Medical Director of the Pediatric Advanced Heart Therapies Program

If it’s possible, you will find it at Atrium Health, the leading community-focused academic healthcare system serving North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. 

The Congenital Heart Center at Levine Children’s Hospital (LCH) seeks to recruit a Pediatric Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist to join our growing faculty as the Medical Director of Pediatric Advanced Heart Therapies Program.

• The Pediatric Advanced Therapies Program currently has 2 MDs, 2 dedicated APPs, 3 VAD/Transplant RN coordinators, a dietitian, and a social worker.
• The right candidate will have an opportunity to advance the strategic vision of the program, in addition to participating in clinical research and national committees. The Congenital Heart Center is an active participant in PHTS and ACTION.
• Our Congenital Heart Team currently includes: 17 cardiologists, 3 congenital heart surgeons, 8 cardiac intensivists, 3 pediatric cardiac anesthesiologists, 2 pediatric cardiac radiologists, 20 APPs (includes 3 surgical APPs), 16 sonographers, 5 nurse navigators, and 9 dedicated RNs.

The Levine Children’s Congenital Heart Center:

• Established in 2010, is consistently ranked as one of the top pediatric heart centers in the country by U.S. News and World Report.
• Our comprehensive congenital heart services include advanced cardiac imaging, dedicated cardiovascular intensive care staff, and regional referral programs in heart failure/transplantation, cardiac catheterization, electrophysiology, adult congenital heart disease, and fetal echocardiography. Surgical, cardiac catheterization, and electrophysiology volumes have more than doubled since 2010.
• The Pediatric Advanced Therapies Program has experienced exponential growth, becoming the largest transplant center in the region for the past 5 years. We have an active pediatric advanced mechanical support program and use all devices.
• Our state-of-the-art two lab cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology suite opened in February of 2017, with dedicated staffing and anesthesia teams. Our new outpatient office complex opened in December 2020, designed to treat all patients from fetal cardiology to ACHD.
• We have one of the most comprehensive Cardiac Neurodevelopment programs in the Southeast, providing many specialty services to our congenital heart patients in the same office suite. Participation in investigator initiated and multi-center industry sponsored studies is ongoing within the Heart Center, with the support of an active clinical research department. We remain closely aligned with our Atrium Health adult cardiology counterparts within the Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute.

Requirements:

• The director candidate will have completed an ACGME-accredited fellowship in pediatric cardiology and be BC/BE by the American Board of Pediatrics.
• A fourth year of additional training in pediatric heart failure and transplant, or a minimum of 5 years transplant experience is required.
• The candidate must meet the qualifications as the primary pediatric heart transplant physician as delineated by the OTPN and will oversee patient care, strategic vision, program development, administration, safety and quality of the program.
• The director will work closely with the Chief of Pediatric Cardiology and the Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery Chief.
• Clinically will rotate equally on Heart Transplant/Heart Failure Inpatient and Outpatient Services. Clinical expertise with mechanical circulatory support devices is required.

Levine Children’s Hospital (LCH) is a state-of-the-art facility in beautiful Charlotte, North Carolina, and the largest and most comprehensive children’s hospital between Washington, DC, and Atlanta, GA. LCH has 11 floors and 234 inpatient beds, including a PICU and CVICU covered 24/7 by in-house intensivists, Progressive Care Unit, Inpatient Observation Unit, Pediatric Rehab Unit, and Pediatric Emergency Department. We are committed to being the region’s leading provider of pediatric health care services.

LCH is a premier referral facility within Atrium Health (AH), one of the nation’s leading and most innovative healthcare systems.  AH operates nearly 2,500 system-employed physicians, more than 60,000 employees and more than 7,460 licensed beds across the Carolinas and beyond.  In 2021, our health system joined with Wake Forest University, and integration of the congenital heart programs on both campuses is underway.

Charlotte is one of the nation’s fastest-growing big cities and is projected to increase in population 71% by 2030. The area features world-class entertainment, eclectic culinary experiences, as well as an abundance of arts, musical, and cultural opportunities. There are numerous professional sports including the NFL Carolina Panthers, NBA Charlotte Hornets, MLS Charlotte FC soccer club, NASCAR, Carolina Knights baseball, Charlotte Checkers hockey and world-class training facilities at the US National Whitewater Center, as well as unlimited year-round recreational opportunities. Our students thrive in excellent public and private schools and numerous top ranked colleges and universities throughout the greater Charlotte region. Our location provides easy access to beautiful Blue Ridge mountains and some of the nation’s most popular beaches. We are connected via easy airport access and convenient proximity to other major metropolitan areas.

When you join Atrium Health, you will be welcomed into an inclusive culture that celebrates and respects the contributions a diverse team can make together. Practice where your voice is valued, your passion for advancing medicine is rewarded, and you get the resources and support you need to thrive personally and professionally. In our nationally renowned integrated health system, you can work alongside the most advanced minds in medicine to improve medicine, elevate hope and advance healing for all.

To learn more or to submit a CV for confidential consideration, please contact:

Amber Chau, Administrative Assistant for Levine Children’s Congenital Heart Center at amber.chau@atriumhealth.org.

Lexy Doane, Physician Recruiter, Atrium Health at Lexy.Doane@atriumhealth.org

Atrium Health - Levine Children’s Hospital (LCH) is the largest children’s hospital between Atlanta and Washington DC. It serves high patient acuity as the flagship children’s hospital within the innovative Atrium Health and offers a full complement of pediatric subspecialists.  LCH has 4 pediatric hospitalist teams, a 20-bed PICU (including cardiac ICU), an 85-bed NICU, and an inpatient pediatric rehabilitation facility. LCH hosts a premier Pediatrics Residency Program, serving as a teaching hospital for students of the UNC School of Medicine, and offers excellent support for clinical research and quality improvement. LCH has been ranked among the Best Children’s Hospitals in the nation by US News & World Report in eight pediatric specialties for 2020-2021. 

Carolinas Medical Center along with LCH have earned Magnet designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. The Magnet program recognizes health-care organizations for their focus on improving patient care, safety and satisfaction. It also helps foster a collaborative culture for nurses, while working to advance standards and practices of care.

Atrium Health, one of the nation’s leading and most innovative healthcare organizations, provides a full spectrum of healthcare and wellness programs throughout North and South Carolina and Georgia.  Atrium Health has over 3,000 system-employed providers and more than 60,000 employees, operating 45 acute care and specialty hospitals and 900-plus care locations.

Life is good in the Carolinas. Ideally situated between mountains and beaches, Charlotte, NC has a metropolitan area of 2.4 million that continues to experience rapid growth. Charlotte is the US’s second largest banking center and has a full array of cultural activities and professional sports teams. Charlotte offers excellent public and private school options, and North Carolina is home to several world-class universities.