Cardiology.
Northgate represents cardiologists across interventional, electrophysiology, advanced heart failure, non-invasive, structural, adult congenital, and cardiac imaging.
Your career in cardiology.
Cardiology is not one specialty. An interventional cardiologist coming off a STEMI call rotation has a different life than a non-invasive cardiologist building a structural-imaging program. The decisions a senior electrophysiologist makes about a device-clinic split are not the decisions an advanced heart failure cardiologist makes about MCS volume. We treat the sub-discipline as the primary unit of the conversation, not the line on the board certificate.
The work within cardiology.
We are deliberate about the sub-discipline. The market for an interventional cardiologist with STEMI program leadership experience is not the market for a cardiac imager building a structural program, and the offer terms reflect that. The sub-disciplines below guide our approach to cardiology representation.
- Interventional Cardiology
- STEMI program leadership, complex coronary intervention, CTO, and high-risk PCI. Volume, call structure, and lab block time are the primary negotiating terms.
- Electrophysiology
- Complex ablation, device implantation, and EP lab leadership. Group economics on devices and the split with the device clinic decide most conversations.
- Advanced Heart Failure
- Cardiogenic shock teams, durable MCS programs, and transplant cardiology. UNOS allocation experience and shock-team integration matter more than headcount.
- Non-invasive Cardiology
- General cardiology, prevention, and outpatient consultative practice. The work that anchors a stable referral base and a sustainable late-career arc.
- Structural Heart
- TAVR, MitraClip, TriClip, and structural imaging. A small and growing universe; program-level leadership roles drive most of the engagement activity.
- Adult Congenital Heart
- ACHD-board-certified physicians. A rare sub-discipline; institutional commitment to ACHD volume tends to define whether the conversation goes anywhere.
- Cardiac Imaging
- Advanced echo, cardiac MRI, and cardiac CT. Often a path to structural-program leadership; the imaging volume and reading model decide fit.
The cardiologist we represent.
We are most useful to cardiologists who are seven to twenty years into practice, board-certified in their primary sub-discipline, and at a real inflection point. A practice that has matured to the point where the next move has to be the right one. A program-leadership track that is opening or closing somewhere else. A family decision that is shaping geography. A non-compete that is finally running out.
The conversation tends to work less well for trainees, for physicians who are exploring without a real reason to move, and for engagements where the institution is unwilling to discuss the operating reality of the role before the candidate is on a plane.
- Tenure
- Seven to twenty years post-fellowship, with at least four years at the current institution. Earlier-career physicians better served elsewhere.
- Sub-discipline depth
- A clear primary sub-discipline with procedural volume to match. Mixed practices are workable but rarely the right fit for program leadership conversations.
- Leadership trajectory
- Either an existing program-leadership role or a clear path to one. Service-line director, division chief, lab director, fellowship program director.
- Geography of the next move
- A short list of regions that work for the household, not a national reset. The household is part of the equation from the first call.
- Reason for the conversation
- A specific reason this season, not general curiosity. The reason itself often shapes the right next role.
The rooms we work in.
The settings we consider for cardiology career opportunities.
- Academic Medical Centers
- Integrated Delivery Networks
- Quaternary Cardiac Programs
- Heart & Vascular Institutes
- Cardiology Private Groups
- PE-Backed Cardiology Platforms
- Children’s Hospitals (ACHD)
- Faculty Practice Plans
