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)
- 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.
