Congenital Cardiac Surgery Physician

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Full-time Days (Rotating Weekends)

Description

Specialization :

Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery

Job Summary :

Congenital Heart Surgeon-Clinical Associate :

Medical City Healthcare is seeking a congenital heart surgeon to join their Congenital Heart Center at Medical City Children’s Hospital in Dallas, TX.

Qualified Candidates :

• Board certification in cardiothoracic surgery and subspecialty certification / eligibility in congenital heart surgery by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery (ABTS) or equivalent
• Must be eligible for Texas medical license

Duties / Experience :

• Preoperative / postoperative evaluation of cardiac intensive care / stepdown unit patients
• Active participation with the intraoperative / technical aspects of complex surgical repairs with two experienced surgeons, including hybrid procedures, ECMO procedures and ACHD cases
• Participation in weekly Congenital Heart Center Surgical / Cath, ACHD, M&M conferences
• Involvement in clinical research projects and STS database efforts
• Opportunity to be involved at other HCA-affiliated facilities across the country

Incentive / Benefits Package :

• Employed position, competitive salary
• Comprehensive benefits package to include medical, dental, vision
• Relocation assistance

About Medical City Children’s Hospital :

• 225 bed pediatric hospital with the largest Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in North Texas
• 108-bed Level IV NICU, regionalized care model with 9 Medical City Healthcare affiliated NICUs
• Medical City Children’s Congenital Heart Center consists of 2 dedicated cardiovascular operating rooms, 2 cardiac catheterization labs, 1 hybrid suite, expansion to a 25-bed dedicated CICU / 12 bed Stepdown Unit with 24 / 7 attending / NP coverage, ICAEL-certified Echo Lab, cMRI, cardiac CT, and 3D printing programs
• Two experienced congenital heart surgeons with neonates / infants comprising 70% of volume
• The Medical City Children’s Maternal Fetal Institute (MFI) is the only center in North Texas providing the full spectrum of both fetal and neonatal surgical and non-surgical interventions
• Medical City Dallas the only hospital in North Texas with both a full-service children's hospital and obstetric hospital within the same facility

Dallas is the 9th largest city in the US and the third largest in Texas with a population of 1,304,379. Dallas is centrally located and within a four-hour flight from most North American destinations.

It is served by two airports; Dallas / Ft. Worth International and Dallas Love Field that combined provide more than 2,200 flights daily.

The Dallas area is home to 21 Fortune 500 companies including Exxon Mobil, JC Penney, AT&T, Texas Instruments, and others.