Pediatric Cardiac Geneticist

Job Description

Duke Children’s Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center Duke University Medical Center – Durham, North Carolina

The Division of Pediatric Cardiology in the Duke Department of Pediatrics invites applications for a Pediatric Cardiac Geneticist. This position will be based within Duke Children’s Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina. This is an exceptional opportunity to join and help expand a nationally recognized, academically driven pediatric and congenital heart program within a premier academic health system.

The Pediatric Cardiac Geneticist will play a central role in the evaluation, diagnosis, and longitudinal management of children and adults with congenital heart disease and inherited cardiovascular conditions, potentially including cardiomyopathies, channelopathies, acropathies, and syndromic congenital heart disease. The successful candidate will work collaboratively across pediatric cardiology subspecialties and adult congenital cardiology, integrating genetic expertise into comprehensive cardiovascular care.

Qualifications

• MD or MD/PhD with board certification or eligibility in Pediatric Cardiology
• Formal training and demonstrated expertise in cardiovascular genetics
• Experience in the clinical evaluation and management of inherited cardiovascular disorders
• Strong interest in academic medicine, including clinical program development, education, and research

Candidates with experience in multidisciplinary genetics clinics, variant interpretation, and genomic testing integration into clinical care are particularly encouraged to apply.

The Pediatric Cardiac Geneticist will

• Provide inpatient and outpatient consultation for patients with suspected or confirmed genetic cardiovascular disease
• Lead and expand cardiac genetics clinical services, including multidisciplinary clinics with pediatric cardiology, electrophysiology, heart failure, adult congenital cardiology, and genetic counseling
• Participate in the education and mentorship of fellows, residents, and medical students
• Contribute to institutional and national efforts in precision medicine and genomic cardiovascular care

Programmatic Environment:

Duke Children’s Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center serves a large and diverse pediatric and adult congenital population across North Carolina and the Southeast. The program has a longstanding history of excellence in patient care, research, and training. There is close collaboration with:

• Division of Pediatric Cardiology
• Division of Adult Cardiology and Adult Congenital Heart Disease
• Pediatric and Adult Electrophysiology
• Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
• Duke Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy
• Duke Clinical Research Institute
• Duke Translational Medicine Institute

The role offers a highly collaborative and intellectually stimulating environment across the Duke campus, with access to robust genomic, informatics, and research infrastructure.

Duke offers a competitive and flexible compensation plan that rewards clinical productivity and academic achievement. Faculty rank and salary will be commensurate with training, experience, and the focus of the role. Faculty members enjoy comprehensive Duke benefits, including retirement planning, health insurance, CME support, relocation assistance, and tuition assistance for dependent children.

Duke University Medical Center is consistently ranked among the nation’s leading academic medical centers. Durham and the Research Triangle region offer an outstanding quality of life, excellent schools, and a vibrant academic and cultural environment.

Duke is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, (including pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions), sexual orientation, or military status.

Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas - an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.

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