Division Director, Congenital Heart Disease

Job Description

The Smidt Heart Institute, in collaboration with the Department of Pediatrics and Guerin Children’s at Cedars-Sinai, is pleased to announce a national search for a physician-leader to serve as Director of the Guerin Family Congenital Heart Division within the Department of Cardiology. This leadership position offers a rare and exciting opportunity to lead and shape one of the most innovative, collaborative and comprehensive congenital heart programs in the country—caring for patients from fetal diagnosis through adulthood.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide strategic leadership for the Guerin Family Congenital Heart Division, which integrates both pediatric and adult congenital heart care, ensuring clinical excellence, growth, and innovation across the continuum of care.
• Supervise the Fetal, Pediatric, and Adult Congenital Cardiology sections within the Division, advancing the academic mission across clinical care, research, and education within each section.
• Oversee a multidisciplinary team including experts in fetal cardiology, congenital interventional catheterization and electrophysiology, adult congenital heart disease, and congenital cardiac imaging.
• Drive programmatic expansion and enhance collaboration across pediatric and adult services within the Smidt Heart Institute and Guerin Children’s.
• Support and grow robust research initiatives and foster faculty development and mentorship for trainees and junior faculty.
• Engage with institutional leaders in strategic planning, recruitment, and philanthropic development to sustain long-term programmatic success.

This is a transformational leadership role at one of the nation’s top-ranked cardiovascular centers, with significant opportunity to impact the future of congenital heart care.

The Smidt Heart Institute is widely recognized as a leader in the delivery of cardiovascular care and a pioneer in the development of new treatments and diagnostic tools. Since 2013, Cedars-Sinai Cardiology/Cardiac Surgery was rated in the top ten programs nationally and number one program in California by U.S. News and World Report Top Hospitals. The Department of Cardiology is one of the largest departments within the Cedars-Sinai Health System with over 170 faculty and has world renowned programs in cardiovascular imaging, advanced heart disease, interventional cardiology, cardiac electrophysiology, women’s health, hypertension, and regenerative medicine. 

In collaboration with Guerin’s Children’s, our experienced team of fetal, pediatric adult and congenital cardiologists along with our congenital cardiac surgeons work in unison to diagnose and treat an extensive variety of congenital and acquired heart disease in children and adults. Within our State-of-the-Art Facilities, children are cared for in spaces specifically designed and staffed with their unique needs in mind. At our institution, the latest technologies are seamlessly combined with a hands-on, “high touch”, accessible approach to care.

Patients turn to us because they know our progress is their progress, and our strides forward are their success.

Ranked #1 in California* and on the “Best Hospitals” Honor Roll for eight years in a row, we are a national leader in providing high-quality, patient-centered healthcare that encompasses primary care as well as specialized medicine and conducting research that leads to lifesaving discoveries and innovations.

Cedars-Sinai is one of the largest non-profit academic medical centers in the U.S., with 1,022 licensed beds, 2,993 physicians, 2,800 nurses and thousands of other healthcare professionals and staff. Cedars-Sinai Health System includes Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (our flagship hospital), the Academic Enterprise, Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital, our ambulatory diagnostic and treatment centers, and our Medical Network. Recently, we have partnered with and added Torrance Memorial with its Medical Center and Medical Network as well as Huntington Hospital with its Medical Center and Medical Network to our system. The system comprises more than 2,300 beds and revenues exceeding $6 billion annually. It includes more than 50 outpatient venues spanning the entire region (e.g., Sa