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Division Director of Cardiology
Emory University School of Medicine and Emory Healthcare
Emory Healthcare (EHC) and the Emory University School of Medicine (EUSOM) invite inquiries, nominations, and applications in our national search for the next Director, Division of Cardiology. EHC and EUSOM are seeking a dynamic, innovative, and collaborative physician-scientist leader. This is a unique opportunity for a highly accomplished individual to guide one of the nation's premier cardiology programs and help shape the future of cardiovascular care, discovery, and education across Emory's academic health system.
Emory's Division of Cardiology has a distinguished legacy, first led by Dr. J. Willis Hurst, widely recognized as a founder of modern cardiology. Building on significant expansion in clinical capacity, research, and translational impact, Emory now has the opportunity to appoint a transformative, next-generation leader who will advance the Division as a defining model for academic cardiovascular medicine: integrating care across the health system, pioneering new approaches to cardiovascular care delivery, expanding high-impact research and clinical trials, strengthening education and mentorship, and developing future leaders in the field. The Director will be nominated for the J. Willis Hurst Distinguished Professorship.
Reporting directly to the Chair of Medicine, the Division Director will provide strategic, operational, and academic leadership across the clinical, educational, and research missions of Cardiology. The Director will serve on the Executive Council of the Emory Heart and Vascular Service Line, alongside the Directors of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Vascular Surgery, and will partner with leaders across Emory Healthcare, Grady Memorial Hospital, and the Atlanta VA Medical Center to advance clinical integration, access, quality, program growth, faculty engagement, and mission alignment across all practice locations.
Emory's Division of Cardiology is nationally recognized for excellence in clinical care, research, and education, with strengths in general cardiology and subspecialty programs including interventional cardiology, electrophysiology, advanced heart failure and transplant, imaging, preventive cardiology, vascular medicine, structural heart, adult congenital heart disease, and cardio-oncology. The Division includes approximately 180 faculty members, more than 60 fellows, and a research enterprise with more than $22 million in funding.
The Division also leads nationally relevant programs in transplant, mechanical circulatory support/ECMO, complex ablations, complex revascularization, cardiovascular genetics, CTEPH, transcatheter electrosurgery, echocardiography, and cardiac imaging. Its research portfolio includes 16 NIH R01 grants, 259 active clinical studies with 8,253 enrolled subjects, a robust biobank with more than 8,000 specimens, and 289 peer-reviewed publications in FY24. The Fellowship in Cardiovascular Diseases is one of the largest in the country, with clinical, research, ACGME specialty, and non-ACGME subspecialty training pathways and more than 1,100 applications annually across all tracks.
Nomination and Application Procedure: For more information about EUSOM, please visit: https://med.emory.edu. Additional information about Emory Healthcare may be found at https://www.emoryhealthcare.org. Russell Reynolds Associates (RRA) can also provide a full position specification. Interested individuals should electronically submit a Curriculum Vitae and a letter of interest to RRA. The letter of interest is a two-page cover letter detailing relevant leadership experience, qualifications, and key achievements related to this position specification and briefly expressing interest in the Director, Division of Cardiology position. Letters can be addressed to the Emory Search Committee and submitted electronically to RRA at this email:
Rich Clough, Consultant to the Search Committee
To ensure full consideration, materials should be received as soon as possible, as applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis.
Review of nominations and applications for the position will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. The search will be conducted in strict confidence, and references will not be contacted without the prior knowledge and approval of the candidates.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions or any other characteristic protected by law.
