 licensed beds and over $1B in revenues, LUHS is a nationally recognized academic medical center with a rich tradition of going beyond the illness to treat the whole person. LUHS believes that its Catholic heritage and Jesuit traditions of excellence, leadership, inclusiveness, respect, and concern for others, and desire to help those who are less privileged in life advances the healing mission in the communities it serves. LUHS also believes that thoughtful stewardship; learning and constant reflection on experience improves all it does as it strives to provide the highest quality healthcare. LUHS includes a core academic hospital (Loyola University Medical Center) located on its main campus in Maywood, a community hospital (Gottlieb Memorial Hospital) located three miles from the main campus in Melrose Park, and an extensive network of more than 28 specialty and primary care centers in Cook, Will, and DuPage counties.
- Website
- http://www.loyolamedicine.org/
- Telephone
- 7082165230
- Location
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2160 S. First Avenue
Maywood
IL
60153
US
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