Position Overview

Understanding the Role

MedStar Medical Group is recruiting a Structural Echocardiographer to join the cardiovascular imaging team at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore. The role brings the team back to two dedicated advanced echocardiographers supporting the structural heart program at the cardiovascular care hub for MedStar Health’s Baltimore region.

Practice Snapshot

Setting: Hospital-employed with MedStar Medical Group

Primary site: MedStar Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, MD

Practice mix: Structural echo procedures plus non-invasive echo reading

Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Equipment: Multi-machine echo lab with 3D echo, strain imaging, and TEE probes

EMR: Cerner, transitioning to Epic in 2026

Team: Works alongside one current structural echocardiographer and the cardiac surgery team

Role and Practice Setting

You will serve as a dedicated advanced echocardiographer within the MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute, Baltimore Region. The role combines two streams of work: intra-operative imaging during structural heart procedures and routine non-invasive echocardiography reading. Procedures supported include transcatheter aortic valve replacement, mitral valve interventions, Watchman device implantation, and complex valvular cases.

The position is structured as a mixed practice rather than a pure structural echo role. The Union Memorial structural program operates as a moderate-volume program, and the hire will balance OR-based structural imaging with the broader echo lab workload. C

Service Area and Program Context

MedStar Union Memorial Hospital anchors cardiovascular services for the four-hospital MedStar Baltimore region. Inpatient echocardiography flows through the central Union lab from Union Memorial, MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital, MedStar Harbor Hospital, and MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center. The structural heart program operates in three recently renovated cardiac catheterization labs at Union, with one hybrid suite currently in use and a second under development.

Reason for Opening

This is a replacement position. The Union Memorial advanced echocardiography team historically operated with two dedicated structural echocardiographers. The team is currently down to one and recruiting to restore full capacity.

Qualifications

• Board-certified or board-eligible in Cardiology
• Fellowship in structural echocardiography, or sufficient grandfathered case experience covering tricuspid valve, mitral valve, and intra-operative imaging
• Maryland medical license or license-eligible
• Comfort balancing structural and general echo workload at a moderate-volume program

Weekly Schedule

Reporting Structure

You will report to regional cardiology leadership under Samer S. Najjar, MD, Regional Chief of Cardiology for the Baltimore Region. Day-to-day collaboration includes the cardiac surgery team led by Brian T. Bethea, MD, Chief of Cardiac Surgery at Union Memorial, and the regional echocardiography lab operations team.