Norton Healthcare, Inc.
Faculty Appointment - Pediatric Cardiologist
Norton Healthcare, Inc. - Lexington, KY, US, 40598
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Overview
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Overview
NORTON CHILDREN’S HEART INSTITUTE, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine, and a part of Norton Children’s Medical Group, has several opportunities available to join its established group. Our specialized team of providers consists of 35 board-certified pediatric cardiologists, advanced practice providers, and support staff. Our cardiologists have expertise in pediatric cardiology, heart failure and transplantation, adult congenital heart disease (ACHD), adult congenital and pediatric interventional cardiology, cardiac imaging, fetal cardiology, telemedicine, and electrophysiology. We also have designated anesthesiologists for cardiac procedures and a specialized critical care team.
Responsibilities
- Opportunity to diagnose and treat a variety of outpatient pediatric cardiology conditions at Norton Children’s Heart Institute outpatient offices located in Western Kentucky.
- Supported by on-site clinical support staff and sonographer.
- Team providing full-service congenital heart disease care, including complex neonatal surgery; pediatric ventricular assist device; heart transplant, catheterization, and electrophysiology procedures.
- Busy clinical practice performing over 10,000 echocardiograms a year, including:
- 2,800 tele-echocardiograms.
- 900 fetal echocardiograms.
- 200 transesophageal echocardiograms.
- Echocardiography laboratory at Norton Children’s Hospital is accredited in pediatric transthoracic, pediatric transesophageal, and fetal echocardiography by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission.
- Norton Children’s Hospital and Novak Center for Children’s Health are accredited Adult Congenital Heart Disease Comprehensive Care Centers by the Adult Congenital Heart Association.
- Established quality assurance processes following quality metrics from the American College of Cardiology Adult Congenital & Pediatric Cardiology Quality Network (QNet).
- Institute participates in numerous national registries and collaboratives, including the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Congenital Heart Surgeons Society, Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Consortium (PC4), and National Pediatric Cardiology-Quality Improvement Collaborative.
- Research opportunities with resources available through Norton Children’s Research Institute, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine.
Qualifications
Required:
- Medical degree / diploma.
- Kentucky medical license or license eligible.