Medical Director, Pediatric Advanced Heart Therapies Program
Description
We invite you to explore an extraordinary leadership opportunity as the Medical Director of Pediatric Advanced Heart Therapies at The Congenital Heart Center at Levine Children’s Hospital. As an experienced pediatric heart failure and transplant cardiologist, you’ll lead and join a thriving program and growing faculty at one of the nation’s premier children’s hospitals, located in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Repeatedly ranked among the Best Children’s Hospitals in the nation by U.S. News & World Report – and ranked among the nation’s best for cardiology and heart surgery for the past 17 years – Atrium Health Levine Children’s is the largest and most comprehensive children’s hospital between Washington, D.C. and Atlanta, helping families stay closer to home. The hospital’s Congenital Heart Center, established in 2010, is ranked in 2024-25 as #7 nationally for cardiology and heart surgery. In addition, Atrium Health Levine Children’s Hospital has earned the prestigious ranking of the No. 1 children’s hospital in North Carolina and tied for the No. 1 children’s hospital in the entire southeastern United States.
Position Highlights:
When you join Atrium Health, you’ll be welcomed into an inclusive culture where your voice is valued, your passion for advancing medicine is rewarded, and you get the resources and support you need to thrive personally and professionally. In this nationally renowned integrated health system, you can work alongside some of the most advanced minds in medicine to improve medicine, elevate hope and advance healing for all.
As Medical Director, you will lead and advance the strategic vision of the program, in addition to participating in clinical research and national committees. The Congenital Heart Center is an active participant in the Pediatric Heart Transplant Society and ACTION.
The Pediatric Advanced Therapies Program currently has two MD’s, two dedicated APP’s, 3 VAD/transplant RN coordinators, a dietician and a social worker. The Congenital Heart Team includes 17 cardiologists, three congenital heart surgeons, eight cardiac intensivists, three pediatric cardiac anesthesiologists, two pediatric cardiac radiologists, 20 APPs (including three surgical APPs), 16 sonographers, five nurse navigators and nine dedicated RNs.
The center’s comprehensive congenital heart services include advanced cardiac imaging, dedicated cardiovascular intensive care staff members, and regional referral programs in heart failure/transplantation, cardiac catheterization, electrophysiology, adult congenital heart disease and fetal echocardiography.
The Pediatric Advanced Therapies Program has experienced exponential growth, becoming the largest transplant center in the region for the past five years. Here you will have an active pediatric advanced medical support program and use all devices. In addition, a state-of-the-art two lab cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology suite was opened in 2017, with dedicated staffing and anesthesia teams. In December 2020, a new outpatient office complex opened which is designed to treat all patients from fetal cardiology to ACHD.
Plus, Levine Children’s has one of the most comprehensive Cardiac Neurodevelopment programs in the Southeast, providing many specialty services to congenital heart patients in the same office suite. Participation in investigator-initiated and multi-center industry-sponsored studies is ongoing within the Heart Center, with the support of an active clinical research department and close alignment with the Atrium Health adult cardiology counterparts within the Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute.
Requirements:
- ACGME-accredited fellowship in pediatric cardiology and board-certified/board-eligible by the American Board of Pediatrics
- A fourth year of additional training in pediatric heart failure and transplant, or a minimum of five years transplant experience
- Clinical expertise with mechanical circulatory support devices
The Medial Director will work closely with the Chief of Pediatric Cardiology and the Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery Chief and will clinically rotate equally on Heart Transplant/Heart Failure Inpatient and Outpatient Services. You must also meet the qualifications as the primary pediatric heart transplant physician as delineated by the OTPN and oversee patient care, strategic vision, program development, administration, safety and quality of the program.
About Atrium Health Levine Children’s Hospital
Levine Children’s Hospital is a state-of-the-art,11 floor, 234-bed facility in beautiful Charlotte, North Carolina, and includes a PICU and CVICU covered 24/7 by in-house intensivists, as well as a Progressive Care Unit, Inpatient Observation Unit, Pediatric Rehab Unit and Pediatric Emergency Department. Committed to being the region’s leading provider of pediatric health care services, the hospital is a premier referral facility within Atrium Health, one of the nation’s leading and most innovative health care systems.
Atrium Health includes nearly 2,500 system-employed physicians, more than 60,000 employees and more than 7,460 licensed beds across the Carolinas and beyond. In 2021, Atrium Health joined with Wake Forest University, and integration of the congenital heart programs on both campuses is underway.
About Charlotte
One of America's fastest-growing cities, the “Queen City” of Charlotte truly is an evolving landscape full of energy and charm. Home to a metropolitan area population of more than 2.8 million residents (and projected to increase in population by 71% by 2030), and a vibrant arts and culinary scene, this vibrant city offers everything you could ask for: world-class entertainment, abundant family activities, plenty of local adventure and year-round recreation. Nestled in the Piedmont region of North Carolina, the location provides easy access to the beautiful Blue Ridge and Great Smoky mountains and some of the nation’s most popular beaches and towns in North and South Carolina. The region is connected via an expanding international airport and convenient proximity to other major metropolitan areas. It’s no wonder that U.S. News & World Report ranks Charlotte in 2025 as #8 in its list of Best Big Cities to Live and #9 Best Places to Retire.
First settled around 1755 and one of the first cities to proclaim its freedom from British rule, Charlotte has since grown into a cosmopolitan and diverse community, as well as the second-largest banking hub in the country behind New York City. In addition to many exceptional private and independent schools, the local Charlotte-Mecklenburg school district is ranked fourth in the nation in the number of National Board-certified teachers, and the region is home to several colleges and universities, including the University of North Carolina – Charlotte, Queens University of Charlotte and Davidson College.
Charlotte-area residents enjoy a temperate four-season climate with mild winters and abundant opportunities to experience the city itself and all of the outdoor activities the region has to offer, including boating, swimming and fishing at nearby Lake Norman and Lake Wylie, whitewater rafting a the U.S. National Whitewater Center, or hiking, running, biking, ropes courses and more! Sports fans will enjoy major league sports (including the NFL Carolina Panthers, NBA Charlotte Hornets, MLS Charlotte FC, NASCAR, Carolina Knights baseball and Charlotte Checkers hockey). This city offers something for everyone!
Don’t let this outstanding opportunity pass you by!
How to apply
Please forward your CV and cover letter to:
Glenda Church Smith, Principal
Pediatric Search Partners
877-440-3832 Telephone
214-850-3094 Text
