Cardiologist (invasive) needed 60 miles from Pittsburgh, PA

No visa's. Cardiologist Invasive needed to to join 2 noninvasive in existing practice (1 in 3 on call); replacing physician who relocated due to retirement plans. Busy outpatient and inpatient practice (consulting only) with opportunity to interpret ECGs, echos and nuclear studies. Well equipped and underutilized cath lab. Established defibrillator program with visiting EP. Can have a key role in the hospital?s efforts to start of an interventional program. Ten-bed multipurpose ICU and large telemetry unit. Hospital contemplating start of an interventional program. Hospital employment and educational loan forgiveness available.


Financial:
- Competitive salary based on experience
- Educational loan forgiveness available.
- Full benefits


Facility:
- Independent acute care bed community hospital
- It is the sole community provider for this college town, and rural county
- Nearly every specialty of medicine and surgery is represented on the active medical staff, with the large majority in private practice. Services include advanced imaging with PET/CT, MRI, 64-slice CT, nuclear medicine, cath/angio lab, and PACS; comprehensive Center for Oncology Care, HDR brachytherapy, and chemotherapy; Wound Care Center with two hyperbaric oxygen treatment chambers; Emergency Room with 45,000 visits/yr; Women?s Diagnostic Imaging Center; ten-bed intensive care unit; OB unit with 650 to 700 deliveries/yr; inpatient geriatric psychiatry unit; inpatient rehabilitation unit; total joint replacement program; Pain Clinic with advanced modalities; comprehensive sleep disorders lab and program; Musculoskeletal Institute planned for the campus; and Institutional Review Board.
- Facilityis financially sound with a very strong balance sheet, and has doubled in net revenues over the past eight years.
- It has been recognized twice by Healthcare Executive magazine as one of the fastest growing hospitals in the country, and this is despite no growth in population or local industry.
- The Board of Directors is composed of community leaders who highly value the hospital?s role in the community, and the importance of remaining independent.


Location:
- Located 60 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
- The County?s population is about 89,000 and stable, with a concentration of about 23,000 in and around the city
- The community is well-known for its quality school system that is highly ranked in the state and has been nationally recognized.
- There are a great many activities available for children and adults alike.
- Outdoor sports include fishing, hunting, golfing, tennis, swimming, boating, hiking, and camping with many different kinds of opportunities.
- There's a large variety of cultural events in the community, and these will soon increase with the completion of a new arena within sight of the hospital.