Physician - Pediatrics - Cardiology

Company: Memorial Healthcare System
Location: Hollywood
Posted on: September 22, 2022

Job Description:

Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital is seeking a pediatric cardiologist to further develop its busy and dynamic pediatric inpatient cardiac services division. The desired candidate should be BE/BC in pediatric cardiology and be able to successfully collaborate with a team of cardiac specialists within the division as well as other in-house specialists. This position will be primarily focused on inpatient, hospital-based cardiac care, including consultative and collaborative interface with cardiac intensivists, cardiology subspecialists (including EP, interventional cath, advanced heart failure, adult congenital) and medical subspecialists, as well as develop excellent extramural relations with local cardiologists. The cardiology-hospitalist will be responsible for daily functioning and coordination of care for the cardiology inpatient service, acceptance and review of patients referred for surgery, targeted consultation (for specific entities such as Kawasaki's disease) and others. - The Heart Institute at Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital treats the full spectrum of cardiac disorders with the most advanced medical and surgical treatments. Currently, there are 20 beds in the CVICU and CVIMCU units combined. The current faculty includes: three surgeons, four interventional cardiologists, three heart failure/transplant cardiologists, three advanced imaging cardiologists, two electrophysiologists, three adult congenital cardiologists, and one inpatient cardiologist. - This is a full-time employed position with the multispecialty Memorial Physician Group. The position offers competitive benefits and a compensation package that is commensurate with training and experience. Professional malpractice and medical liability are covered under sovereign immunity. - About Joe DiMaggio Children's HospitalJoe DiMaggio Children's Hospital is a 226 bed free-standing children's hospital in Hollywood, Broward County, Florida located near Fort Lauderdale. The hospital is currently undergoing a 4-story vertical expansion to double the number of floors and to continue to meet its commitment to providing the highest quality and safest care for children in the region. This expansion is scheduled to open the Fall of 2022 and includes a new 20-bed CVICU and Cardiac Step-Down Unit as well as state-of-the-art ORs with hybrid and exit angiography capabilities and three cath labs. - Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital is one of six hospitals that are part of Memorial Healthcare System, the third largest public health system in the country. - Memorial delivers nearly 14,000 babies per year in three hospitals and has 132 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) beds - both Level II and III services (the state of Florida does not yet have a separate designation for Level IV care). - Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital (JDCH) has robust high-risk and congenital programs including a US News and World Report ranked pediatric Cardiology and Heart Surgery Program, one of only two active programs in the state that does heart transplants. JDCH's Orthopedic and Sports Medicine program is also ranked by US News and World Report as number one in Florida and is one of the largest programs in the southeastern United States. JDCH also has robust Neurosciences, Hematology/Oncology and other specialized surgical programs (approximately 10,000 surgeries per year), and the area's largest pediatric and neonatal transport team, which also does mobile ECMO. - JDCH serves over 375,000 children per year from around the state. - Approximately 100,000 children are cared for in our three emergency rooms across the county per year. - JDCH's services continue to grow with the opening of the new specialty center/ambulatory surgery center in Palm Beach County in 2018 and a new ambulatory pavilion in Miramar, near Miami-Dade County which will open in 2022. - JDCH offers resources for academic pursuits, spanning from clinical research to basic science investigation via affiliations with nearby universities and through its Pediatric Institute for Discovery and Innovation (PIDI). JDCH has an established pediatric residency program and deep relationships with other hospital providers and universities. - JDCH combines leading-edge clinical excellence with a child- and family-friendly environment that emphasizes the Power of Play. JDCH offers a comprehensive range of healthcare services - delivered with kindness, dedication and compassion. - About South FloridaSouth Florida offers a dynamic urban/suburban lifestyle with an abundance of cultural and recreational amenities, miles of beautiful beaches, top-rated golf courses, zoos and wildlife refuges, a vibrant arts community, museums and world-class dining. South Florida's high quality of life - including year-round summer weather, exciting multiculturalism and no state income tax - attracts new residents from all over the country and around the world. - FY23-20PandoLogic. Keywords: Cardiologist, Location: Hollywood, FL - 33021

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