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GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education ( ACGME ) accredits the combined efforts of Baylor University Medical Center and Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Hospital – Dallas for the nationally recognized fellowship programs . In fiscal year 2020 , active fellowship programs included Cardiovascular Disease , Interventional Cardiology , Cardiac Electrophysiology , Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation , and Vascular Surgery .
CLINICAL CARDIOLOGY FELLOWSHIP
This ACGME-accredited program participates in the National Residency Match Program . Four positions are offered annually for three years of training in the clinical fellowship program . Training is broad-based and includes experience in the coronary care unit , cardiac surgical intensive care , cardiac catheterization laboratory , cardiac electrophysiology laboratory , cardiac non-invasive laboratory , and peripheral vascular labs . Fellows gain extensive experience in electrocardiography ; echocardiography ; rhythm monitoring ; stress testing , including exercise and pharmacologic stress testing ; nuclear imaging ; peripheral vascular imaging ; cardiac computed coronary angiography ; magnetic resonance imaging ; pacemaker and cardio defibrillator implantation and programming . Coordinating with the busy Baylor University Medical Center emergency department medical staff , fellows gain experience in emergency cardiovascular care . Active participation in research projects , exposure to clinical trials , and authorship on original scientific publications assist the cardiovascular disease fellows with developing critical thinking to be applied for innovative cardiovascular treatment and care in the future . Baylor Dallas fellows are challenged to integrate data into well-communicated , evidence-based patient consultations , while remaining mindful of the unique features of each and every patient . Fellows also have exposure to the Baylor Scott & White Tom Landry Health and Wellness Center and the Cardiac Rehabilitation and Return to Work programs .
Fellows received recognition
Taimur Safder , MD , MPH , has been selected for the prestigious American Heart Association Science Subcommittee . Dr . Safder received his bachelor ’ s degree in biology and philosophy from Rockhurst University in Kansas City , MO and his medical degree and internal medicine residency at the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Kansas City , KS . He completed his Master ’ s in Public Health at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston , MA . His scientific works have appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine and Journal of the American College of Cardiology .
Ossama Elsaid , MD , was awarded the Best Teaching Fellow by Texas A & M College of Medicine in fiscal year 2020 . This is a coveted distinction and is duly elected by the third- and fourth-year medical students in recognition of the fellow who has exemplified the best attributes as a teacher and role model for future doctors . Dr . Elsaid received his MBBCh ( MD equivalent ) from Ain-Shams University School of Medicine , Cairo , Egypt , and served a preliminary internship year at Lincoln Medical Center , Weill Cornell Medical College , NY , before coming to Baylor University Medical Center .
Program Director : Peter McCullough , MD , MPH , FACC , FACP , FAHA , FCCP , FNKF , FNLA , FCRSA
Associate Director : Jeffrey M . Schussler , MD , FACC , FSCAI , FSCCT , FACP
Fellows : 3rd Year : Robin “ Drew ” Chalkley , MD ( Chief fellow ) Anas Hamadeh , MD Nishi Patel , MD
2nd Year : Ossama Elsaid , MD Gregory Milligan , MD , MPH Bharath Raju , MD , MS Taimur Safder , MD , MPH
1st Year : Justin Arunthamakun , MD Elie Dib , MD Kathleen Kopecky , MD , MS Ronak Rengarajan , MD
Incoming Fellows July 2020 : John Cochran , MD Travis DeSa , MD Srikant Patlolla , MD Sivakumar Sudhakaran , MD