Program Details
Sample Overview of Fellow Rotations
| First Year | Second Year | Third Year |
| Echo Lab: 2 months | Echo Lab: 2-3 months | Echo Lab: 2+ months |
| Cath Lab: 1 months | Cath Lab: 3 months | Cardiac CT/MRI: 1 month |
| Electrophysiology: 1 month | Electrophysiology: 1 month | |
| CVICU: 3 month | CVICU: 1-2 months | CVICU: 1 month |
| Consults: 3 months | Consults: 1-2 months | Consults: 1 month |
| Advanced HF: 1 month | ||
| Nuclear: 1 month | Nuclear: 2 months; | Nuclear: 2+ months |
| Elective: 1 month | Elective: 2-3 months | Elective: 6 months |
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.
Call Schedule Information
- Fellows take on-call responsibilities from home, and cover cardiac emergencies with the assistance and guidance of general and subspeciality on-call cardiology faculty.
- Weekly Weekday Call
- Weekend Call 1-2 times per 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