"Medical Director, Cardiac Critical Care"

Position Overview

The Section of Cardiovascular Medicine at the Yale School of Medicine, in conjunction with the Yale New Haven Health System, is seeking a full-time Critical Care Cardiologist at the Assistant or Associate Professor level to serve as the Medical Director of Cardiac Critical Care. This position offers an exciting opportunity to join a nationally recognized academic cardiology program dedicated to excellence in patient care, medical education, and clinical research.

The successful candidate will lead an important element of our clinical practice while participating in the teaching and mentoring of medical students, residents, advanced practice providers and fellows within a collaborative academic environment.

Primary Responsibilities

• Provide overall clinical leadership for Cardiac Intensive Care across the health system, with particular focus on the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) at Yale New Haven Hospital.
• Serve as attending cardiologist in the dedicated Cardiac Intensive Care Units which provide critical care services to patients with acute cardiovascular conditions including acute myocardial infarction, acute decompensated heart failure, and unstable arrhythmias requiring advanced support including mechanical circulatory support devices.
• Participate in consultative cardiology services and on-call rotations.
• Contribute to subspecialty services (e.g., advanced heart failure, imaging, electrophysiology, interventional cardiology—based on expertise)
• Teach and mentor trainees, including medical students, residents, advanced practice providers and fellows.
• Engage in scholarly activity appropriate to career track (clinical research, clinical trials, quality improvement, medical education innovation, or translational collaboration).
• Participate in institutional and departmental career development opportunities.

About Yale School of Medicine & Cardiology

The Yale School of Medicine is one of the nation’s oldest, and most prestigious medical schools. The Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, within the Department of Internal Medicine, has more than 130 full-time ladder track faculty, engaged in clinical, education and research missions.

In partnership with Yale New Haven Health System, our faculty provide comprehensive clinical care for cardiovascular conditions, with subspecialties including cardiovascular genetics, echocardiography, electrophysiology, heart failure, inherited cardiomyopathy, interventional cardiology (structural and vascular heart disease, peripheral vascular disease, coronary heart disease), and transplantation.

The Section oversees a world-class training program, which includes more than 50 fellows, training in general cardiovascular medicine, as well as subspecialty training in advanced heart failure and transplantation, electrophysiology, interventional cardiology (coronary interventions, peripheral vascular interventions, and structural heart disease), cardiac Imaging and cardio-oncology, in addition to several research fellowships.

Our cardiologists are actively engaged in cutting edge collaborative research, spanning basic science, translational research and clinical trials. The section fosters close collaboration with departments across the university, supporting discovery in areas such as genomics, artificial intelligence and data science, biomedical engineering, and health outcomes while providing robust mentorship and training opportunities for fellows, early-career faculty, and physician-scientists committed to advancing cardiovascular medicine. Specialized research centers within the Section include Yale Cardiology Research Group (YCRG), Yale Translational Research Imaging Center (YTRIC), Cardiovascular Clinical Trials Program, the Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE), and the Yale Cardiovascular Research Center (CVRC).

About Yale New Haven Health System’s Heart and Vascular Center (HVC)

Yale New Haven Health System is Connecticut’s leading healthcare system, which includes 5 hospitals with nearly 2700 beds, supported by more than 7500 university and community physicians and advanced practice providers.

Yale New Haven Hospital Heart and Vascular Center (HVC) treats more heart and vascular patients than any other facility in Connecticut. The multidisciplinary team of physicians, nurses and other professionals are dedicated to providing our patients with excellence in cardiac care. With a history of pioneering cardiology specialists and innovation that includes cardiology firsts, Yale New Haven Hospital is one of the nation’s leading providers of heart and vascular services, offering the most advanced technology and facilities.

Qualifications

Successful candidates must be fellowship-trained and either Board Certified in both Cardiovascular Medicine and Critical Care, as well as have a minimum of three years of experience providing cardiac intensive care in an academic setting. Candidates must meet criteria for appointment as an Assistant or Associate Professor of Medicine in the Academic Clinician (AC) or Clinician Educator Scholar Track (CES) and have an active unrestricted medical license in Connecticut or be eligible for licensure.

Application Instructions

Interested applicants should submit all required materials through the link provided: https://apply.interfolio.com/182937

For more information on this position, or any other positions with Yale Cardiovascular Medicine, please contact cvmrecruiting@yale.edu.