Physician Pediatrics Cardiology

Visas Accepted

H1B

Specialty

Pediatrics - Cardiology

Practice Details

Sanford Medical Center houses a 12 bed PICU with additional flex beds if needed. Floor shared with 24 bed pediatric unit and 40-bed Level III NICU with 27 outpatient pediatric medical subspecialty providers covering all specialties.
Department currently consists of 4 pediatric cardiologists (one dual boarded in adult congenital) and 1 pediatric nurse practitioner.
Call responsibilities include hospital consults and reads but no clinic while on call.
TTE and Fetal echocardiograms completed by in clinic board certified congenital sonographers.
Regional (State of North Dakota and Western Minnesota) Echocardiograms and ECGs read by cardiologists.
Outreach clinic: 8-10 patients scheduled with dedicated board certified congenital sonographers traveling with providers.
Specialized pediatric lipid clinic as well as adult congenital heart disease clinics within department.
Advanced imaging services available include congenital TEE chest and coronary CTA as well as cardiac MRI.
Excellent regional services available for interventional and electrophysiology cardiac catheterization as well as cardiovascular thoracic surgery support.
Joint appointment as clinical faculty with Department of Pediatrics at UND School of Medicine and Health Science teaching medical students & family medicine residents as well as an upcoming pediatric residency in 2024.

Community Description

ABOUT SANFORD HEALTH IN FARGO
Three Sanford Health Medical Center campuses in Fargo/Moorhead area
State-of-the-art one-million-square-foot medical center opened in 2017 with 302 beds
Level I Adult Trauma Center supported by AirMed services covering a three-state area

FARGO COMMUNITY
The Fargo-Moorhead and West Fargo metro area is a diverse family-oriented community of 216000 people that offers high quality of life and low cost of living.
Outstanding schools a vibrant business community a thriving downtown district cultural activities and a wide variety of sports and recreation are just a few of the many reasons people love to call the Fargo area home.

Job Description

Pediatric Cardiology Core Privileges include the ability to perform history and physical examination admit evaluate diagnose treat and provide treatment or consultative services to children and adolescents up to the age of 21 presenting with cardiovascular disease and adults with history of congenital heart disease and disorders of the heart and blood vessels. Physician also may provide care to patients in the intensive care setting in conformance with Rules and Regulation and hospital policies.

Qualifications

M.D. or D.O. degree.

Experience can be demonstrated in one of the following ways:An applicant who has just completed a fellowship shall provide his/her fellowship applicant who is not applying directly out of a fellowship shall provide a quality profile from hospital(s) where he/she currently has privileges showing his/her clinical activity for the past 24 months including numbers of procedures performed morbidity mortality infection rates and other complications. The applicant must be able to demonstrate active involvement of 25 Pediatric Cardiology procedures during the past two years with satisfactory quality a quality profile is not available from the hospital(s) where the applicant currently has privileges documentation of the applicants clinical-based activity for the past 24 months is required. The applicant must be able to demonstrate active involvement 25 Pediatric Cardiology procedures during the past two years with satisfactory quality education and experience may be required the more advanced the practice becomes.

Successful completion of a Pediatric residency program of at least three years duration and completion of a fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology of at least 3 years duration accredited by the ACGME the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) or the Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Canada. The Credentials Committee; Physician Executive or Medical Affairs Committee; and the Board of Directors or the Board of Governors may consider training at residency or fellowship programs accredited by organizations other than the by the appropriate specialty /subspecialty board of the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) or the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada as applicable. Those applicants who are not board certified at the time of application but who have completed their fellowship training within the last five years shall be eligible however must achieve board certification within five years from the date of completion of their fellowship training unless the appropriate governing Board waives such requirement. (Refer to each entities policy for grandfather exceptions)

Compensation

Sanford Health offers a nationally competitive compensation plan with an additional physician benefits package including a health dental and vision insurance 401K plan short-term and long-term disability life insurance CME allowance allowed time away malpractice insurance and tail coverage and a relocation allowance.

Recruiter Information

Martty Trout Lead Physician Recruiter

Phone: 1 (701)Or