Physician - Cardiology - General

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Visas Accepted N/A Specialty Cardiology - Non-Invasive Practice Details

• Join a comprehensive cardiac program that includes a team of general cardiologists, interventionalists, EP, vascular and advanced practice providers
• Approximately 2,400 procedures a year, including 300 coronary interventions
• Clinic, inpatient consults, reading (echos, stress echos, EKGs, monitors, vascular ultrasound), procedures (TEEs, cardioversions)
• 3 cath labs
• 118 bed hospital; 14 bed ICU
• Level III trauma center
• Critical care air service

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Cardiology Core Privileges include the privileges to perform history and physical examination, admit, evaluate, diagnose, treat, and provide treatment or consultative services for adult patients presenting with diseases of the heart, lungs, and blood vessels.

M.D. or D.O. degree. Experience can be demonstrated in one of the following ways:
An applicant who has just completed a fellowship shall provide his/her residency or fellowship log. Please see criteria at the following link (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

OR An applicant who is not applying directly out of a fellowship shall provide a quality profile from hospital(s) where he/she currently has privileges showing his/her clinical activity for the past 24 months, including numbers of procedures performed morbidity, mortality, infection rates, and other complications.

The applicant must be able to demonstrate active involvement of 100 cardiology procedures. Applicants that are level 2 and 3 Cardiologist (Invasive or Interventional Cardiologist) must also include 50 cardiac catheterizations as primary operator during the past two years with satisfactory quality data (if applicable to practice).

OR If a quality profile is not available from the hospital(s) where the applicant currently has privileges, documentation of the applicant’s clinical activity for the past 24 months is required. The applicant must be able to demonstrate active involvement of 100 Cardiology procedures. Applicants that are level 2 and 3 Cardiologist (Invasive or Interventional Cardiologist) must also include 50 cardiac catheterizations as primary operator during the past two years with satisfactory quality data (if applicable to practice).

Physicians trained in Cardiology fellowship programs may have variable levels of expertise in a variety of different areas, depending on the focus of their particular training experience. The American College of Cardiology (ACC) has defined the education, training, and experience necessary for many of these areas. The ACC 2008 Recommendations for Training in Adult Cardiovascular Medicine Core Cardiology Training (COCATS3) published January 22, 2008 are available .org

and was used as the foundation for the privileges in Cardiology. Additional information was obtained from the ACGME Program Requirements for Fellowship Education available me.org and the Clinical Privilege White paper on Cardiology. Additional resources were used for procedures that cross specialty lines. Successful completion of a hospital affiliated Internal Medicine residency program and completion of a fellowship in Cardiology accredited by the…