Key Responsibilities:

• Clinical Evaluation and Diagnosis:

Conduct thorough patient assessments, including medical history, physical examination, electrocardiograms (ECGs), echocardiograms, cardiac catheterization, and other diagnostic tests to accurately diagnose and stage heart failure.

• Treatment Planning:

Develop individualized treatment plans based on patient needs, including medication optimization (diuretics, ACE inhibitors, beta-blockers, etc.), lifestyle modifications (diet, exercise), and consideration of advanced therapies like ventricular assist devices (VADs) or heart transplantation.

• Outpatient Management:

Regularly monitor patients in a dedicated heart failure clinic, providing ongoing assessment, medication adjustments, and education on self-management strategies to minimize symptoms and prevent complications.

• Inpatient Consultations:

Provide expert consultation to hospitalized patients with acute heart failure exacerbations, managing complex cases and guiding treatment decisions.

• Advanced Procedures:

Perform specialized procedures related to heart failure management, such as right heart catheterization, pulmonary artery pressure monitoring, and endomyocardial biopsy, depending on their training and expertise.

• Patient Education:

Educate patients and their families about heart failure, its symptoms, treatment options, and self-management strategies to promote adherence and quality of life.

• Multidisciplinary Collaboration:

Work closely with other healthcare professionals including nurses, pharmacists, social workers, and primary care providers to ensure coordinated care for heart failure patients.

• Research and Quality Improvement:

Participate in clinical research studies related to heart failure management and contribute to quality improvement initiatives within the healthcare system.

Education

MD/DO from an accredited university medical school

Credentials

Graduate of an accredited ACGME cardiology residency program and subspecialty training in echocardiography

Board Certified with the ABIM in cardiology

board certified in cardiovascular disease and completed Fellowship in congestive heart failure

Benefits

Key benefits offered are health, pharmacy, dental, retirement, life insurance, well being and many more!