Advanced Imaging Section Head Open Rank (Associate-Professor)

University of Colorado•Aurora, CO

8h•Onsite

About The Position

The Division of Cardiology at the University of Colorado on has an immediate opening for an Advanced Imaging Section Head. A qualified, mid-career non-invasive cardiologist with subspecialty training in advanced cardiac imaging will function as the section lead overseeing Cardiac Imaging, including echocardiography, CT, MRI, and nuclear cardiology services. This is an academic position on the Anschutz Medical Campus, which is the only academic medical center in the State of Colorado. The candidate will provide leadership in clinical, research, and teaching domains to further advance the cardiac multi-modality imaging program. This position will report to the Chief of Cardiology. The candidate should be board-certified in cardiovascular medicine by the ABIM and should be fully capable of performing TEE, stress echo, 3D echo, procedural image guidance, and other advanced echo procedures. In addition to clinical service, there is both opportunity and expectation for academic work, including education, investigation/research, and administration, as well as advocacy. There will be protected time for these efforts with a well-established support structure, breadth, and depth in mentoring available within the Division, and expected benchmarks.

Requirements

MD or DO degree
ABIM board-certified in Cardiovascular Medicine
Advanced Fellowship in Cardiac Imaging
Level III certification in two or more advanced imaging modalities
Associate Professor: DEA certificate Ability to obtain CO medical license 3-6 years of relevant experience Prior experience with program development, teaching, or research Examples of scholarship
Professor: DEA certificate Ability to obtain CO medical license 7+ years of relevant experience Proven track record with program development, teaching, or research Master Clinician skills
Demonstrated history of scholarship in cardiovascular field

Nice To Haves

Possess a strong track record of expertise in cardiac imaging
Have the desire and skills to lead an advanced cardiac imaging team and day-to-day operations
Articulate a vision for the future of cardiac imaging
Have a meaningful clinical research background
Be academically productive
Be a talented educator
Collegiality, listening skills, strong decision-making capacity when handling competing interests and staffing issues for diverse physicians, physician-scientists and advance practice providers
Ability to liaison well with other department, division, and hospital leadership

Responsibilities

Creation and maintenance of the Cardiac Advanced Imaging schedule utilizing the QGenda scheduling platform across multiple sites including Anschutz Medical Campus, Cherry Creek Medical Center, Lone Tree Medical Center and Highlands Ranch Hospital.
In this clinically-focused leadership position, the candidate will provide leadership and oversight for the multimodality cardiac imaging group (echocardiography, nuclear, CT, and MRI) and will work collaboratively with our partners in the Department of Radiology.
Sub-directors of CT, MRI, nuclear, and satellite cardiac imaging will report to this position, and this position will report to the Division Head of Cardiology.
Currently, the Division has about 45 cardiologists and over half of them read echo, 6 of them read nuclear, 4 of them read CT, and 3 of them read MRI.
We anticipate this position to be approximately 60% clinical and 40% administrative/teaching/research – flexible, depending on the candidate
The person in this role with be tasked with expanding our research portfolio/group within cardiac imaging and mentoring fellows and junior faculty within this area.
There will be protected time for these efforts with well-established support structure, breadth and depth in mentoring available within the Division, and expected benchmarks.
Work closely with hospital staff and administration to ensure the quality and timeliness of the services provided as well as providing leadership to the faculty and fellows involved in study interpretation
Be committed to the educational mission of the division and will be involved in the training and education of house officers, fellows, and medical students