Position Overview

Understanding the Role

A High-Impact Cardiovascular Practice in Florida's Capital Region

You will join Southern Medical Group's cardiovascular institute as an Interventional Cardiologist with expertise in both coronary interventions and advanced critical limb ischemia procedures. This position represents a strategic expansion for a well-established, physician-led cardiology practice that serves as the dominant cardiovascular provider across North Florida's Big Bend region. Unlike many institutional environments where physicians serve rotating hospital assignments, you will practice within an autonomous, collegial group that maintains clinical control while benefiting from partnership with Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare, a five-star CMS-rated facility with multiple ACC Centers of Excellence designations.

Your arrival addresses a critical service gap created by Dr. Vargas's recent departure. The practice has built a sophisticated critical limb ischemia program that performs procedures many community hospitals cannot offer, including deep venous arterialization (LimFlow), detour procedures, and complex retrograde tibial interventions. You will step into an established referral base of patients who would otherwise face amputation or transfer to distant academic centers, giving you immediate procedural volume and the satisfaction of providing limb salvage in your own backyard rather than referring these complex cases elsewhere.

Serving a Geographically Isolated, Underserved Region

Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare anchors cardiovascular care for a vast geographic footprint extending roughly two hours in every direction. The hospital functions as the regional STEMI destination and tertiary referral center for communities throughout the Florida Panhandle, South Georgia, and rural North Florida. This geographic isolation creates sustained clinical demand with minimal competition from other advanced cardiovascular programs.

The community needs a cardiologist with your specific skill set because peripheral arterial disease and critical limb ischemia are highly prevalent in this region, yet advanced endovascular expertise remains scarce. Your fellowship-level training in antegrade and retrograde tibial interventions, along with your ability to perform procedures like DVA and detour, positions you to fill a genuine healthcare gap while building a professionally rewarding practice focused on limb salvage rather than routine diagnostic work.

• Board certification in Interventional Cardiology required with completion of an accredited fellowship program. Fellowship training or demonstrated expertise in peripheral vascular intervention and critical limb ischemia procedures strongly preferred.
• Clinical expertise must include coronary interventions as your foundation, with additional capabilities in advanced peripheral techniques including antegrade and retrograde tibial access, atherectomy, deep venous arterialization, and hybrid approaches to complex limb salvage. You should be comfortable managing patients who have exhausted standard revascularization options and require innovative, often technically demanding solutions.
• You will practice Monday through Friday with approximately four of every five weekdays spent in the catheterization lab. This high lab access compares favorably to larger practices where 12 interventionalists compete for two lab days weekly. Here, you will work in a true interventional role rather than splitting time between general cardiology clinic and occasional procedures.
• Call coverage follows a manageable every-fifth-week rotation with weekend responsibilities split among three physicians (one interventional, two non-invasive). The group eliminated general cardiology call for interventional cardiologists several years ago. You will take interventional-specific call only, focusing on STEMI activations, acute coronary syndromes, and urgent vascular issues rather than routine patient management.
• You report to the physician leadership of Southern Medical Group, a private practice structure that maintains clinical autonomy while partnering with the hospital through a professional services agreement. This means physicians control scheduling, case selection, and practice growth decisions rather than answering to hospital administrators focused primarily on throughput metrics. The group values sustainability and long-term physician satisfaction over short-term volume maximization.

This position replaces Dr. Vargas, whose departure for personal reasons created an immediate need for a cardiologist with similar advanced peripheral skills. The practice invested heavily in building CLI capabilities and cannot afford to lose this service line, making your arrival a genuine priority. You will inherit established referral relationships, a backlog of patients waiting for advanced procedures, and the infrastructure to perform complex work from day one rather than spending years building a program from scratch.