Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor - Adult Cardiologist in Echocardiography

University of Toronto•Toronto, ON

154d•Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto, and the Division of Cardiology of the University Health Network (UHN) and Sinai Health System (SHS) are seeking to recruit an academic cardiologist in the area of Echocardiography. The successful candidate must be eligible for a full-time clinical academic appointment at the University of Toronto as a Clinician Investigator at the rank of Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor. The anticipated start date is July 1, 2026, or as mutually agreed upon. The echocardiography laboratory runs a busy program with >35,000 echocardiography studies (inpatients and outpatients) per year that includes a breath of pathologies ranging from valvular heart disease, genetic and infiltrative cardiomyopathies, patients receiving cancer therapy, advanced cardiac support devices (e.g., LVADs, ECMO), congenital heart disease, etc. The laboratory supports the University Health Network and the community. The laboratory consists of 17 faculty readers and over 50 sonographers. It is a multivendor laboratory. The program has an active research portfolio. It supports 3-5 advanced imaging fellows per year and has a strong educational footprint. The primary goal of this recruitment is to participate and enrich the educational and scholarly achievements of the Echocardiography Program.

Requirements

Eligible for a full-time clinical academic appointment at the University of Toronto as a Clinician Investigator.
Demonstrated academic productivity or potential in the field of echocardiography – through research and/or educational initiatives.
Completed a level 3 fellowship in echocardiography – with skill acquisition in advanced echocardiography including contrast, stress, strain, structural imaging and support, transesophageal and 3-D imaging.
Hold an MD degree or equivalent.
Should have, or be eligible for, certification in Cardiology by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
Should have, or be eligible for, licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO).
Primary language of work will be English.

Nice To Haves

Academic and research focus aligned with the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre priority areas such as structural valve disease, heart function, cardio-oncology, adult congenital heart disease and/or artificial intelligence.

Responsibilities

Interpretation of both inpatient and outpatient transthoracic and stress imaging (treadmill, bike and pharmacologic).
Performance of transesophageal echocardiography.
Participate and enrich the educational and scholarly achievements of the Echocardiography Program.
Advance technical developments in echocardiography and/or use echocardiographic data to address knowledge gaps and/or help promote education in echocardiography using novel approaches.