Vice President and System Chief, Pediatric Cardiology

Northwell Health and Cohen Children's Medical Center are seeking a visionary national leader to serve as Vice President and System Chief of Pediatric Cardiology. This role involves co-leading the Cohen Children's Heart Center, expanding pediatric cardiovascular services across a wide regional footprint, and fostering a culture of multidisciplinary clinical excellence. The position offers significant opportunities for research, advocacy, and education within the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell.

Practice Info

• The Cohen Children's Heart Center was established in 2022 to unify multidisciplinary teams caring for children and adults with congenital heart disease across 28 hospitals of the Northwell Health System.
• Northwell Health's pediatric cardiovascular services cover Long Island, Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Staten Island, and Westchester, with plans to expand into the Hudson Valley and Western Connecticut.
• The Cohen Children's Heart Center functions as a highly collaborative, multidisciplinary team focused on clinical and academic excellence.
• The center is one of the highest volume programs in New York State, providing more than 17,000 inpatient and outpatient visits each year across 12 treatment locations.
• Cohen Children's Medical Center is the only institution on Long Island that offers comprehensive cardiac and cardiac surgical care from pregnancy through infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood for congenital heart disease.
• The division comprises a robust faculty of more than 30 pediatric cardiac specialists, fellows, and a dedicated multidisciplinary care team.

Responsibilities

• Oversee clinical operations and fulfill the academic and research missions of the Division of Pediatric Cardiology.
• Lead Pediatric Cardiology Services across Northwell Health, including setting clinical strategy, developing clinical guidelines, improving offerings and clinical quality.
• Expand subspecialty programs, including advanced imaging (MRI/CT), interventional catheterization, fetal echocardiography, electrophysiology, heart failure, and transplantation.
• Serve as a senior liaison between the division's faculty and the hospital administration at Northwell Health.
• In collaboration with Hospital and Pediatric Service Line leadership, oversee annual operating budgets for the Division of Pediatric Cardiology to ensure annual targets are met and/or exceeded.

Requirements

• Nationally recognized clinical leader with a proven track record of mentorship, education, and academic research.
• Extensive administrative experience building and scaling high-acuity pediatric programs in a complex health system.
• Strong collaborative communication skills to partner across pediatric surgery, neonatology, and intensive care.
• American Board of Pediatrics certified in Pediatric Cardiology.