Description
The University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC), located in Jackson, MS, seeks a BC/BE full-time Electrophysiologist to join our faculty. Rank and tenure status will be commensurate with qualifications. Duties include ambulatory electrophysiology practice, inpatient electrophysiology consultations with fellows, and electrophysiology procedures. The Division of Cardiovascular Diseases is currently seeking an electrophysiologist with a contemporary and advanced skill set to help expand our comprehensive and growing practice.
UMMC is Mississippi’s only academic medical center with over 700 licensed beds and more than 10,000 employees. It is also affiliated with two community hospitals. The Division of Cardiovascular Diseases provides comprehensive and advanced care, including ambulatory and inpatient cardiology, advanced cardiovascular imaging, electrophysiology, adult congenital heart disease, coronary and peripheral interventional, structural heart disease interventions, and advanced heart failure, including transplant and ventricular assist device therapies. Our electrophysiology program provides the spectrum of procedures, including device implantation, ablations, and lead extraction. The Division is part of the Cardiovascular Service Line, which shares close collaborations with Cardiovascular Surgery, Transplant, Vascular Surgery, Cardiac Anesthesia, and Radiology. The Heart Center is located centrally on campus and houses state-of-the-art electrophysiology labs.
The greater Jackson, Mississippi, area is known for the arts, entertainment, great food, and a wide variety of outdoor activities, all supported by a strong sense of community. We enjoy a low cost of living without sacrificing the ease of living. Because of its location and unique patient population, working at UMMC affords early and mid-career faculty with unique opportunities in clinical and translational research. Salaries are high compared to other academic medical centers and are dependent on academic and clinical effort and productivity. The benefits are also excellent. There are also abundant opportunities to teach medical students, residents, and fellows. The Division also has a robust clinical trials group as well as opportunities to participate in extramurally funded research through several large center grants and epidemiologic cohort studies, including the Jackson Heart Study and the RURAL Study. The Division of Cardiovascular Diseases is proud to be an institutional leader in clinical services, extramural research funding, and numerous teaching awards. If you are interested, please contact Dr. Michael McMullan, Division Director of Cardiovascular Diseases and Director of Cardiovascular Service Line, University of Mississippi Medical Center, email: mmcmullan@umc.edu.
