Your clinical days at Cody Regional Health will center on what drew most cardiologists to the specialty in the first place: meaningful patient relationships, diagnostic problem-solving, and the satisfaction of managing cardiac disease across its full spectrum. With 90-98% of your work occurring in the outpatient setting, you will spend your time in the clinic rather than navigating hospital politics or waiting for inpatient consults to clear. The occasional daytime hospital consultation adds clinical variety without disrupting your schedule or personal life.
You will care for a patient population that reflects Northwest Wyoming's demographics: active retirees who moved here for the mountain lifestyle, ranchers and agricultural workers with decades of physical labor behind them, and families who have called this region home for generations. Many of your patients will present with the bread-and-butter cardiology cases that benefit most from longitudinal care: hypertension management, heart failure optimization, arrhythmia evaluation, and chest pain workups. The current four-month wait for new patients means your schedule will fill immediately, and the 50,000+ catchment area ensures sustained demand for years to come.
Cody Regional Health supports a comprehensive outpatient cardiology diagnostic program. You will perform on-site reads for all standard non-invasive studies, keeping interpretation revenue within your practice and turnaround times short for referring physicians. Monthly volumes demonstrate consistent demand across all modalities.
This is a general cardiology position focused on non-invasive diagnosis and medical management. The hospital formerly operated a cardiac catheterization lab but has no plans to reopen that program. Patients requiring catheterization, electrophysiology procedures, or cardiac surgery are referred to Billings, Montana, where established relationships with interventional and surgical colleagues ensure smooth transitions of care. This referral model allows you to focus on the outpatient cardiology work that drives quality of life improvements for the majority of cardiac patients.
One of the most distinctive features of this position is the call structure: there is none. No night call. No weekend call. When you leave the clinic at 5:00 PM on Friday, your time is your own until Monday morning. This arrangement reflects both the outpatient nature of the practice and the hospital's commitment to physician well-being. For cardiologists accustomed to grueling call schedules that interrupt family dinners, weekend plans, and sleep, this position offers a fundamentally different lifestyle.
Your practice will extend beyond Cody through outreach clinics in surrounding communities. Towns like Powell, Thermopolis, Worland, and Basin lack local cardiology services, and patients in these areas currently travel significant distances for routine cardiac care. Outreach visits, typically one day occurring twice monthly, bring your expertise to patients who might otherwise defer care or drive hours for a single appointment. These clinics also strengthen referral relationships with primary care providers throughout the region.
Epic EMR, implemented through a partnership with Intermountain Health, provides a modern documentation platform with connectivity to the broader regional healthcare network. The hospital plans to hire an Advanced Practice Provider to support your practice once you are established, adding capacity for patient follow-ups and routine management. Dedicated clinical support staff handle scheduling, prior authorizations, and administrative tasks, allowing you to focus on patient care.
This clinical environment offers general cardiologists the opportunity to practice at the top of their training without the bureaucratic overhead, call burden, or procedural pressure common in larger systems. Your days will be filled with the diagnostic challenges and patient relationships that make cardiology rewarding, with evenings and weekends free to explore everything Northwest Wyoming has to offer.