Cardiac Critical Care Intensivist; Dual boarded in Critical Care & Cardiology

Norton Heart & Vascular Institute, a part of Norton Healthcare located in Louisville, Kentucky, is seeking two board-certified or board-eligible general cardiologists and also board-certified or board eligible in critical care medicine to join its growing group of providers in a new 12-bed cardiac critical care unit located on the campus of Norton Audubon Hospital. The group consists of 50 board-certified cardiovascular physicians, more than 45 advanced practice providers and 200+ support staff.

Norton Heart & Vascular Institute is a progressive group of practices that maintains more than 57% of the total cardiovascular market share, more than any other health care provider in our service area. It offers comprehensive cardiovascular care, including specialized programs for electrophysiology, structural heart disease, advanced cardiac imaging, cardio-obstetrics and advanced heart failure, including mechanical circulatory support and cardiac rehabilitation.

Thanks to an endowment investment of up to $88 million from the Rounsavall Family Foundation, Norton Heart & Vascular Institute’s new multidisciplinary clinic space opened in October 2023 on the Norton Audubon Hospital campus as one of 29 locations across Kentucky and Southern Indiana. The investment also included upgrading and expanding all catheterization labs across the Norton Healthcare system, as well as computed tomography (CT) machines for advanced imaging.

"This institute is a subspecialty-based model made up of high-functioning providers who are collegial and diverse. Backed by a well-established cardiovascular service line structure that has access to up-to-date technology and facilities, we pride ourselves in providing a high level of service and quality of patient care that make our institute a great place for a provider to practice and grow."

Joseph

A. Lash, M.D. Executive Medical Director and Rounsavall Family Foundation Endowed Chair Norton Heart & Vascular Institute

• Develop and expand Norton Heart & Vascular Institute’s cardiac critical care program
• Oversee cardiology services in a 12-bed, dedicated cardiovascular intensive care unit (CV ICU) located at Norton Audubon Hospital, a four-time award-winning American College of Cardiology Heart
  
  CARE Center of Excellence
• Provider will work specifically in the ICU for cardiac patients but will be responsible for performing some related bedside procedures and reading diagnostic tests in the hospital
• Support the continued growth of the Norton Heart & Vascular Institute Structural Heart Program, including the addition of new procedures
• Support continued growth and development of established Norton Healthcare extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) services
• Join a multidisciplinary team to include cardiothoracic surgery, vascular surgery and advanced heart failure
• Opportunity to partner with the Norton Heart & Vascular Institute Advanced Heart Failure & Recovery Program, which includes three physicians and nine advanced practice providers
• Ultimate schedule will be 7 on / 7 off but may do 5 days a week to start with critical care support at night

• Medical degree/diploma
• Residency/fellowship certification
• Kentucky and Indiana medical license or license eligible

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran

Norton Audubon Hospital is a 432-bed acute-care hospital specializing in cardiac, surgical, pulmonary, orthopedic, vascular, urologic, emergency and diagnostic care. The hospital is home to one of the largest and most comprehensive heart care programs in the Louisville area, having performed the world’s second artificial heart transplant in 1984. It has one of the most successful ECMO and cardiogenic shock programs in the country, with survival rates above the national average, and its comprehensive hybrid A-fib ablation program consistently ranks among the top 10 nationally in procedural volume.

The hospital’s multidisciplinary structural heart team performed…