• Interventional Cardiology Physician

    Geisinger (Scranton, PA)


    Job Summary

    Geisinger's Heart & Vascular Institute is seeking board certified / board eligible Interventional Cardiologists with a focus and passion for coronary interventions including CHIP to join our facility Geisinger Community Medical Center (GCMC) in Scranton, PA

    Job Duties

    The ideal candidate would be an early career or a mid-career interventional cardiologist with experience and training in percutaneous coronary interventions. The current scope of interventional cardiology in Scranton, PA includes STEMI care, percutaneous coronary interventions, atherectomy, shockwave therapy etc. In addition, Geisinger Community Medical Center has a robust structural heart disease program including TAVR. The facility also prides itself with ability to insert mechanical circulatory support devices including ECMO percutaneously in the cath lab.

     

    Geisinger Community Medical Center has received The Joint Commission/American Heart Association (AHA) Comprehensive Heart Attack Center Certification and has been recognized as a Mission Lifeline­® Heart Attack Receiving Center. This recognition has helped GCMC set the national standard for care coordination among hospital leadership, interventional cardiology, cardiac surgery, heart failure, advanced practice, nursing, life support, emergency medicine, emergency medical services (EMS), care management, pharmacy, and cardiac rehab teams.

     

    System-wide, Geisinger’s Heart and Vascular Institute has 69 Cardiologists, 12 Cardiothoracic Surgeons, 12 Vascular Surgeons as well as 82 Advanced Practitioners. Services are provided at GMC in Danville, PA; The Richard and Marion Pearsall Heart Hospital at Geisinger Wyoming Valley (GWV) in Wilkes-Barre, PA; Geisinger Community Medical Center (GCMC) in Scranton, PA; Geisinger – Gray’s Woods in State College, PA; as well as select community locations encompassing an additional Cardiologists.

     

    Geisinger’s Heart and Vascular Institute also offers comprehensive care for our pediatric heart patients. The pediatric and congenital heart team consists of eight Cardiologists and one Cardiothoracic Surgeon at Geisinger’s Janet Weis Children’s Hospital (JWCH) at GMC.

     

    The multidisciplinary team members of the Geisinger Heart and Vascular Institute participate in outcomes and population-based research through the Geisinger Center for Health Research; molecular, cellular and genomics research at the Siegfried and Janet Weis Center for Health Research; and trials of new drugs, devices and techniques through the Geisinger Center for Clinical Studies. The Institute serves as an educational venue for cardiology fellows and advanced fourth-year cardiology fellows, an annual Cardiology Symposium and frequent CME lectures.

    Position Details

    Education

    Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine- (Required)

    Experience

    Certification(s) and License(s)

     

    Licensed Medical Doctor - State of Pennsylvania

     

    OUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities. KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves. EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence. LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow. INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation. SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners. Perhaps just as important, from senior management on down, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality. We know that a diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds makes our team stronger. Our patients, members and community come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and it takes a diverse workforce to make better health easier for all. We are proud to be an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran.

     

    We are an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer Women and Minorities are Encouraged to Apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability or their protected veteran status.