Job description
Posting Number: F002605
Rank: Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, Instructor
Discipline: Clinical Medicine-MD
Specialty: Cardiology (Advanced Heart Failure)
Contract Type: Non-Tenure Track, Renewable Appointment (initial appt period) – 7/1/2026-6/30/2027
Required Licenses/Certifications and other Specific Requirements
Criminal History Screening, Education/Degree/Certifications Verification, Social Security Number Trace, and Sex Offender Registry Search, This position requires a licensure, certification, or special requirements
Proposed Start Date: 07/01/2026
Position Description Summary
The George Washington University Medical Faculty Associates, an independent, non-profit academic clinical practice group affiliated with The George Washington University, is seeking a full-time academic advanced heart failure cardiologist to join the growing Heart Failure/Mechanical Circulatory Support section of the Department of Medicine.
This non-tenure-track appointment, expected to begin as early as Summer 2026, will be made at a rank (instructor, assistant/associate professor, professor) and salary commensurate with experience.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities
Responsibilities include providing excellent patient care to hospitalized patients; conducting outpatient consultations, including performing right heart catheterizations and endomyocardial biopsies; teaching residents, fellows, and medical students; and maintaining an active scholarly program.
Minimum Qualifications
Applicants must be board-eligible/board-certified in advanced heart failure and transplantation and licensed in the District of Columbia by the time of appointment. Applicants must have demonstrated skills in the area of advanced heart failure and mechanical circulatory assist devices, including complex heart failure management; pre- and post-VAD management, including other temporary mechanical circulatory support devices; and cardiac intensive care management.
Advertised Salary: $287,000 to $400,000
Other Benefits
The MFA also provides generous health and other benefits; details can be found at https://careers.gwdocs.com/benefits.
How to apply
To be considered, please complete an online faculty application and upload a curriculum vitae and cover letter. Review of applications will begin on May 15, 2026, and will continue until the position is filled. Only complete applications will be considered.
Department Link: https://medicine.smhs.gwu.edu/cardiology
Open Until Filled: Yes
Background Screening
Successful Completion of a Background Screening will be required as a condition of hire.
EEO Statement
The university is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that does not unlawfully discriminate in any of its programs or activities on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or on any other basis prohibited by applicable law.
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The university is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that does not unlawfully discriminate in any of its programs or activities on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or on any other basis prohibited by applicable law.
