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Duke Children’s Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center
Duke University Medical Center – Durham, North Carolina

The Division of Pediatric Cardiology in the Duke Department of Pediatrics invites applications for a Pediatric Cardiac Imager. This position will be based within Duke Children’s Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina. This is an exceptional opportunity to join a nationally recognized, academically driven pediatric and congenital heart program with a robust pediatric cardiology program and comprehensive non-invasive imaging service. For this position, fetal imaging will be a focus, although expertise in transthoracic and transesophageal imaging will also be important to the role.

Position Overview

The Pediatric Cardiac Imager will play a central role in our pediatric cardiac imaging program. The successful candidate will provide expert fetal echocardiography, contribute to transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiographic imaging across the pediatric and congenital heart disease population, collaborate closely with maternal-fetal medicine, neonatology, congenital cardiac surgery, and multidisciplinary cardiology teams, and contribute to the continued growth of Duke’s cardiac imaging program.

Qualifications

• MD, DO, or MD/PhD with board certification or eligibility in Pediatric Cardiology
• Advanced fellowship training or demonstrated expertise in pediatric cardiac imaging, including expertise in fetal echo and trans-esophageal echo (TEE)
• Experience interpreting fetal, TEE, and transthoracic pediatric echocardiograms for congenital and acquired heart disease.
• Strong interest in academic medicine, including clinical program development, education, quality improvement, and research

Candidates with experience in complex fetal cardiac diagnosis, perinatal care planning, multidisciplinary fetal counseling, transthoracic echocardiography, transesophageal imaging, quality and outcomes initiatives, and collaborative care for patients with congenital heart disease are particularly encouraged to apply.

Clinical and Academic Responsibilities

The Pediatric Fetal Imager will:

• Provide expert fetal echocardiography and contribute broadly to pediatric/congenital cardiac imaging, including transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography
• Collaborate closely with maternal-fetal medicine, neonatology, congenital cardiac surgery, cardiac imaging, intensive care, and adult congenital cardiology teams
• Participate in multidisciplinary fetal case conferences, perinatal planning, family counseling, and longitudinal care coordination
• Contribute to education and mentorship of fellows, residents, sonographers, and medical students
• Support quality improvement, outcomes tracking, research, and innovation in fetal cardiology and pediatric cardiac imaging

Programmatic Environment

Duke Children’s Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center serves a large and diverse fetal, pediatric, and adult congenital population across North Carolina and the Southeast. The fetal cardiology and cardiac imaging programs are integrated within a comprehensive heart center with a longstanding history of excellence in patient care, research, quality, and training. There is close collaboration with:

• Division of Pediatric Cardiology
• Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Obstetrics
• Neonatology and Perinatal Services
• Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
• Cardiac Imaging, Cardiac Intensive Care, and Advanced Heart Failure/Transplant Programs
• Duke Clinical Research Institute
• Duke Translational Medicine Institute

The role offers a highly collaborative and intellectually stimulating environment across the Duke campus, with access to robust fetal care, imaging, informatics, quality improvement, and research infrastructure.

Compensation and Academic Appointment

Duke offers a competitive and flexible compensation plan that rewards clinical productivity and academic achievement. Faculty rank and salary will be commensurate with training, experience, and the focus of the role. Faculty members enjoy comprehensive Duke benefits, including retirement planning, health insurance, CME support, relocation assistance, and tuition assistance for dependent children. 

About Duke

Duke University Medical Center is consistently ranked among the nation’s leading academic medical centers. Durham and the Research Triangle region offer an outstanding quality of life, excellent schools, and a vibrant academic and cultural environment.

Duke is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, (including pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions), sexual orientation, or military status.

Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.

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