Academic Non-Invasive Cardiologist - Preventive Cardiology

The Center for Preventive Cardiology at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center is seeking a board eligible / board-certified Cardiologist with interest in making preventive services the focus of her/his practice.

The successful candidate will join a growing group of expert providers in an academic practice that is well integrated with all cardiovascular and other hospital services. This is a unique opportunity to help shape the future of Preventive Cardiology with a multidisciplinary team that spans multiple domains of cardiovascular disease prevention. In addition, the practice provides opportunities for translational and clinical research through affiliations with basic science laboratories and collaborations with experts in OMICS, cardiovascular epidemiology, and clinical trials.

Here is a link to the WFBMC website

Please send a letter of intent and CV to:

Michael D. Shapiro, DO MCR FACC
mdshapir@wakehealth.edu
Fred M. Parrish Professor of Cardiology and Molecular Medicine
Director, Center for Preventive Cardiology
Section on Cardiovascular Medicine

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center is a tertiary-care teaching hospital with active programs in all aspects of cardiovascular medicine (imaging and structural heart disease), cardiac surgery, and vascular surgery. In 2016, Becker’s Hospital Review named WFBMC to its annual list of “100 Great Hospitals in America.”  In 2017, IBM Watson Health named Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center to its list of the 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals that are considered exemplary.  Winston-Salem was selected as one of the 20 best places to live in the South by U.S. News & World Report in 2018. 

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