Heart Failure Cardiologist Needed in Little Rock

Advanced Heart Failure Cardiologist

Baptist Health Heart Failure and Transplant Institute

Baptist Health Medical Center Little Rock, AR

Baptist Health Medical Center in Little Rock, AR is seeking a sixth Advanced Heart Failure trained Cardiologist to join our team at the Baptist Health Heart Failure and Transplant Institute.  Baptist Health is the largest hospital system in the state of Arkansas with twelve hospitals. The flagship hospital in Little Rock is an 850-bed facility.

Baptist Health has been a leader in cardiovascular services in Arkansas for almost 50 years. With each advancement in cardiovascular services over this time, Baptist Health has been the first: the first adult heart transplant (1989); the first LVAD (1999); and the first Total Artificial Heart (2015). In 2010, the Baptist Health Heart Failure and Transplant Institute was opened. The Institute is Arkansas’ first center devoted exclusively to advanced heart failure, MCS, and transplant, with an active adult ECMO program. Currently Baptist Health is the only active adult heart-transplant provider in Arkansas. To date, Baptist Health has performed 333 heart transplants and are following over 200 post-transplant patients. As one of the leading and top 5 enrolling centers of the Momentum trial and CAP, we have implanted over 500 patients with a HeartMate device. We are currently following over 200+ VAD patients in the community. We also recently implemented the first formal statewide Shock/ECMO program averaging 65+ ECMO cases a year.

Baptist Health is seeking to employ a Board Certified or Board Eligible Advanced Heart Failure Cardiologist who will have an advanced heart failure, MCS and heart transplant practice, with both inpatient, outpatient and critical care responsibilities. Further interest in pulmonary hypertension, amyloid, and sarcoid will be supported also. There are currently five Cardiologists in the program and 100% of their practices are these patient populations. Together with the existing physicians, the new Advanced Heart Failure physician will receive referrals from around the state to this statewide advanced heart failure center. Our program receives over 600 new referrals each year.

Baptist Health has the infrastructure and resources in place to make this practice successful. The facility was built in 2010 and has thirteen exam rooms. The total facility space is almost 10,000 square feet. The support staff includes 4 VAD nurses, 3 transplant nurses, 6 heart failure nurses, 2 physician assistants, 3 advanced practice nurses, a social worker, a PharmD, a dietician, transplant administrator, financial manager and coordinators, data coordinator with additional clerical support staff. We have Echo, lab, x-ray and cardiopulmonary stress testing in the clinic. Clinical research is also well supported in our practice.

The ideal candidate will be a physician who is motivated to join a growing and diverse Advanced Heart Failure program, with a desire to help us continue to grow this dynamic program. 

Interested candidates please contact:

Phillip J. Wallace                                                          Dana Heifner

Baptist Health                                                             Baptist Health

(501) 202-4377                                                           (501) 312-1818

Phillip.wallace@baptist-health.org                                  dana.heifner@baptist-health.org

Interested candidates please contact:

Phillip J. Wallace                                                        Dana Heifner

Baptist Health                                                            Baptist Health

(501) 202-4377                                                         (501) 312-1818

Phillip.wallace@baptist-health.org                               dana.heifner@baptist-health.org

Baptist Health Medical Center-Little Rock is the largest private, not-for-profit hospital in Arkansas. The nationally recognized, faith-based hospital opened as Baptist State Hospital in November 1920 and was legally incorporated on Feb. 16, 1921. Baptist Health Medical Center-Little Rock has 827 licensed beds and serves as the flagship hospital of Baptist Health. It is easily accessible off Interstates 30 and 630 in the growing area of west Little Rock.

Baptist Health Medical Center-Little Rock’s Emergency Department is a Level II Trauma center and is staffed with the most experienced specialists.

Also located on the campus are Baptist Health Rehabilitation Institute, Baptist Health Extended Care Hospital, Hickingbotham Outpatient Center, Medical Towers I, Medical Towers II, Doctors Park, the Cornerstone Medical Building and Baptist Health Eye and Surgery Center, allowing patients and providers convenient access to additional health care services.

Awards & Recognition

• Recipient of the American Heart Association’s Get with the Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus Award
• Among an elite group of hospitals nationwide to earn an “A” patient safety rating in the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades
• Recipient of The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® and the American Stroke Association’s Heart-Check Mark for Comprehensive Stroke Center Certification
• Designated as a Comprehensive Stroke Center by the Arkansas Department of Health

For over 100 years, BAPTIST HEALTH has been delivering quality healthcare to the citizens of Arkansas. BAPTIST HEALTH is the state's most comprehensive healthcare system. With more than 200 facilities - including major medical centers, family clinics, therapy and wellness centers - BAPTIST HEALTH is committed to delivering all our best in healthcare to the people of Arkansas.

Little Rock is located in Central Arkansas and has much to offer in the way of outdoor activities as well as cultural experiences. It is easy to understand why Arkansas is called the Natural State from the many rivers, lakes, parks, hiking trails and camping sites readily available and in close proximity. Little Rock boasts the Little Rock Zoo, Arkansas Arts Center, Arkansas Symphony, and The Repertory Theater, to name a few.  Little Rock has the only downtown home to both a state capitol and a Presidential Library, and is linked on both sides of the Arkansas River by 24 miles of one of the best trail systems of parks and pedestrian bridges in the country.