Step into a high-acuity critical care anesthesiology role in a top academic center. The prestigious Northwestern Memorial Hospital seeks a Critical Care Anesthesiologist to be a key player in one of the nation's top-ranked cardiac programs. In this dynamic role, you'll extend care from the operating room to the intensive care unit, focusing on treating the critically ill perioperative patient. With a high volume of cases annually, including a growing number of heart transplants and lung procedures, you'll thrive in a supportive, collaborative team.

About Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago offers leading-edge clinical trials and world-class patient care, with a top-ranked cardiac program providing complex surgical procedures. The Division of Critical Care Medicine within the Department of Anesthesiology focuses on the care of the perioperative patient, optimizing them for surgery or managing their post-surgical needs.

Opportunity Highlights

· Join Northwestern Memorial's dynamic medical center, excelling in high-acuity cardiothoracic and transplant surgeries

· Provide round-the-clock care to the most critically ill patients

· Guaranteed ICU coverage at least 8 weeks per year, up to 26 weeks annually

· Work in a multidisciplinary fashion, together with surgeons, nurses, pharmacists, physical/occupational therapists, and social workers, caring for patients when they are most vulnerable

· Receive strong mentoring from senior attendings dedicated to supporting new team members

· Work alongside 7 to 8 expert cardiac surgeons, each excelling in their unique surgical specialties

· Enjoy a teaching and service partnership with Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

· Northwestern Memorial Hospital is on the US News Honor Roll, nationally ranked in 11 adult specialties, No. 1 in Illinois, and No. 1 in Chicago

· US News & World Report ranks Northwestern's cardiac program seventh in the nation

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