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Location
Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
2900 W Oklahoma Ave
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Care Delivery Brand
Aurora Health Care
Compensation
Salary: $540,890 - $540,890

Description & Requirements

Join Aurora Health Care as an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist in Milwaukee, Wisconsin—part of Advocate Health, one of the largest nonprofit integrated health systems in the country. 

At Advocate Health, we’re committed to being a Best Place to Care—where physicians are empowered, heard, and equipped to do their best work. You’ll be part of a leading integrated system with a shared commitment to innovation, well-being, and the communities we serve. Whether you're seeking professional growth, meaningful impact, or a team that lifts you up—this is where it starts.

This acclaimed and highly ranked medical center offers the most comprehensive heart care in the state of Wisconsin, including a highly rated cardiac surgery program, award winning interventional and heart failure programs, state’s first and most successful heart transplant (including multi-organ transplants) and durable mechanical circulatory support programs, state's largest remote hemodynamic monitoring program, state’s only accredited pulmonary hypertension, congenital heart disease and cardio-oncology programs, an advanced electrophysiology interventional program, a 24/7 state-of-the-art cardiac catheterization lab with all available options for advanced percutaneous interventions for our cardiogenic shock team, and the state's largest structural heart program.



Highlights
  • 1.0 FTE AHFT Cardiology clinical practice opportunity
  • Join 7 Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiologists and 4 experienced Cardiac Surgeons
  • Outreach clinic ‘approximately’ one day per week
  • Proficiency in Cath lab procedures, including invasive hemodynamic assessments, myocardial biopsies, diagnostic coronary angiograms (optional), urgent temporary MCS devices (optional) and PA pressure sensor implants (optional)
  • On-call for AHFT team only
  • Encourage participation in medical education  of general cardiology & AHFT fellows and internal medicine residents and medical students, and regional CV conferences hosted by Advocate Health
  • Participation in ongoing advanced HF, transplant, MCS & PAH research
  • EPIC EMR
  • Be part of an integrated nationally recognized organization with physician-led medical group and embedded service line
  • Leverage access to DAX Copilot, an AI-powered clinical documentation tool integrated with Epic, streamlining clinical workflows by generating draft patient notes for efficient review, editing, and signature
  • Experience an environment that provides safe and equitable care for all patients
  • Salary: $540,890 plus annual incentive bonus
  • Sign-on bonus 
Training and/or Experience Required
  • B/E or B/C in cardiovascular disease 
  • B/E or B/C in advanced heart failure and transplant 
  • Successful completion of a fellowship program in advanced heart failure and transplant 
Benefits
  • Paid Time Off programs available for eligible positions
  • Comprehensive health and welfare benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability coverage
  • Retirement benefits, including 401(k) options with employer contributions and access to financial wellness resources
  • Flexible spending accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
  • Family support benefits, which may include parental leave, adoption assistance, and surrogacy support
  • Educational assistance and professional development programs
  • Paid medical liability insurance 
  • Continuing Medical Education (CME) allowances
  • Relocation assistance

About Milwaukee, Wisconsin
With a county-wide population of nearly a million, Milwaukee offers the best of everything you'd expect to find in a major city while retaining a hometown feel in its many neighborhoods. Culturally, Milwaukee has many options, ranging from performing arts centers, theaters and museums, including an internationally designed lakefront art museum and home to one of the nation's top 10 zoos. Sophisticated, scenic, affordable and event-filled, Milwaukee has an impressive array of public and private schools, including UW-Milwaukee and Marquette University, award-winning restaurants, world-class shopping, and one of the most convenient and "user-friendly" international airports in the world.

About Advocate Health

Advocate Health is one of the largest nonprofit integrated health systems in the United States, providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois, Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama, and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin. With Wake Forest University School of Medicine as our academic core, we are shaping the future of health care through innovation, research, education and compassionate care.

When you join Advocate Health, you’re joining a team that’s committed to being a Best Place to Care—where clinicians are heard, supported and empowered to focus on what matters most: caring for patients. This enterprise-wide initiative is grounded in listening to care teams, removing barriers to excellent care, and fostering well-being and connection. It reflects our purpose—from discovery to everyday moments, we’re redefining care - for you, for us, for all—and lives through our values: lifting each other up, leading with purpose, thinking boldly together and embracing change with optimism. Here, you’ll find not just a job, but a career with meaning, growth and impact—for all.

Job Attributes
  • Academic
  • Full Time
  • New Grad
  • Relocation Assistance
  • Sign On Bonus
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