Join one of the nation’s largest, most respected health systems and experience what it means to live well. Advocate Health is seeking an Advanced Heart Failure Cardiologist with primary focus in Pulmonary Hypertension, to join six advanced heart failure & transplant cardiologist and four cardiac surgeons in what is the state's oldest and most successful Advanced Heart Failure Therapies Program at Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

This acclaimed medical center offers the most comprehensive heart care in the state of Wisconsin, including a highly rated cardiac surgery program, award winning interventional and heart failure programs, successful heart transplant (including multi-organ transplants) and durable mechanical circulatory support programs, state's largest remote hemodynamic monitoring program, accredited pulmonary hypertension, congenital heart disease and cardio-oncology programs, advance electrophysiology interventional program, a 24/7 state-of-the-art cardiac catheterization lab with options for advanced percutaneous interventions and cardiogenic shock team, and the state's largest structural heart program.

Job details

• FTE AHFT Cardiology clinical practice opportunity, primarily focused on Pulmonary Hypertension
• Responsibilities as an Associate Medical Director for the pulmonary hypertension program
• Outreach clinic approximately one day per week
• Proficiency in cath lab procedures, including invasive hemodynamic assessments, diagnostic coronary angiograms, myocardial biopsies, urgent temporary MCS devices (optional) and PA pressure sensor implants (optional)
• Involvement in medical education (general cardiology & AHFT fellows and internal medicine residents) and advanced HF & PAH research
• Call 1:7 for AHFT team
• EPIC EMR
• Training and/or experience required
• Board certification/board eligibility in cardiovascular disease and advanced heart failure and transplant

What Advocate Health offers

• Integrated nationally recognized organization
• A diverse and inclusive environment ensuring safe and equitable care for all patients
• A competitive compensation model that is sustainable, equitable, transparent, compliant, and rewarding
• Comprehensive benefits package that includes health, dental, vision and life insurance, CME allowance, 401K and a deferred compensation plan, and paid medical liability insurance
• Relocation assistance up to $12,000
• Adoption assistance and surrogacy assistance 
• Education Assistance Program
• Pre-tax accounts for dependent care, health care and commuter benefit 
• Leave-of-absence programs including: FMLA, Military Leave, Parental Leave, Personal Leave, VESSA Leave

About Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center 
The future of cardiovascular medicine is happening here at Aurora St. Luke’s, and you are at the center. Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center is the largest hospital in Wisconsin and the heart of our cardiovascular program. This flagship hospital is home to our cardiac specialty centers, the largest heart transplant/VAD program in the state, and the largest Structural Valve Program in Wisconsin.  Aurora St. Luke’s is also the at the core of our academic pursuits and groundbreaking trials in cardiovascular disease (including TAVR, TMVR, tricuspid, LAAO, stroke, pulmonary embolism, cardiogenic shock). With a robust fellowship program (>30 trainees in general cardiology, Advanced Imaging, Heart Failure, Interventional Cardiology, Electrophysiology, and Structural Heart Disease), we are committed to training the next generation of physicians.
 
About Milwaukee, Wisconsin 
Wisconsin’s largest city

With a county-wide population of nearly a million, Milwaukee offers the best of everything you’d expect to find in a major city while retaining a hometown feel in its many and diverse neighborhoods. Culturally, Milwaukee has many options, ranging from performing arts centers, theaters and museums – including an internationally designed lakefront art museum – to one of the nation’s top 10 zoos. Sophisticated, scenic, affordable and event-filled, Milwaukee has an impressive array of public and private schools, including UW-Milwaukee and Marquette University, award-winning restaurants, world-class shopping, and one of the most convenient and “user-friendly” international airports in the world.

For additional information contact Andrea Turner at andrea.turner@aah.org.

About Advocate Health

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit integrated health system in the United States. Advocate Health has a combined footprint across six states – Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, North Carolina, South Carolina and Wisconsin. We are a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. In Illinois and Wisconsin, we serve nearly 3 million patients annually across 27 hospitals and more than 500 sites of care. We are a leading employer in the Midwest with a diverse team of over 77,000, including 3,700+ employed physicians and more than 2,000 Advanced Practice Clinicians in our physician-led medical group. We are committed to diversity and inclusion every single day and in everything we do. By cultivating an atmosphere of acceptance and compassion, we create a welcoming environment where our patients can heal, our teammates can thrive, and our business can grow. As a teammate, working in a diverse setting allows you the chance to grow in ways that will broaden your perspective to deliver the best possible patient care.

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