Duties: University of Minnesota Health Heart Care is a team of cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, advanced practitioners, nurses and healthcare professionals committed to providing lifesaving care to people with heart disease. Our heart specialists and their teams build upon a 60-year legacy of clinical care, research and innovation, including the world's first open-heart surgery.
We've transformed lives with major advances in valve replacements, transplants, cardiac resuscitation, and other techniques to treat heart disease. We bring together a deep understanding of academic medicine and advanced clinical care to tailor our therapies to each patient's individual condition.
Skills:
Performs non-invasive cardiac diagnostic imaging using ultrasound technology to aid the physician in the diagnosis and treatment of congenital and acquired cardiac diseases.
Evaluate the cardiac status by using a logical and systematic approach to analyze the heart and related structures segmentally: Thoracoabdominal situs, Cardiac Position, Atrial Situs, Atrioventricular connection, Ventricular Morphology, Ventriculoarterial connection
Evaluate pediatric patients with complex congenital heart disease.by having extensive knowledge of the incidence, causes, inheritance patterns, and pathologic consequences of congenital malformations.
Knowledge and understanding of surgical procedures for the repair or partial repair of congenital heart disease and the various modifications encountered for different congenital disorders.
Knowledge of the 3 major categories of corrective procedures and the variations encountered.
Ability to evaluate complex fetal cardiac anatomy and physiology
Ability to provide relevant echocardiographic data, making quantitative calculations and communicating the impressions for the physicians.
Participates in quality assurance activities and research studies as needed
Shifts are: Day shifts working Monday Friday. No Call.