Perform and interpret echocardiographic images from transthoracic, transesophageal (general, intra-operative, and structural intervention), stress, strain, and 3D echocardiography
Begin hands-on training with TEE their first year
Nuclear
Perform and interpret myocardial perfusion stress imaging
Opportunity to interpret nuclear imaging studies with both Cardiology and Radiology faculty
Exposure to additional imaging modalities including, PET, amyloid PYP scans, thallium viability studies, and MUGA scans
Cardiac Catheterization
Immersive hands-on exposure to invasive hemodynamic assessment and coronary anatomy
Complex structural heart interventions by high-volume operators
Peripheral arterial and venous interventions including acute and chronic venous thromboembolism
Intra-procedural management of cardiogenic shock with percutaneous mechanical circulatory support
Right heart catheterization and endomyocardial biopsy experience with dedicated PH-RHF/LHF-Txp Cardiology attendings
General Consults
Consultation on a wide breadth of disease among medical and surgical patients
Operates as an interface between the primary medical services and the invasive and non-invasive cardiac laboratories
Opportunities to teach housestaff, medical students, PA students
Electrophysiology
Multidimensional rotation including inpatient consultation, outpatient care, and dedicated time in the electrophysiology laboratory
Exposure to basic device implantation and EP studies, as well as advanced EP therapies such as His-bundle pacing, leadless pacemakers, device extractions, and complex ablations (including epicardial and endocardial VT)
Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Cardiology fellow serves as junior attending in a resident-staffed CICU with oversight from dedicated cardiology faculty
Consultation on post-operative cardiac surgery, LVAD, heart transplant, pulmonary thromboendarterectomy, and mechanical circulatory support patients
Opportunities for invasive bedside procedures
Left Heart Failure and Transplant
Cardiology fellow serves as junior attending on resident-staffed inpatient heart failure service
Consultation on patients being evaluated for advanced heart failure therapies
Work in a large multidisciplinary team to manage pre- and post-transplant and VAD patients
Dedicated month in outpatient left heart failure, right heart failure, VAD, and transplant clinics
Pulmonary Hypertension & Right Heart Failure
Service exclusively run by Cardiology division as a Nationally Accredited Center of Comprehensive Care
Multidimensional rotation including inpatient consultation, outpatient care, and dedicated time in the invasive hemodynamics laboratory including exercise RHC with invasive CPET
Second largest CTEPH program in the country and a national leader in pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (PTE) and balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA)
Electives
Additional elective opportunities exist including vascular medicine, preventative cardiology, pediatric & adult congenital cardiology, advanced cardiac imaging, cardiac rehabilitation, intraoperative TEE, CT surgery, ECMO, Palliative Care, and research
Nights
A consecutive week of nights as primary in-house cardiologist
Assist resident-staffed CICU team
Cover all cardiac emergent procedures including STEMI, TVP, TTE
Continuity Clinic
Half-day of clinic per week for each fellow to follow their own panel of patients longitudinally
Work alongside attending preceptor using the same clinic infrastructure, nursing, and administrative assistant
