Acute Care Pediatric Cardiologist (Cleveland)

The Division of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Medicine within the Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Center at Cleveland Clinic Childrens is seeking an Acute Care Cardiologist to join our existing group of pediatric cardiologists and 14 advanced practice providers caring for pediatric cardiac Step-Down patients within our Pediatric Cardiac Care Unit. The position will have a primary appointment in the Division of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine in the Department of Heart, Vascular & Thoracic in the Childrens Institute. The successful candidate will be board certified/ board eligible in pediatric cardiology and have a strong background in the care of medically complex patients in the acute care setting. Clinical activities of the position include direct patient care responsibilities and supervision of fellows and advanced practice providers. The 33-bed Cardiac Care Unit, which includes 15 Pediatric Cardiac ICU beds and 18 Cardiac Intermediate Care and Step-down beds, cares for 750 admissions annually. The Cardiac Step-down Service provides high quality, equitable, culturally responsive, family-centered care to infants, children, adolescents, and adults with congenital and acquired heart disease across the full spectrum of disease complexity. The Cardiac Step-down service cares for both cardiac medical and surgical patients, the latter in collaboration with the pediatric cardiac surgery service. The successful applicant will also have the opportunity to provide care to newborns in our NICUs and Special Care Nurseries at Cleveland Clinic Childrens and our regional hospitals and medically complex patients with congenital heart disease in the outpatient setting.

In addition to clinical responsibilities, an interest in teaching and research is desirable with multiple opportunities for both. We have an active fellowship program with 15 trainees. Research is supported by the Cardiovascular Innovation Center for Pediatric and Adult Congenital Research, which has more than 30 research professionals supporting clinical and translational research in our Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Center. Significant opportunities to engage in work related to Quality, Safety, and Continuous Improvement also exist for the cardiac hospitalist. Cleveland Clinic Childrens actively contributes data to and participates in quality improvement initiatives through the PC4 and PAC3 registries and Cardiac Networks United. Cleveland Clinic Childrens physicians enjoy a collegial work environment within the framework of a large academic group practice, a competitive salary enhanced by a very attractive benefits package, and the opportunity to live in one of the nations great cities. A faculty appointment at a rank commensurate with experience will be with the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.

Our Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Center and our Division of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Medicine deservedly enjoys a national reputation for excellence in clinical care and patient outcomes and experience. Our Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Center is 1 of only 4 pediatric heart centers nationally and the only program in Ohio ranked in the top 10 nationally by U.S. News & World Report for the past 3 years and ranked #9 in the United States in 2024. Our Heart Center was ranked #2 by Newsweek in 2025. Our Heart Center has 30 pediatric cardiologists, 10 adult congenital cardiologists, 5 pediatric cardiac anesthesiologists, and 3 pediatric and adult congenital heart surgeons performing > 800 congenital heart surgeries, > 500 pediatric cardiac catheterizations, >15,000 out-patient pediatric cardiology visits, > 12,000 echocardiograms,

> 2,000 fetal echocardiograms, and > 400 cardiac MRIs/CTs.

Cleveland Clinic Childrens is consistently ranked as one of the best childrens hospitals in the nation and is currently ranked in 10 out of 10 pediatric specialties by U.S. News & World Report. Cleveland Clinic Childrens is a tertiary and quaternary referral hospital on the Cleveland Clinic main campus with more than 360 physicians in 55 pediatric medical and surgical specialties providing over 1.1 million outpatient visits, 15,500+ in-patient admissions, 13,000+ surgeries, and accepting 840 transports per year from around the nation and globe. Cleveland Clinic Childrens has 389 in-patient beds in its network including its quaternary Childrens Hospital on the main campus, our free-standing Childrens Hospital for Rehabilitation, and 3 other satellite hospitals across Northeast Ohio.

Bradley S. Marino, MD, MPP, MSCE, MBA

Ronald and Helen Ross Distinguished Chair of Pediatric Cardiology

Chair, Childrens Institute Department of Heart, Vascular & Thoracic

Chief, Division of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Medicine

Vice-Chief, Childrens Institute - South Sub-Market leader

Executive Co-Director, Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Center

Cleveland Clinic Childrens

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9500 Euclid Avenue, M41, Cleveland, OH 44195

Catherine K. Allan, MD

Tomsich Chair in Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care
Director of Cardiac Care Unit and Inpatient Cardiology

Section Head, Cardiac Critical Care

Childrens Institute Department of Heart, Vascular & Thoracic

Division of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Medicine

Cleveland Clinic Childrens

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9500 Euclid Avenue, M41, Cleveland, OH 44195

Interested Candidates should apply online at clevelandclinic.org/physicianrecruitment

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