Baylor Scott & White Health

The Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine (PCCSM) at Baylor University Medical Center-Dallas (BUMC) and The Center for Advanced Heart and Lung Diseases are seeking a Pulmonary Hypertension Specialist to lead our expanding Pulmonary Vascular Disease Program. This is an outstanding opportunity to join a nationally ranked pulmonary division and practice at a nationally known academic medical center. The Division has outstanding clinical, educational and research programs with 55 faculty and established premier clinical programs in interstitial lung diseases, lung transplant, cystic fibrosis and bronchiectasis, interventional pulmonology, asthma and COPD, mycobacterial lung disease, thoracic oncology, sleep medicine, critical care and ECMO. BUMC is a large tertiary/quaternary referral medical center with over 900 hospital beds, 120 intensive care beds and the Martha Foster Asthma Center. The Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic is housed within the Center for Advanced Heart and Lung Disease, a state-of-the-art facility with radiology, pulmonary function lab, pulmonary rehab and a cardiopulmonary exercise lab.

This is an employed position through Health Texas Provider Network (HTPN), the Baylor Scott & White employment group in DFW. Competitive Salary, Benefit Package and Relocation Assistance. Salary and academic rank commensurate with experience.

Summary of the Position

The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in the evaluation, management, and treatment of patients with pulmonary hypertension. This position is primarily an outpatient and inpatient consultative opportunity. As a medical director, you will lead the growth of PH program through outreach efforts and oversee the CTEPH program.  You will lead our biweekly multidisciplinary PH case conference and participate in the PVRI and PHAR registries.

The Center for Advanced Lung Diseases receives support from the advanced heart failure specialists, experienced cardiac and thoracic surgeons, interventional cardiologists, fellowship trained chest radiologists, rheumatologists, and pathologists who specialize in pulmonary pathology.

BUMC has a large commitment to medical education. Candidates will be expected to be involved in the teaching of Texas A&M medical students, residents and fellows. The Division has established pulmonary/critical care and critical care fellowship programs and has an established pathway offering fellows the opportunity to receive advanced training in PH, ILD and lung transplant. Academic appointment commensurate to experience. The Center for Advanced Heart & Lung disease has a very active research program with a strong supporting team and is the PH Program is involved in multiple clinical trials and registries.

Pulmonary Hypertension Program

The BUMC PH program is a PHA-accredited adult center for comprehensive care for pulmonary hypertension with over 600 patients with WHO group 1&4 PH followed in our outpatient clinic. The inpatient PH consult service has support from our advanced care nurse practitioners. There is an established, growing CTEPH Program and a PE Response Team (PERT) program established in 2023. An experienced thoracic surgical team offers pulmonary endarterectomies and a balloon pulmonary angioplasty program is being developed. The PH service is currently staffed by 3 pulmonologists. The current medical director is moving on to a different position within BUMC, resulting in the need to add another physician with potential medical directorship opportunity. The Program also has an active outreach program, receiving referrals from Central, West and North Texas and the surrounding states.

Management & Leadership Competencies

• Excellent verbal, presentation, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively, be accessible, influence decisions and outcomes, and facilitate consensus building in a large multi-specialty-based healthcare organization.
• Ability to analyze complex problems and develop recommendations and solutions.
• Highly skilled at needs assessment, facilitation of project implementation, and organizational change or development. Capable of relating to diverse age, cultural, and demographic backgrounds.
• Ability to perform effectively in a complex changing environment.
• Ability to lead quality improvement programs.
• Ability to inspire, motivate, educate and mentor.
• Ability to work efficiently under pressure.
• Ability to work independently and take initiative.

·         Ability to lead change.

Baylor University Medical Center-Dallas and Baylor Scott & White Health

BUMC is a nationally recognized faith based not-for-profit hospital that cares for more than 300,000 people annually. In 1903, the hospital opened with 25 beds; today it is a major patient care, teaching and research center for the Southwest. BUMC has 1065 licensed beds and serves as the flagship hospital of the Baylor Scott & White Health Care System. For the twentieth consecutive year. U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Hospitals” guide, has ranked BUMC among the nation’s top 50 hospitals in four medical specialties: gastroenterology (#31), cancer (#44), pulmonology and lung surgery (#31), obstetrics and gynecology (#39), and orthopedics (#44). Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation (Baylor Rehab) is ranked 16th among the nation’s top rehabilitation facilities.

Baylor Scott and White Health (BSWH) is the largest not-for-profit health care system in the State of Texas and one of the largest in the United States. The BSWH system includes 52 hospitals, more than 1,300 health care sites, over 7,200 active physicians, over 57,000 employees, plus a state certified Health Maintenance Organization, the Scott and White Health Plan (Health Plan), and Baylor Quality Health Care Alliance LLC (BSWQA) a high performing network of clinical providers and facilities focused on improving quality, managing the health of patient populations, and reducing the overall cost of care.

Qualifications

·         M.D. or D.O.

·         Board certification in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

·         Able to obtain license to practice medicine in Texas.

·         Graduate of a PH fellowship, comparable training or extensive clinical experience in Pulmonary Hypertension required.