Congenital Cardiac Surgery Physician

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 

• 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 

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

• 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.