Cardiologist / System Medical Director Cardiac Imaging Integration

Cardiologist / System Medical Director Cardiac Imaging Integration

System Medical Director, Cardiac Imaging Integration We invite you to learn more about this outstanding opportunity to join Hartford HealthCare's Heart & Vascular Institute (HHC HVI), a national leader in cardiovascular disease prevention, treatment, surgery, and research, providing personalized care to more patients and performing more advanced cardiac procedures than any other cardiac program in Connecticut. Hartford HealthCare's Heart & Vascular Institute (HHC HVI) is seeking an experienced Cardiologist who is highly skilled, board certified, with significant experience/training in echocardiography, MRI, CT, and/or Nuclear Cardiology. This position will focus on delivering superb clinical care to a diverse, medically complex patient population in both the in-patient and outpatient arenas, supported by the highest-caliber cardiovascular invasive, diagnostic, and surgical services in a collaborative and multidisciplinary setting.

Position Summary: The System Medical Director of Cardiac Imaging Integration will coordinate the strategic direction, operational efficiency, and clinical quality of all cardiac imaging services (Echocardiography, Nuclear, SPECT CT, PET CT, CT, MRI) within Hartford HealthCare's Heart & Vascular Institute, and in partnership with our Radiology partners across the ecosystem (CT and MRI). Reporting to the HVI SVP, Operations and HVI Physicians-in-Chief, this role will be responsible for ensuring the delivery of exceptional patient care, optimizing imaging resource utilization, and driving innovation in cardiac imaging technology.

Key Accountabilities:

• Executes on comprehensive strategic plan for cardiac imaging services for all cardiac imaging modalities, in alignment and coordination with our key stakeholders in Radiology and aligned with A 2 E 2 (Access, Affordability, Equity and Excellence) and HVI's vision to improve access to high quality imaging services.
• Collaborates with other clinical leaders to optimize patient care
• Ensures collaboration with regional radiology partners to optimize patient care for cardiac CT and cardiac MRI
• Promotes evidence-based practices and guidelines and establishes safe and effective standards for Hartford HealthCare cardiac imaging
• Performs complex advanced cardiac imaging procedures, interpreting results, and providing expert consultation to referring physicians.
• Identifies, develops, plans, and actualizes opportunities for program growth and innovation for cardiac imaging services across the system
• Leads quality improvement initiatives in partnership with HVI, radiology and system quality teams
• Collaborates with radiology partners and cardiologists to optimize workflows and throughput between the two specialties
• Works in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams to balance technology with values that emphasize quality of life, consumer choice, risk-benefit decisions, access and integrity of life
• Demonstrates systems thinking by recognizing, responding and following up on all issues, concerns and suggestions on behalf of the patient population and staff. Provides timely follow-up and provides leadership in system redesign to promote a culture of safety

About Hartford HealthCare: The Hartford HealthCare network employs over 2,800 providers in over 600 practice locations throughout Connecticut, seven acute care hospitals including one of the largest academic and surgical hospitals in the northeast, thriving community teaching hospitals, and one of the largest, physician-led, multi-specialty medical groups in New England. There are no limits to what you can achieve when you join the Heart & Vascular Institute at Hartford HealthCare. This means MORE OPTIONS to propel careers to new heights and all within a deeply embedded culture of inclusion, innovation, and focus on the highest quality of care. Our Location: Hartford, CT is located in close proximity to Boston and New York City, offering you and your family access to the finest schools in the nation, four beautiful seasons of recreational activities, and options to live near the shore, in leafy suburbs, or in vibrant urban areas.

For more information: Please send email with CV to Pam Lasser, Physician Recruiter, View email address on click.appcast.io or call/text at View phone number on click.appcast.io. To learn more about the Heart &Vascular Institute, please visit the following link:

Qualifications: BC Cardiology, certified in multi-modality imaging, minimum 10 years experience, proven record in leadership role.

Regular Standard Hours Per Week: 40 Schedule: Full-time (40 hours)