Looking for a Cardiologist to make Palmer, AK and the beautiful Mat-Su Valley home!

• Hospital employed position with supportive administration
• Join an Interventional Cardiologist who arrived last August
• Strong mid-level support
• Growing program in a growing community
• Will participate in expanding cath lab program
• Second lab and hybrid lab planned in $80 million hospital expansion
• PCI experience is a must for the Interventionalist
• Non-Interventionalist may be invasive or non-invasive
• Peripherals, devices, and TEE helpful but not required
• Coronary CTA program coming in collegial venture with radiology
• Excellent cath lab and echo staff
• Active wound care clinic if interested in PAD and vein disease
• Busy monthly outreach clinic in beautiful Talkeetna, AK
• Light call with excellent hospitalist and intensivist support

We believe in work-life balance. Will consider cardiologists who want less than a 1.0 position. Imagine working only 2 or 3 weeks a month and then having time to explore all that Alaska has to offer!

About Palmer, AK:

• 42 miles northeast of Anchorage
• Nestled in between the Talkeetna and Chugach Mountains
• Nearby attractions including Knik Glacier, Matanuska Peak, Pioneer Peak, Hatcher Pass, and Matanuska Glacier
• Location of Alaska State Fair
• Multiple sports teams including the Mat-Su Miners of the Alaska Baseball League and The Valley Steelers, a semi-pro football team

Mat-Su Regional Medical Center is a 109 bed facility with a wide range of inpatient and outpatient care, diagnostic imaging and emergency, medical and surgical services. Alaska offers among the best reimbursement rates in the country, low malpractice rates and is very business friendly. According to the state Department of Labor, the Mat-Su valley is one of Alaska and the nation’s most ‘robust’ economies, boasting job growth and an a steady increase in the population. Over the last decade the valley’s population increased by 42 percent and the number of jobs almost doubled. 40 minutes from downtown Anchorage boasting an international airport, over 650 restaurants, a philharmonic orchestra, Ballet Company, live theatre, and countless cultural events. Alaska is a wealthy State with no income tax and is truly America’s last frontier!    

Competitive Recruitment Package May Include:

• Relocation allowance
• Commencement bonus
• CME assistance
• Medical education debt repayment