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ADVANCED HEART FAILURE PHYSICIAN OPENING - MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN

Employer
Medical College of Wisconsin
Location
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Posted Date
Jul 30, 2019

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Specialty
Cardiology
Position Type
Permanent

The Comprehensive Heart Failure and Transplant Program of Froedtert Hospital and the Medical College of Wisconsin is seeking an Advanced Heart Failure, fellowship-trained physician to join our faculty. This is a rapidly growing and highly dynamic program offering advanced heart failure services at the only academic Medical Center in Southeast Wisconsin. The program is comprised of four board-certified, advanced heart failure and transplant cardiologists, four highly experienced cardiac transplant surgeons, five advanced heart failure nurse practitioners, a robust multidisciplinary team, and active Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Fellowship Program.

The program will perform over 20 cardiac transplants this year and will implant over 50 short term and long term mechanical circulatory assist devices. In addition, there is a research program with active projects in heart failure, mechanical circulatory assist devices, cardiac transplantation, heart failure related device therapy, and health economics that span both the medical and surgical aspects of advanced heart failure care.

Position Requirements/Details

  • Board Certified in Cardiovascular Disease
  • Board Certified/Eligible Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
  • UNOS Cardiac Transplant Qualified
  • Ideally, >/=3 years post AHFTC Fellowship training highly desirable
  • Clinical experience with all aspects of AHF care including transplantation, mechanical circulatory support, right cardiac catheterization, endomyocardial biopsy, cardioMEMS implantation
  • Potential for Cardiac Transplant Program Leadership
  • Recent experience with more than 20 cardiac transplants over the past three years, more than 20 durable and short term MCS devices over the past three years.
  • Experience in the management of cardiogenic shock, use of ECMO, Swan Ganz catheterization insertion and management, experience in management of patients in the critical care setting.  

About MCW

MCW is a major academic medical center, a large multispecialty practice, and the largest research institution in the Milwaukee metro area and second largest in Wisconsin. MCW is a distinguished leader and innovator in the education and development of the next generation of physicians, scientists, pharmacists, and health professionals; we discover and translate new knowledge in the biomedical and health sciences; we provide cutting-edge, collaborative, patient care of the highest quality; and we improve the health of the communities we serve.

About Milwaukee

Located along the Lake Michigan shoreline, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is one of America’s great cities, combining a dynamic urban community with a rich cultural heritage with access to parks, rivers, and other outdoor recreation. Milwaukee is the largest city in Wisconsin and the 23rd largest city in the United States. It is home to corporate headquarters for industry leaders including Northwestern Mutual, Johnson Controls, Manpower, Harley Davidson, and others. Milwaukee is a popular venue for sailing, windsurfing, kite-surfing, ethnic dining, and cultural festivals; the city is recognized for its museums, fine dining and hotels, professional sports, gardens and parks, and Milwaukee County Zoological Gardens. The population of the City of Milwaukee is approximately 600,000 and approximately 1.8 million people live in the greater Milwaukee area.

MCW is an Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Individuals with a disability.

Interested applicants please send CV to:

Brad Christensen

Physician Recruiter

The Medical College of Wisconsin

bchristensen@mcw.edu

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