Advanced Heart Failure | Advocate Christ Medical Center (Chicago South Suburbs)

• 1.0 FTE 
• 10 heart failure physicians, interests include LVAD, transplant, amyloidosis, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, sarcoidosis, cardio-oncology 
• Base salary $515K plus up to $50K annual incentive 
• Sign-on bonus  
• Approximately 2-3 days per week clinic  
• One week of service monthly  
• 4-5 nights of call monthly  
• Right heart catherizations and biopsies, echo and intraoperative TEE 
• 2024 statistics: 68 LVADs and 26 heart transplants  
• Opportunities to see cardio-oncology patients, hypertrophic CM, amyloidosis, sarcoidosis, pulmonary hypertension. 
• 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

• Fellowship in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant 
• BC/BE in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant 
• BC/BE in Cardiovascular Disease 

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.

Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn is one of the busiest Level I trauma centers in Illinois, a destination for critical care, along with several high-ranked specialties.

A premier teaching institution with top residency programs, Advocate Christ is home to a nationally recognized intensive care unit, a Level III NICU and one of Advocate’s Children’s Hospital campuses. Advocate Christ serves as a destination for cardiology, obstetrics, gastroenterology and pulmonology, also serving as a major referral hospital in the Midwest for cancer care, heart and kidney transplantation and neurosciences.

Oak Lawn, an attractive Village of 56,000 residents and over 1,800 diverse businesses, has distinguished itself among Chicago’s leading southwest suburbs. Nestled in the center of Cook County, a distinctive “home town” essence flows through Oak Lawn; an unmatched quality evidenced through the community’s affable neighborhoods, dynamic business districts, well- maintained recreational areas and cultural vivacity.

The resources accessed within Oak Lawn are truly second-to-none. Exceptional educational opportunities are profound, as residents have a choice among a number of public and private school options and several higher education and continuing education institutions. Compassionate and quality healthcare is readily available through various established practices, along with the presence of Advocate Christ Medical Center and Advocate Children’s Hospital. Retailers and restaurateurs along the bustling 95th Street corridor are ready to provide the best in customer service. The cultural and recreational endeavors of residents and visitors are sufficed through the array of community-wide events designed to promote civic pride, along with the superb offerings of the Children’s Museum in Oak Lawn and the award-winning Oak Lawn Park District. Over and above all of this, the Village is headed by a dynamic group of leaders who continue to ensure Oak Lawn is afforded the finest in public services and programs.