Chief of Pediatric Cardiology
Cardiology Section Chief
Chief, Pediatric Cardiology
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Department of Pediatrics is seeking a Chief for the Section of Pediatric Cardiology. Potential applicants should hold an M.D. degree and board certification in Pediatric Cardiology. Candidates should qualify for appointment at the Associate Professor or Professor level. Candidates for this position should have strong clinical and academic leadership skills. The successful candidate will assume clinical, academic, and administrative responsibilities and provide leadership by promoting faculty development, teaching students, residents, and fellows and supporting the department's four-fold mission - to teach, to heal, to search, and to serve.
The Section of Pediatric Cardiology is comprised of 20 faculty members including 15 pediatric cardiologists and 5 pediatric cardiac intensivists. The section is part of the Arkansas Children’s Hospital Heart Center and works closely with our Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery and Cardiac Anesthesia teams. Arkansas Children’s Hospital is the only children’s hospital for the State of Arkansas. The cardiology section provides care for Arkansas and surrounding states with a total referral base of approximately 4 million. The outpatient cardiology service is large and included 9000 outpatient visits and interpretation of 10,000 echocardiograms in 2010. Approximately 550 cardiac catheterizations were performed per year in two new biplane catheterization laboratories. Post-operative care was provided for approximately 280 cardiopulmonary bypass procedures and a total 600 cardiac surgical procedures in a 15 bed cardiac intensive care unit contiguous with 16 bed step-down telemetry unit. The heart failure and transplant program at Arkansas Children’s Hospital is one of the largest in the nation. This, in addition to active programs in interventional catheterization, fetal echocardiography, cardiac MRI, and electrophysiology provides an excellent clinical training environment for 6 pediatric cardiology fellows. A new 18,000 square foot addition to the current 16,000 square foot cardiac intensive care unit is due to open in Dec 2012. This expansion will also include addition of clinic and echocardiography space.
Research in the Cardiology Section is strong with active NIH and other extramural funding. The Cardiology Section participates in the Center for Translational Science at UAMS and other collaborators in the Department of Pediatrics. The Cardiology Section has a strong track record for publication and leadership in academic pediatric cardiology.
The UAMS Department of Pediatrics is the largest department in the UAMS College of Medicine with over 230 faculty members and more than 100 residents and fellows. Arkansas Children’s Hospital is among the ten largest children’s hospitals in the United States and was ranked among the nation’s best places to work by FORTUNE for the past three years. Located in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains, Little Rock is an exceptionally family-oriented community combining
Southern civility and friendliness, affordable housing, quality school options, a mild climate, excellent cultural and artistic venues, professional minor league sports, world class hunting, fishing and other outdoor recreational opportunities in an environment of extraordinary natural beauty. With a population in excess of 500,000, Greater Little Rock offers the most desirable features of large cities without sacrificing ease of access and convenience. For more information, please see our website: www.arpediatrics.org.
Richard F. Jacobs, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Robert H. Fiser, Jr. M.D. Professor of Pediatrics
Chairman, Department of Pediatrics
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
President, Arkansas Children’s Hospital Research Institute
Pediatrician-in-Chief, Arkansas Children’s Hospital
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Arkansas Children’s Hospital
One Children’s Way, Little Rock, AR 72202
(501) 364-1442
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The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is an equal opportunity employer and has a Conrad 30 waiver program. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
