Heart Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support Surgical Director - Charlotte, NC

Overview

If it's possible, you will find it at Atrium Health-the leading community-focused academic healthcare system serving North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. We invite providers to discover all that we can do when we bring healing hearts, inquisitive minds, and progressive visionaries together.

Atrium Health in conjunction with Wake Forest School of Medicine in Charlotte, the Division of Cardiovascular Surgery at Atrium Health's Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute (SHVI) is seeking a cardiac surgeon with academic orientation to serve as Surgical Director of the Heart Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support Program.

Responsibilities of the Surgical Director will include oversight of all aspects of surgical care within the Program; leadership of all programmatic initiatives (in conjunction with the Programs' Medical Director); direction of academic and research pursuits related to heart transplantation/mechanical circulatory support; and instruction of medical students and trainees. Academic appointment within the Wake Forest School of Medicine will be awarded, with rank commensurate with academic achievement.

Qualifications:

• Nationally recognized clinical expertise in heart transplantation/mechanical circulatory support
  
  
  
  • In addition, experience with all facets of adult cardiovascular surgery, with specific expertise in mitral surgery preferred.
  
  
• Board Certification in Thoracic Surgery, with completion of an ACGME-approved Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency or equivalent.
• North Carolina medical licensure eligibility.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills to advance growth and development of program.

About Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute (SHVI):

Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute comprises more than 120 cardiovascular physicians in a network of over 25 locations in the greater Charlotte, North Carolina region. As one of the Southeast's largest and most comprehensive programs, SHVI has over 50 years of experience in providing highest quality, multidisciplinary cardiovascular care, including the region's only Aortic Center and accredited Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Congenital Heart Disease Centers. As the only cardiac transplantation program in western North Carolina, SHVI is on pace to perform over 75 combined cardiac transplants and durable VAD implants in 2022, with a goal to exceed 150 such procedures by 2030.

When you join Atrium Health, you will be welcomed into an inclusive culture that celebrates and respects the contributions a diverse team can make together. Practice where your voice is valued, your passion for advancing medicine is rewarded, and you get the resources and support you need to thrive personally and professionally. In our nationally-renowned integrated health system, you can work alongside the most advanced minds in medicine to improve medicine, elevate hope and advance healing-for all.