Description

A unique opportunity to join a growing, independent cardiology practice in a Buffalo NY Suburb. 

Exceptional starting compensation - Exceptional lifestyle -  Stay connected to academic medicine - No weekend hospital coverage

SALARY:   

• Starting salary: $650,000 + $50K Sign in Bonus - payable at start of employment or as a monthly stipend during your final year of fellowship (subject to a standard commitment agreement).

JOB HIGHLIGHTS:

• Join 4 cardiologists + 4 APPs in an established, growing group
• Single suburban location in one of the most desirable Buffalo suburbs — minimal commute
• Predictable Monday–Friday schedule
• No weekend hospital coverage, no mandatory hospital call
• 1-in-5 call, outpatient-only — averaging fewer than 2 calls per weekday evening
• Modern 11,000 sq. ft. facility — 8 echo/stress labs, 2 nuclear cameras, full non-invasive scope including ABI testing, carotid Doppler, EKG, Holter, and event/MCT monitoring
• Prompt access to electrophysiology, coronary angiography/interventions, and cardiac surgery
• On-site and off-site transcription and EMR — no burning evenings on point-and-click notes
• Mentoring for new graduates — always someone to run a patient by or review a diagnostic study

Home Early, Twice a Week (Starting year 3)

• Done seeing patients by mid afternoon, twice a week, every week. Last patient at 2:45 pm. 
• No need to burn a vacation day for a doctor's appointment, the bank, or just getting home in time to live your life
• Structurally equivalent to about 24 additional days away from patient care each year
• Built directly into your regular schedule — nothing to request, nothing to bank

Stay Connected to Teaching — Without Losing Your Weekends
This is the part that makes the opportunity genuinely rare.

• Optional role on the inpatient teaching cardiology consult service at Buffalo General Medical Center / Gates Vascular Institute, a major teaching affiliate of the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo
• Round with cardiology fellows and internal medicine residents - keep the parts of training you actually loved: teaching, case discussion, the intellectual challenge of inpatient cardiology
• Even with the inpatient role, there is no weekend hospital coverage. Your weekends stay protected either way.

LOCATION:

• Safety: Ranked the 14th safest mid-size city in the entire United States — safer than 95% of U.S. cities, and safer than both Rochester and Syracuse
• Schools: East Amherst is the #1-ranked school district in the Buffalo area; Amherst Central High School scores in the top 5% of all New York schools academically
• Home to the University at Buffalo's North Campus — one of the largest research universities in the Northeast, bringing academic culture, lectures, arts, and Division I athletics right into town
• Cost of living well below NYC, Boston, or Toronto
• Home teams: the Buffalo Bills and Buffalo Sabres
• 90 minutes to Toronto, under an hour to Niagara Falls

BENEFITS:

• Paid occurrence malpractice insurance
• Family health insurance
• Cell phone provided
• CME allowance
• 401(k) with employer matching
• 32 days of paid time off, including 7 paid holidays + Short days after two years as below. 
• 2 short days - Starting year 3 (see above)
• 5 extra days of paid time off after year 5