Advanced Heart Failure Cardiology Opportunity

Company: Bon Secours Mercy Health
Location: Youngstown
Posted on: March 17, 2023

Job Description:

Bon Secours Mercy Health Physicians-Youngstown is seeking a motivated and capable board certified or board eligible advanced heart failure and transplantation specialist to join the largest Heart and Vascular Institute in the region comprised of 1 advanced heart failure and pulmonary hypertension cardiologist, 9 general cardiologists, 3 interventional cardiologists, 3 electrophysiologists, 4 vascular surgeons and 3 cardiothoracic surgeons. The hospital is a Level I trauma center, certified stroke center and the only sepsis center of excellence in Ohio.
The heart failure program includes 1 nurse practitioner, 2 heart failure nurse coordinators also specializing in pulmonary hypertension, two infusion clinics that each include two RNs, and two heart failure nurse navigators.
The hospital has a rapidly growing CardioMEMS program and will be enrolling in the GUIDE-HF clinic trial. The hospital is a Shared Care site with regional transplantation and LVAD centers, interrogating and managing LVADs locally, and with a growing transplantation population.
The program meets qualifications for regional referral center status for pulmonary hypertension, offering metabolic stress testing and ergometric right heart catheterization.
The hospital offers 3 well-equipped cath labs, 2 EP labs, 1 vascular lab and a hybrid OR. Over the past few years greater than 1500 diagnostic procedures were performed annually. The hospital is equipped to perform high risk PCIs, mechanical support with Impella (CP and RP), plaque modification with Rotablador, Diamondback and Laser Atherectomy.
In the structural arena, > 200 TAVR procedures have been performed over the past three years. This is the only TAVR program locally and within one hour radius. More than 30 PFO closures have been performed over the past year.
The hospital has a robust research department including a statistician and 3 nurse coordinators. They are currently enrolling in 30-50 clinical trials. There is ample opportunity to engage in clinical research.
This is an employment opportunity. No overhead or buy-in requirements.
Call model 1:10.
Highly competitive salary, relocation and benefit package, 403B, retirement, sign on bonus, education loan repayment and other benefits.
New graduates and current trainees will be strongly considered and training stipend is available to those still in training. Our physician partners are committed to mentoring any new graduate that is hired.
About Mercy Health Youngstown:
Bon Secours Mercy Health Youngstown, formerly Humility of Mary Health Partners, is an integrated health system in the Mahoning Valley, which encompasses the Youngstown/Warren metropolitan area Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties in Ohio. It is part of Bon Secours Mercy Health, which is headquartered in Cincinnati and is the largest health system in Ohio and one of the largest Catholic health systems in the United States. It is affiliated with several medical schools including Northeast Ohio Medical University just north and Lake Erie College of Medicine northeast of the area.
Bon Secours Mercy Health Youngstown provides a full spectrum of healthcare services acute inpatient and trauma, outpatient and ambulatory, rehabilitation, behavioral, emergency and urgent care, primary care physicians in patient-centered medical homes, specialist physician care, home health, home medical equipment, long-term care and hospice care, as well as Mercy Health Foundation Mahoning Valley. Learn more at:
Bon Secours Mercy Health Physicians offers an extensive network of physicians and is the largest group in the Mahoning Valley. Our team includes primary care physicians and a wide range of specialties.
Community:

Situated one hour from Cleveland and Pittsburgh, Youngstown is at the center of the Mahoning Valley. With a catchment area of 550,000, its a comfortable and inviting community with excellent schools and affordable housing, plus dozens of galleries, museums, performance venues and historic sites.
Mahoning County is home to lush parks and miles of hiking and biking trails. Several nearby lakes are great places to spend the day on the water. Plus, youre just an hour south of beautiful Lake Erie.
The Youngstown area has been ranked #4 in the country for top-quality public golf courses, with more than a dozen to play.
Northeast Ohio is home to some of the finest domestic wineries in the country with varietals unique to the climate. The local dining scene satisfies foodies with a wide variety of cuisine.
From the professional Youngstown Symphony Orchestra to the longest continually running community theater in the U.S., the arts are playing an important part in the rebirth of the area. The unique Butler Institute of American Art is home to over 20,000 works created solely by American artists.



In addition to traditional malls, youll find everything from Ohios only indoor Amish Market to quaint antique shops and one of Ohios most unique farmers markets.
The area offersUSHL hockey, Division 1 NCAA football and Class A baseball. Its easy to take in the game of your choice close to home. For major league sports, Cleveland and Pittsburgh are just an hour away.
Youngstown is perfectly situated for those who like to travel with 3 international airports within an hours drive.

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