Consultant - Cardiac Transplant
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Hospital and Health Care
Function: Physician
Experience: Minimum 3-5 years post-fellowship experience
Job Type: Full-time
Role Overview
Consultant - Cardiac Transplant in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is a senior Hospital and Health Care opportunity for an experienced physician with advanced expertise in heart failure medicine, cardiac transplantation, transplant evaluation, immunosuppression management, rejection surveillance, mechanical circulatory support, and multidisciplinary transplant care. The role is ideal for a fellowship-trained consultant who can manage complex cardiac transplant patients across pre‑transplant, peri‑operative, and post‑transplant phases.
Job Details
Country: United Arab Emirates
City: Dubai
Industry: Hospital and Health Care
Function: Physician
Salary: 85,000-110,000 (estimated; confirm with employer)
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full‑time
Context
The Consultant - Cardiac Transplant will provide expert clinical care for patients with advanced heart failure and heart transplantation needs. Although the hiring location is Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the selected physician may be assigned to support a leading tertiary care hospital in Saudi Arabia.
Key Responsibilities
- Evaluate and manage patients with advanced heart failure, end‑stage cardiac disease, and cardiac transplantation needs.
- Conduct pre‑transplant assessments, transplant listing evaluations, risk stratification, suitability reviews, and long‑term care planning.
- Provide peri‑operative and post‑transplant medical management in collaboration with transplant surgery, intensive care, anesthesia, and cardiac specialty teams.
- Manage immunosuppression protocols, medication optimization, therapeutic monitoring, and prevention of transplant‑related complications.
- Lead rejection surveillance, infection prevention strategies, graft function monitoring, and post‑transplant follow‑up care.
- Assess patient suitability for mechanical circulatory support including LVAD, ECMO, and related advanced heart failure technologies.
- Collaborate closely with cardiac surgeons, intensivists, anesthesiologists, transplant coordinators, nurses, pharmacists, rehabilitation teams, and allied healthcare professionals.
- Participate in transplant selection committees, multidisciplinary case reviews, transplant pathway discussions, and complex decision‑making meetings.
- Apply international heart failure and transplant guidelines, including ISHLT and ACC‑AHA standards, in clinical planning and patient management.
- Educate patients and families regarding transplant evaluation, treatment options, medication adherence, infection prevention, lifestyle management, and long‑term follow‑up needs.
- Maintain accurate clinical documentation, transplant assessment records, medication plans, follow‑up notes, committee decisions, and discharge summaries.
- Participate in quality improvement initiatives, clinical audits, research activities, academic programs, teaching, and continuing medical education.
- Mentor junior physicians, fellows, residents, and clinical staff within advanced heart failure and transplant medicine services.
Ideal Profile
- MBBS, MD, or equivalent medical qualification from a recognized institution.
- Board certification in Cardiology, Internal Medicine, or an equivalent recognized specialty.
- Subspecialty training in Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation.
- Fellowship from a recognized international cardiac transplant center.
- Minimum 3‑5 years of post‑fellowship experience in cardiac transplant medicine.
- Strong expertise in advanced heart failure, transplant evaluation, immunosuppression, rejection surveillance, infection prevention, and long‑term graft monitoring.
- Practical experience assessing patients for mechanical circulatory support including LVAD and ECMO.
- Strong knowledge of international transplant guidelines, including ISHLT and ACC‑AHA standards.
- Experience working in tertiary care hospitals, transplant centers, or advanced cardiac programs is preferred.
- Excellent clinical judgment, communication, leadership, and multidisciplinary teamwork skills.
- Ability to work effectively in a high‑acuity, multicultural healthcare environment.
- Strong commitment to patient safety, clinical governance, accurate documentation, research, teaching, and continuous professional development.
Skills Set
- Cardiac Transplant Medicine
- Advanced Heart Failure
- Cardiology
- Transplant evaluation
- Pre‑transplant assessment
- Transplant listing evaluation
- Post‑transplant follow‑up
- Peri‑operative transplant care
- Immunosuppression management
- Rejection surveillance
- Infection prevention
- Graft monitoring
- LVAD assessment
- ECMO assessment
- Mechanical circulatory support
- Heart failure management
- Transplant selection committee
- ISHLT guidelines
- ACC‑AHA standards
- Multidisciplinary cardiac care
- Cardiac surgery collaboration
- Intensive care collaboration
- Transplant coordination
- Patient education
- Clinical documentation
- Quality improvement
- Clinical audits
- Research participation
- Medical teaching
Why Join Us
This opportunity is ideal for a Consultant - Cardiac Transplant physician seeking a senior role connected to advanced tertiary cardiac care in the region. The position offers exposure to complex transplant cases, advanced heart failure services, multidisciplinary transplant decision‑making, modern cardiac care infrastructure, academic activity, research, mentoring, and professional development. It is a strong fit for a physician who wants to contribute to high‑quality transplant outcomes and support patients through every stage of advanced heart failure and cardiac transplantation care.
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