Description
The Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, a premier academic medical center specializing in academic medicine, research, and patient care, is seeking a Full Time Heart Failure, Transplant and VAD Cardiologist in the Section of Heart Failure / Division of Cardiovascular Medicine. Clinical duties include the inpatient Heart Failure, Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support services as well as outpatient Heart Failure, Heart Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support clinics. This specific role would involve primarily growing the inpatient and outpatient services at our partner hospitals, USC Verdugo Hills Hospital and USC Arcadia Hospital. Around 70% of time will be spent at these hospitals, and 30% of the time will be spent at Keck Medical Center of USC and Los Angeles General Medical Center. Other responsibilities may include outreach clinics and events, donor call, and right heart catheterization/ endomyocardial biopsy/ CardioMEMS procedures tailored to the applicant’s experience. The prospective faculty member will also be expected to participate in the research and teaching activities of the Section and Division.
Clinical practice and teaching facilities at USC include the Keck Medical Center of USC, LAC+USC Medical Center, and the USC Cardiac and Vascular Institute with clinical and research programs in heart failure, percutaneous valve implants, structural heart disease, electrophysiology, congenital heart disease, and vascular and cardiothoracic surgery. The USC Heart Failure Program is vibrant with growth in heart transplant (40+ heart transplants, including multiorgan transplant), temporary circulatory support, and durable LVAD. The program also participates in several ongoing industry and investigator-initiated trials, with an ACGME-accredited Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology Fellowship Training Program.
Applicants must have an MD/DO degree, BC in Cardiovascular Medicine and BC/BE in Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology, and eligible for a California medical license. Clinical experience at an academic medical center is recommended. The successful candidate will receive competitive compensation and appointment in the Department of Medicine at an academic rank commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Please send by email a brief statement of interest and curriculum vitae to:
Ajay Vaidya, MD, MPH
Section Chief & Director, Heart Failure, Transplant & Mechanical Circulatory Support
Division of Cardiology
University of Southern California
