Program Details
Sample Overview of Fellow Rotations
| First Year | Second Year | Third Year |
| Echo - 3 months | Echo - 2 months | Echo - 2 months |
| Cath - 2 months | Cath - 2 months | Cardiac CT/MRI - 1 month |
| Nuclear - 1 month | Nuclear - 2 months | Nuclear - 2 months |
| CVICU - 2 months |
CVICU - 2 months | CVICU - 2 weeks |
| Consults - 3 months | Consults - 1 month | Consults - 2 weeks |
| Elective - 1 month | Elective - 3 months | Elective - 6 months |
| EP - 1 month | EP - 1 month | Lipidology - 1 month |
Electives
- Advanced Cardiac Imaging
- Echo, advanced echo including 3D, structural/invasive echocardiography
- CT/MRI
- PET
- Structural/Congenital Heart Disease
- EP
- Advanced HF
- Cath Lab: high volume of CHIP-complex PCIs
- High volume of structural cases including: TAVR, m-TEERs, tricuspid interventions
- Advanced lipidology rotation (outpatient)
- Cardiac-Oncology (outpatient)
Outpatient Community Clinic
Each fellow has one-half day per week of clinic for the 36 months of training. Each fellow is, on average, responsible for four to eight patients during each half-day session. A fellow’s outpatient clinical experience is led by an established HUMC cardiologist.
Outpatient Continuity Attendings include:
- Luis Astudillo, M.D.
- David Landers, M.D.
- Dusan Knezevic, M.D.
- Steven Kanarek, M.D.
- Sanjeev Patel, M.D.
- Yogesh Sagar, M.D.
- Mohammed Gibreal, M.D.
- Vladimir Joseph, M.D.
Call Schedule Information
- Fellows take on-call responsibilities from home, and cover cardiac emergencies and consult team patient issues with the assistance and guidance of general and subspecialty on-call cardiology faculty.
- Weeknight call once a week
- Weekend call once a month
- Call schedule decreases for senior fellows
Duty Hours
- Limited to a maximum of 80 hours per week
- Averaged over a four-week period
- Inclusive of all in-house activities and all moonlighting, which is generally reserved for senior fellows with program director permission