Electrophysiology Physician - Altoona, Pennsylvania - J1/H1 Visa Welcome
Job Summary
Occupation
Physician
Specialty
Cardiology-Electrophysiology
Degree Required
MD/DO
Position Type
Full-Time
Work Environment
Hospital
Clinic/Private Practice
Location
Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States
Visa Sponsorship
No
Job Description
Last Update:
11/05/24
Job Description
- Join a cardiology practice of 2 interventional cardiologists, 1 non-invasive, 2 electrophysiologists, and 1 heart failure specialist Practice has pacemaker clinic and established EP clinic with solid patient base
- Primarily outpatient practice with APP support Patient load of an estimated 25 patients per day Work schedule in the office Monday -Friday 8 am ? 5 pm; 2 days in clinic and 3 days in EP lab doing procedures. Call schedule is 1 night per week, Monday -Friday and 1 in every 5 weekends Department includes Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners 2023
- Procedure and Volume Statistics:
- Cath Lab Statistics: Patient Visits: 2,511 Catheterizations: 1,975 Impella: 13 Drug Eluting Stent: 814 Rotablador: 27 Watchman: 309 TAVR: 64 EP Lab Statistics: Patient Visits: 1,187 Pacemaker insertions: 177 Bi-V Pacemaker: 20 ICD Insertion: 56 Bi-V ICD: 65 Loop Recorder Insert: 177 EP Study: 23 Ablation simple: 171 Ablation complex: 361
- Compensation: Competitive compensation and benefits package includes a base salary and wRVU bonus, sign-on bonus, relocation allowance, annual CME stipend, paid vacation, medical/dental/vision and life insurance, retirement benefits and malpractice insurance.
- The hospital is a 400-bed tertiary care hospital with 400+ practicing physicians serving a 6-county region in central PA with an accredited level 2 trauma, stroke and chest pain center and a regional oncology, cardiology, cardiac and vascular surgery center.
- The Community Altoona is a small city surrounded by mountains in central PA with easy access to 5 major metro areas - a friendly, uncomplicated, family-oriented community filled with cultural and recreational opportunities, and excellent schools.
- Altoona Metro/Blair County Population: 130,000 Hospital Service Area Population: 350,000 Trauma Service Area Population: 1 million+ (20 county) 5 major metropolitan areas within 2 --5 hours, accessible by local air and train service