Cardiology Career and Resource Center

Cardiology Recruiting Services

LocumTenens.com is a niche agency with a new division in Cardiology. Contact us today and tell us what you’re looking for. Our physician recruiters will get to work finding the right match.

We offer excellent compensation (with direct deposit), paid malpractice insurance, credentialing and licensing assistance and make all travel and housing arrangements. We have opportunities available nationwide.

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Programs in Cardiovascular Disease
There are 174 accredited programs in Cardiovascular Disease. Click here for FREIDA Online specialty training statistics for Cardiovascular Disease — including residency programs, faculty, resident work hours, and compensation stats. Click here for FREIDA Online graduates' career plans statistics for Cardiovascular Disease – learn how many of the 704 Cardiologists who just completed their training plan to pursue more training, practice with a group, in the military, or plan to be Academicians.

List of programs within a particular specialty for current academic year and those newly accredited programs with future effective dates (Year ending June 30th, 2008): http://www.ama-assn.org/vapp/freida/srch/1,1239,,00.html

LocumTenens Newsletters

Feature article

Demand for Cardiologists Increasing

In his 2004 AHA article "Cardiology’s Workforce Shortage" former president of the American College of Cardiology, Dr. W. Bruce Fye, said that the "cardiovascular disease burden in the United States is great and growing…demographers warn that we are confronting an expanding population of older Americans that will require much more cardiovascular care."

Heart disease statistics speak to the urgency of filling all cardiology jobs with the best physicians in the shortest time possible. According to the American Heart Association’s (AHA) "Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2006 Update," cardiovascular disease accounted for 37.3% of all deaths in 2003 and was an underlying or contributing cause of death for about 58% of all deaths that year.

As baby boomers age, the statistics on cardiovascular disease and related deaths could get worse before medical science and the trend toward healthier lifestyles catch up. The 2000 U.S. Census indicated the age-60-plus population will have quadrupled by 2010. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that the population 75 age years and older will exceed the population 65 to 74 years old by 2040. According to the CDC report Health, United States, 2004, about 12%, or 1 in 8 Americans, will be age 75 or older by the year 2050.

Despite the growing need for cardiologists, data from the American Medical Association indicates that approximately 26,535 members list cardiology as their primary specialty, with only 21,557 of these members in office- or hospital-based practice. On average approximately 705 new cardiologists transitioned into cardiology jobs annually between 2000-2006.

Provider Testimonlials

"Working with my LocumTenens.com recruiter was excellent. I have a very good rapport with him. He took care of everything for me. If I have an opening to work locums again I will call your company first."

- Cardiologist, Ohio