Cardiac Intensivist

Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center is seeking full-time faculty. The majority of their service will be as Intensivist for a 30-bed, state-of-the-art Heart and Vascular Critical Care Unit (HVI CCU), with the remainder of their effort in their primary specialty. The HVI CCU Intensivist team provides medical management to patients with complex therapies and interventions for advanced cardiac and pulmonary failure, including Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO), Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD), Cardiac Transplantation, Complex Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, and all subspecialties of cardiology practice. The HVICU Intensivists work in collaboration with a team of acute care nurse practitioners and anesthesia intensivists to provide around-the-clock care.

Candidates will have completed residency in any one of the following: Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiology, Pulmonology, or Anesthesiology, and subspecialty training in Critical Care Medicine, Heart Failure, or Transplant/Mechanical Circulatory Support. As faculty members employed by Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, candidates will be involved in clinical, teaching and research activities.

Requirements:

• Medical degree - M.D., D.O. or foreign equivalent

• Completion of an accredited residency program

• Completion of an accredited critical care fellowship

• Eligible or currently licensed for the practice of medicine in the State of Pennsylvania Board eligible or certified by an appropriate specialty board or possess comparable competence, as determined through the credentialing and privileging process

The Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Central Pennsylvania's only academic medical center, is home to several hospitals, clinical and research institutes, and the Penn State College of Medicine. The Penn State Health Heart and Vascular Institute (PSHHVI) is a multispecialty collaborative that provides comprehensive heart and vascular care by a group of interdisciplinary leaders from all heart and vascular subspecialties, which recently celebrated 50 years of ventricular assist device care, and our 600th heart transplant. This union of specialties provides providers enhanced collaboration and optimizes patient care. We are a resource and quaternary center providing cutting edge treatments to patients with cardiovascular disease. The campus is in Hershey, PA, a friendly town and popular tourist destination near New York City, Washington D.C., Philadelphia and Baltimore.