ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR or PROFESSOR- CLINICAL PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGIST - CARDIAC IMAGING
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR or PROFESSOR- CLINICAL PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGIST - CARDIAC IMAGING
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The Division of Pediatric Cardiology at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center LSUHSC and the Heart Center of the Manning Family Childrens of New Orleans MFC is seeking a Pediatric Cardiologist to serve as the Cardiac Imaging Director. The candidate should be an established subspecialist in Cardiac Imaging. Academic appointment will be at the rank of Associate Professor or Full Professor (nontenure clinical track) and will be determined by the candidates credentials and experience. Manning Family Childrens is the founding member of a 7hospital health system titled LCMC (Louisiana Childrens Medical Center). The Heart Center Faculty includes a team of 25 physicians including seven cardiac intensivists two cardiac surgeons and 4 cardiac anesthesiologists. Subspeciality care in the Heart Center includes noninvasive imaging interventional cardiology electrophysiology expertise in Fontan management homemonitoring neurodevelopment pulmonary hypertension pediatric coronary artery disease and heart failure. Currently approximately 300 heart catheterizations 75 interventional) and 300 cardiothoracic surgeries and 11000 ambulatory visits are performed each year at Manning Family Childrens. The hospital is a 247bed tertiarycare teaching complex located in the historic and vibrant Uptown area of New Orleans. It serves the entire state of Louisiana and the central Gulf Coast region. The hospital just completed a $300 million renovation and expansion which included a brand new 28bed stateoftheart dedicated cardiac intensive care unit two new and dedicated cardiac operating rooms and two new and dedicated cardiac catheterization suites. Additional capital was spent on general infrastructure such that the hospitals buildings and campus are one of the most beautiful in the country. The Cardiac Imaging Section of the Division includes 5 imaging faculty with expertise in transthoracic transesophageal and fetal echocardiography. The Echocardiography Laboratory is ICAEL accredited. There are 10 certified cardiac sonographers assisting the Faculty in the Laboratory. In addition the Section provides cardiac CT and MRI expertise through a collaboration between two of our imaging specialists and the hospitals radiology department. The Section actively participates in teaching medical students/residents and our 6 LSU Pediatric Cardiology Fellows. Finally the Section has active research and quality improvement initiatives. Position offers competitive benefits and a compensation package commensurate with training and experience.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full Time
