Advanced Cardiac Imaging Cardiologist

Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute is seeking an Advanced Cardiac Imaging Cardiologist to join its growing practice at Atrium Health Cabarrus, a high quality, innovation driven tertiary care site within Advocate Health. This opportunity offers the ability to practice at a busy regional referral hospital while contributing to advanced cardiac imaging, inpatient services, and continued program growth.
 
CMR and structural imaging is performed at Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center, a quaternary facility with 874 beds. Structural echo and TEE for this role will be largely performed at AH Cabarrus.  Only CMR and CT structural imaging is limited to the CMC site.  Structural echo will not be done at CMC short of vacation driven need for coverage.
 
About Atrium Health Cabarrus
 

Highlights

Why This Opportunity
This is a busy, well established clinical practice with a strong referral base and opportunities to participate in program growth and clinical innovation. Physicians benefit from a supportive, academically engaged health system and the ability to practice on a modern, expanding campus that serves as a regional cardiovascular hub.
 
Clinical Responsibilities – Inpatient Services
Physicians rotate between two inpatient services, including a 20 bed Cardiac Care Unit that is transitioning to a closed medical surgical cardiac unit. A significant portion of the patient population includes post surgical cardiac patients. Dedicated CCU weeks include management of critically ill cardiac patients, including mechanical circulatory support, ECMO, and advanced cardiac devices. CCU care is co managed with a 24/7 in house critical care team.
 
Service Schedule
Service coverage is provided in week long blocks. Physicians cover approximately 10 weeks per year, or about one week every 5–6 weeks.
 
Outpatient Clinic & Imaging
When not on service, physicians split time between clinic and imaging with intentional variety built into the schedule. Outpatient cardiology clinics are interspersed with imaging days. The schedule is designed to avoid back to back clinic days whenever possible. Imaging days rotate to provide variety and prevent long stretches in a single role.
 
Designated CMR reading days would be at Carolinas Medical Center (CMC), while CT studies are be read remotely, though it would be based at CMC if combined with structural CT work. Structural and procedural TEE work would all be performed at AH Cabarrus as part of the on site structural team.  Participation  in a system-wide structural conference which occurs weekly would be an expectation. 
 
Call & Weekend Coverage
Weekend coverage averages approximately 9 weekends per year, or about Q6. In house advanced practice provider coverage is available 24/7, significantly limiting overnight call burden. Imaging call is shared among imaging trained cardiologists and continues to improve as the group grows.

Training and/or Experience Required

BE/BC in Cardiovascular Disease
BE/BC Echo (Level III required for structural echo)
BE/BC Nuclear (including SPECT MPI, with PET MPI)
BE/BC Cardiac MRI (level III required) and/or BE/BC CT
Interest in critical care is welcomed

Benefits

About Concord, North Carolina

About Concord, North Carolina 

Concord, NC is the county seat of Cabarrus county directly northeast of uptown Charlotte which blends big-city opportunity with small-town charm, offering an ideal mix of professional growth and personal comfort.  This is on e of the nation’s fastest-growing cities.  Concord has been voted one of America’s Top 100 small towns although with the growth of the county now exceeding 300,000 it is hard to consider it a small town anymore.  Living in this area gives you the opportunity to enjoy all that Charlotte has to offer including more than 200 parks, greenways, and outdoor attractions like nearby mountains, east coast beaches, the U.S. National Whitewater Center, plus a full calendar of festivals, concerts, and cultural events throughout the year.  The larger Charlotte metropolitan area offers a multitude of dining and shopping opportunities and yet remains a location where the cost of living is reasonable.  The Concord/Cornelius area offers lakeside leisure along Lake Norman, and it is a place where you can build both a fulfilling career and a wonderful life with a robust sense of local pride and connectivity.