INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGIST (Peripherals a plus!) needed to replace a retired partner!  30 miles from South Padre Island, Brownsville, Texas

OPPORTUNITY: 

• Existing group includes 2 Interventional Cardiologists, an EP Cardiologist and an Invasive Cardiologist
• Gorgeous, newly constructed, 24,000 square foot, state-of-the-art medical complex
• Extremely busy practice
• Quickly build a patient base with overflow, new patients and referrals
• On-site:

        *   Certified Cardiac Nuclear Lab

        *   Certified Echocardiography Lab

        *   Certified Peripheral Vascular Lab

        *   Heart Failure Clinic

        *   Anticoagulation Clinic

        *   Pacemaker/ICD Clinic

        *   Cardiac Rehabilitation

• Research Department- H.I.B. maintains an active involvement in the medical community by participating in ongoing research, clinical trials and educational programs
• Practice call shared evenly
• Tenured staff including M.A.’s and Echo, Vascular and Nuclear techs
• Visit the practice at http://www.heartinstituteofbrownsville.com/

FINANCIAL PACKAGE:

• Guaranteed salary with a 36-month forgiveness period
• Bonuses!
• Comprehensive Benefits plus 401-k
• Employee status
• Malpractice coverage
• Partnership track available
• Relocation assistance
• Texas has tort reform and no state income taxes!!

 FACILITY:  The 214-bed licensed Valley Regional Medical Center (www.ValleyRegionalMedicalCenter.com) is a $60 million state-of-the-art acute care hospital. VRMC accommodates patients with the latest technology and care delivered in a pleasing, hotel-like environment. VRMC is a designated Trauma Center and offers many sophisticated services such as Emergency Care, Chest Pain Center, Neonatal Intensive Care, Neurosurgery, Cardiac Surgery, Outpatient Surgery and Orthopedic Surgery. The Women’s Pavilion specializes in obstetrics and neonatology and offers labor and delivery suites, cheerful, homelike birthing rooms, newborn nurseries and a NIC unit. Recent additions include a second Intensive Care Unit, 16 new medical/surgical beds and the installation of the most current CT technology to expand the diagnostic tools available to physicians.

COMMUNITY:
"The city on the border by the sea", Brownsville (www.Brownsville.org) is a truly international community set in a semi-tropical paradise of blended cultures, exotic music, flavors and ever-blooming natural beauty. Only 30 miles from South Padre Island! Residents of Brownsville (150,000 population) enjoy an exciting cultural and performing arts scene plus acclaimed museums and galleries. Its sunny days and climate accommodate active lifestyles with abundant recreational opportunities, including challenging golf courses, scenic parks, the white sandy beaches of South Padre Island and world-class bird watching. Ranked as one of the Top Ten Most Affordable U.S. cities, Brownsville residents enjoy a cost of living that is 30% below the national average. Come and embrace the culture, history, food, language and location!