Section Chief Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant
- Winston-Salem, NC
- Posted
- Relocation paid
- 885-bed hospital
- Teaching or academic
- Specialty
- No single specialty
- Pay stated
- Not stated
- Employment
- Not stated
- Location
- Winston-Salem, NC 27157 · Map of Winston-Salem, NC: open in Google Maps
- Site
- Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
About this job
Section Chief of Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant at Wake Forest Baptist in Winston-Salem, NC, reporting to the Chair of Cardiovascular Medicine. The role leads clinical and academic program development, research growth and faculty recruitment, with a chance to help build a future AHF & Transplant fellowship.
- Setting
- Academic: 885 bed tertiary care academic medical center partnered with Wake Forest University School of Medicine; 29 heart transplants in 2025. Secondary site High Point Medical Center, plus outreach clinics.
- The work
- 8 clinical half-days (clinic, imaging) and 2 administrative sessions weekly; lead section vision, research and clinical trials, recruit and mentor faculty and APPs; right heart caths and biopsies; optional echo, CPX.
- Schedule
- Full-time 1.0FTE (80% clinical, 20% administrative); up to 20% research effort can be added with funding. Inpatient 1:4 in weekly blocks, goal 1:6; Winston-Salem clinic 1-2 days/week, outreach 1 day/week.
- Call
- Call rotation aligns with the inpatient service week, 1:4 (goal 1:6). No general cardiology call.
- Patients
- Advanced heart failure and transplant patients, including ICU rounding; 60-minute new and 30-minute return visits; one cath lab day during advanced therapies week.
- What the pay includes
- CME allowances and relocation assistance.
- Requirements
- BE/BC in Cardiovascular Disease and Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant; BE/BC Echo if applicable; clinical heart transplant experience including post graduate; must meet or be eligible to meet UNOS heart transplant program criteria.
- Benefits named
- PTO; medical, dental, vision, life and disability; 401(k) with employer contributions; FSAs; family support benefits; educational assistance; free medical liability insurance; CME allowances; relocation assistance.
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