Consultant Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon - Transplant

Consultant Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon – Transplant

Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Industry: Hospital and Health Care

Function: Physician

Experience: 7-10 years post‑fellowship

Job Type: Full‑time

Salary: 95,000–130,000 AED (estimate)

Key Responsibilities

• Perform complex pediatric cardiac surgeries, including congenital heart defect repairs, redo cardiac operations, neonatal cardiac procedures, and high‑risk corrective or palliative cardiac surgery.
• Lead and participate in pediatric heart transplantation programs, including donor assessment, recipient selection, transplant planning, operative transplantation, and post‑operative surgical management.
• Provide expert preoperative evaluation for pediatric cardiac patients by reviewing clinical status, imaging, hemodynamics, surgical history, transplant eligibility, and multidisciplinary recommendations.
• Manage post‑operative recovery for pediatric cardiac patients, including surgical follow‑up, complication prevention, wound care, hemodynamic monitoring, and coordination of ICU‑based care.
• Work closely with pediatric cardiology, cardiac ICU, anesthesia, perfusion, transplant coordination, radiology, nursing, rehabilitation, and allied healthcare teams.
• Support surgical planning meetings, multidisciplinary cardiac conferences, transplant case reviews, morbidity and mortality discussions, and complex congenital heart disease boards.
• Manage critically ill pediatric cardiac patients in collaboration with intensive care, cardiology, anesthesia, perfusion, ECMO, and advanced mechanical circulatory support teams.
• Ensure high standards of surgical safety, infection control, perioperative care, consent documentation, clinical governance, and patient‑family communication.
• Supervise and mentor junior surgeons, fellows, residents, surgical trainees, and operating room teams through case‑based teaching and structured clinical guidance.
• Contribute to clinical research, audits, publications, academic presentations, quality improvement initiatives, and pediatric cardiac surgery program development.
• Maintain accurate medical records, operative notes, transplant documentation, consent forms, discharge summaries, surgical plans, and follow‑up reports in compliance with DOH AbuDhabi regulations and hospital protocols.
• Stay updated with international developments in pediatric cardiac surgery, transplant surgery, congenital heart disease management, ECMO, and mechanical circulatory support.

Ideal Profile

• MBBS or equivalent medical degree recognized by DOH AbuDhabi.
• Board Certification or Fellowship in Cardiothoracic Surgery.
• Subspecialty training in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery is required.
• Additional advanced training or strong clinical experience in pediatric heart transplantation is mandatory.
• Valid DOH Consultant License or DOH Eligibility Letter in Cardiac Surgery.
• Minimum 7–10 years of post‑fellowship experience in pediatric cardiac surgery.
• Demonstrated experience working with pediatric cardiac transplant programs.
• Strong expertise in neonatal cardiac surgery, complex congenital heart surgery, redo surgery, and high‑risk pediatric cardiac procedures.
• Experience with ECMO and advanced mechanical circulatory support is preferred.
• Exposure to high‑volume pediatric cardiac transplant centers is an advantage.
• Academic, research, audit, or publication background in pediatric cardiac surgery is preferred.
• Excellent surgical judgment, leadership ability, communication skills, and multidisciplinary collaboration.
• Ability to work effectively in a high‑acuity tertiary care setting with complex patients and time‑sensitive clinical decisions.
• Commitment to patient safety, ethical care, surgical excellence, clinical documentation, and continuous professional development.

Skills Set

• Pediatric cardiac surgery
• Pediatric heart transplantation
• Congenital heart defect repair
• Neonatal cardiac surgery
• Complex congenital heart surgery
• Redo cardiac surgery
• Cardiac transplant donor evaluation
• Transplant recipient selection
• Post‑transplant surgical care
• Pediatric cardiac ICU collaboration
• ECMO support
• Mechanical circulatory support
• Cardiothoracic surgery
• Surgical planning
• Perioperative care
• Pediatric cardiac anesthesia coordination
• Perfusion team collaboration
• Multidisciplinary cardiac conferences
• High‑acuity surgical care
• Infection control
• Surgical safety
• Clinical governance
• DOH AbuDhabi compliance
• Operative documentation
• Surgical mentoring
• Pediatric cardiac research
• Quality improvement
• Academic surgery

Why Join Us

This opportunity gives a Consultant Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon – Transplant the chance to contribute to a highly specialized pediatric cardiac program with exposure to complex congenital cases, advanced transplant pathways, high‑acuity surgical care, and multidisciplinary clinical excellence. The role offers meaningful professional impact, access to advanced cardiac technology, involvement in program development, and the chance to support life‑changing outcomes for children and families.

Benefits

• Competitive tax‑free salary
• Family benefits
• Health insurance
• Annual airfare allowance
• Paid annual leave
• CME support
• Professional development assistance

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