Medical Director, Intensivist for Cardiac Surgery – Brown University Academic Appointment

Brown University Health has an opening for a Medical Director, Intensivist for Cardiac Surgery in the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit.   This position requires a physician with expertise in critical care medicine, cardiac care and managing critically ill patients recovering from cardiac surgery. In this position you will provide leadership and oversight for the combined care of patients undergoing cardiac surgery. This position requires a physician with expertise in both critical care medicine and cardiology, as well as experience in managing critically ill patients recovering from cardiac surgery.

The successful candidate will function as a champion to help establish and communicate a vision and plan for the CTICU/Critical Case areas. As a partner for transformation and in collaboration with executive leadership across the organization, the Medical Director, leads initiatives with an emphasis in clinical protocol and builds to support physician and interdisciplinary care partners in the areas of practice, health care applications, clinical/administrative decision-making, research and quality improvement initiatives, education, and resource management.

About the Job:

• Directorship of the CTICU to include coverage and management of critically ill cardiac patients in a 14 bed CTICU setting and some additional coverage for 10 bed CCU
• Guide the management of complex cardiac patients, collaborating with cardiac surgeons and cardiologists, and directing quality improvement and educational initiatives
• Work closely with a dedicated team of 5 full-time cardiac surgeons and 15+ experienced cardiac surgical care advanced practice providers
• Lead, mentor and train clinical initiatives to enhance patient care and outcomes in the CTICU to foster a culture of excellence
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams
• Management of Mechanical Circulatory Support to include Impella, LVAD, and ECMO
• Brown University Academic Appointment
• PSLF eligible

 About the benefits:

• Generous base salary with bonus potential 
• EMR is EPIC with a commitment to on-going optimization
• Diverse patient population (clinically, culturally, and economically)
• Dynamic leadership team that values work-life balance
• Excellent benefits

About you:

• Board certification or eligible in Critical Care (Emergency, Pulmonary, Anesthesiology, Surgical, and/or Cardiology)
• Experience working in a cardiac surgery critical care setting
• Experience in managing patients with Mechanical Circulatory Support
• Strong leadership and communication skills
• Commitment to quality improvement and patient-centered care

About us:
Rhode Island Hospital & The Miriam Hospitals are affiliated partners of the Brown Health Medical Group, which offers the highest quality and most comprehensive cardiovascular services in the Region. Our cardiovascular specialists work as a team, across all disciplines, combining their expertise to provide an individualized treatment plan for each patient. Our philosophy of care emphasizes easy access for patients and an easy referral process for physicians. We are located an hour south of Boston and 3 hours north of New York City.

Brown University Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to increasing the diversity of its faculty. It welcomes nominations of and applications from women, members of minority groups, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities, and other individuals who would bring additional dimensions to the university's research, teaching and clinical missions.

Formed in 1994, Brown University Health is a not-for-profit health system based in Providence, RI comprising three teaching hospitals of The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University: Rhode Island Hospital and its Hasbro Children's; The Miriam Hospital; and Bradley Hospital, the nation’s first psychiatric hospital for children; Newport Hospital, Saint Anne's Hospital and Morton Hospital, community hospitals offering a broad range of health services; Gateway Healthcare, the state’s largest provider of community behavioral health care; and Brown Health Medical Group, the largest multi-specialty practice in Rhode Island.

Brown University Health teaching hospitals are among the country’s top recipients of research funding from the US National Institutes of Health. The hospitals received $145 million in external research funding in fiscal 2023. All Brown University Health hospitals are charitable organizations that depend on support from the community to provide programs and services.