Children's Heart Center: Physician- Director Heart Failure, Transplant, and Ventricular Assist

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The West Virginia University Health System, the state's largest health system and largest private employer, comprises 18 hospitals throughout the state and bordering states. In addition, it includes five institutes, as well as providing management services for other local hospitals through affiliate agreements. Whether you are caring for our patients at one of the critical access hospitals, community sites, regional or academic medical centers, we are all one WVU Health System.

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West Virginia University School of Medicine and the Department of Pediatrics seek a Pediatric Cardiologist qualified for appointment at the Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor rank. The successful candidate will be expected to practice in Morgantown, West Virginia.

The successful candidate will join our growing Division of Pediatric Cardiology and will support our patient population on the Children's Hospital campus and throughout the state through our robust pediatric cardiology outreach program that includes outreach clinics with diagnostic testing. We currently have specialists in the areas of fetal cardiology, general pediatric cardiology, advanced imaging, interventional catheterization, noninvasive and invasive electrophysiology, adult congenital heart disease, and preventative cardiology.

Our pediatric cardiology program is supported by a dedicated cardiac intensive care unit staffed with healthcare professionals specifically trained in managing complex cardiac conditions.

• Oversee and supervise the Heart Failure, Transplant, and VAD program.
• Collaborate with an advanced practice professional to support program duties.
• Provide excellent patient care across the program.
• Actively teach medical students, residents, and fellows.

• MD or DO degree (or foreign equivalent) and eligibility for a West Virginia medical license.
• Completed Pediatric residency and Pediatric Cardiology fellowship programs.
• Board certified or eligible in Pediatric Cardiology.
• Additional formal training in pediatric heart failure/transplant or extensive experience in VAD and pediatric cardiac transplant preferred.
• All qualifications must be met by the time of appointment.

WVU Medicine Children’s Hospital is a tertiary care center for the state of West Virginia, Western Maryland, Southwestern Pennsylvania, as well as southeastern Ohio. It houses West Virginia’s only cardiothoracic surgery program and offers surgical interventions for the full range of congenital heart defects, including complex single‑ventricle neonates through adults with congenital heart disease. It has a robust ECMO program with dedicated pediatric perfusionists and a 150‑bed Children’s Hospital with dedicated cardiac operating rooms, a hybrid cardiac EP and interventional catheterization lab, and dedicated pediatric cardiac anesthesia staff.

The hospital includes 34 pediatric beds, the only level 4 NICU in the state, a dedicated Cancer Institute, a Pediatric Emergency Department with Rapid Care, and dedicated PICU and CICU services. WVU Medicine Children’s is a Level 2 Pediatric Trauma Center, with plans to become Level 1, as it is for adults currently. The Birthing Center houses a 30-bed obstetrical unit and the maternal‑fetal medicine clinic.

WVU Medicine Children’s Hospital is the only hospital in West Virginia with a pediatric cardiac surgery program, the only epilepsy monitoring unit in the state equipped to serve children, and the only hospital in the state to receive Magnet status for nursing excellence.

The West Virginia University Health System is West Virginia’s largest health system and the state’s largest employer. The System has undergone significant expansion in specialty and sub‑specialty care in areas such as cancer, heart and vascular, and…