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Are you a board-certified interventional cardiologist with a few years under your belt?  Would you like to get out of the big city but still practice state-of-the-art interventional in the beautiful mountains of Western North Carolina?  Them come join us at UNC affiliated Pardee Hospital here in Hendersonville, NC.

Our STEMI program opened in 2021.  Since then, we have experienced tremendous growth in cardiac cath and interventional volume, noninvasive testing, and our outpatient practice volume.  New patient referrals have grown over 300% in the past 2 years.  In calendar year 2024 we performed over 2000 diagnostic cath procedures and 300 PCI in a single state-of-the-art GE lab.  While we do not have on-site surgery, we have many of the conventional techniques you would find at larger institutions including OCT/IVUS, physiologic assessment with microvascular testing, Shockwave, and Impella.  The hospital has space to add another diagnostic/interventional coronary and peripheral lab as well as space for planned EP and hybrid labs.  Plans are to add an additional cath lab to serve the community needs and increasing demands.  

We have three interventional cardiologists on staff, one of whom plans to transition to part-time in the fall of 2025.  We are looking for a third full-time BC IC with several years of experience in coronary and peripheral procedures to complete our team.  The new partner will be expected to participate in 1 in 3 STEMI call, cover hospital rounds/consultations and outpatient office time.  Permanent pacemaker procedures are an option.

The IC partner would practice at our main campus of Pardee Hospital in Hendersonville and not be expected to travel to either of our satellite offices in Brevard or Arden.  We have a total of 3 noninvasive partners and are recruiting for more.  One partner is located at the Hendersonville office where we also have a dedicated APP focusing on heart failure and devices.  Our 2 other noninvasive partners rotate between the Brevard and Arden offices.  In the hospital we have a dedicated APP who manages our cardiology inpatient service.

Our practice also includes two vascular surgeons who perform endovascular procedures in a dedicated lab which we hope to move to our IC suite in the near future.  One of them plans to retire this year leaving us with an opportunity to fill the gap with our IC partners who are appropriately credentialed.

Currently open heart procedures are performed at our tertiary referral centers in Asheville, Greenville, SC and Spartanburg, SC.  We also have excellent relationships with our EP partners at these institutions.

Hendersonville is in a rapidly growing area of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina.  We have great amenities including some of the best fly fishing in the country, world class outdoor activities with easy access to the Smoky Mountains and Blue Ridge Parkway, family friendly neighborhoods and great restaurants.  All the amenities of Asheville are just a short drive away.

Come check us out.  The volume is here, the community is highly supportive and we need your skills.  If you are interested, please give us a call.

Candidate Qualifications:

• Growth-minded
• Leadership
• Board Certification (Required)

About UNC Health Pardee

Pardee Information: Pardee UNC Health Care is a not-for-profit health care system that was founded in 1953 and is managed by UNC Health Care. It is the first hospital in the Carolinas to be accredited with the International Organization for Standardization for quality health care standards. We are a licensed for 222 acute care beds and are the second-largest employer in Henderson County. We have several locations separate from our main campus, including a comprehensive physician practice network, multiple urgent care locations and five orthopedic clinics. Area Information: Where you work is as important as where you play. Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Western North Carolina is not only a beautiful place, but a dynamic region filled with natural resources, a variety of cultural and educational opportunities, and some of the highest quality health care in the country. Physicians and medical professionals have settled here, drawn by the exceptional beauty and quality of life in Hendersonville. Hendersonville is unique in having the feel of small town America, yet is geographically situated within convenient driving distance of the urban areas of Asheville, NC, Greenvill...e, SC, and only a few hours from Atlanta, GA and Charlotte, NC. Nature is always close by with nearly twenty national, state, county and city parks, recreational areas and forests, many within of just outside the city limits of Hendersonville.

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