Pediatric Cardiac Intensivist

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The Heart Center at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University School of Medicine, is seeking to expand our Cardiac ICU faculty by adding one pediatric cardiac intensivist to join our team of cardiac intensivists at the assistant or associate professor level at the Arthur M. Blank Children’s Hospital.  The candidate will join the division of pediatric cardiology of Emory University School of Medicine, with more than 60 faculty members led by Dr. William Mahle and Dr. Paul Chai. 

The Heart Center at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta is one of the largest in the United States, performing more than 800 cardiac surgeries each year.  Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta is the largest pediatric referral center in the Southeast, with 550 pediatric beds, and 1,400 pediatric general and specialist healthcare providers. 

The dedicated Cardiac ICU is a 36-bed unit with over 1000 annual admissions and is complemented by a cardiac step-down unit with an additional 36 beds.  The division of pediatric cardiology provides cardiac care for the vast majority of the children in the state of Georgia, with a catchment population of approximately 10 million.  The heart transplant program, one of the busiest in the nation, has performed over 450 pediatric heart transplants to date, and is an important component of the ICU that includes a busy heart failure and VAD service. 

The cardiac research enterprise includes clinical research, a cardiac outcomes center, and basic science research.  Pediatric cardiac device development and use of innovative technologies occurs through our research partnership with Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University. 

Candidates should have completed training and be BC/BE in pediatric cardiology, or pediatric critical care with additional training completed in pediatric cardiac intensive care, or dual Cardiology/Critical Care training.  Salary is commensurate with experience and qualifications. Teaching responsibilities include the education of residents, fellows, and advanced care practitioners.

Interested individuals should contact:

Shanelle Clarke, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine

Medical Director, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit; Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

[email protected]

Michael Wolf, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine

Associate Medical Director, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit; Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

[email protected]

NOTE: Position tasks are required to be performed in-person at an Emory University location; working remote is not an option. Emory reserves the right to change this status with notice to employee.

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