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GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION
INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY FELLOWSHIP
Program Director : Ravi Vallabhan , MD , FACC , FSCAI
Fellow : Brian Simpson , MD Incoming Fellow July 2022 : Ronak Rengarajan , MD
This one-year ACGME-accredited training program accepts one fellow annually . The program offers a broad-based learning experience in all aspects of interventional cardiology with clinical training in coronary interventional procedures , peripheral interventions , valvular heart interventions , and structural heart procedures . Experience and training in a longitudinal ambulatory clinic are also included as part of the fellowship . Advanced percutaneous interventions include balloon angioplasty , coronary stenting , CTO interventions , intravascular ultrasound , rotational atherectomy , thrombectomy , distal protection devices , IVUS , and pressure wire evaluation . In addition to peripheral interventions , valvular heart interventions include TAVR , percutaneous mitral valve repair and mitral balloon valvuloplasty . Structural heart interventions consist of ASD , PFO , PDA , and LAA closures . The Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Hospital – Dallas cardiac catheterization laboratory performs more than 2,500 diagnostic cardiac procedures per year and more than 1,400 PCIs per year .
CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY FELLOWSHIP
Program Director : Manish D . Assar , MD , FACC , FHRS
Fellow : Fuad Habash , MD
One fellow is accepted every two years into this Baylor University Medical Center and Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Hospital – Dallas ACGME-accredited fellowship . The program is located at a quaternary referral center for the Southwest United States . It provides fellows with rigorous diagnostic and procedural exposure in both the ablation and device arenas . Involvement in clinical research and scientific publications is required . Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Hospital – Dallas has a total of four electrophysiology ( EP ) labs where EP fellows have the opportunity to observe and learn from more than 4,200 cases that are performed annually . These include advanced procedures ranging from cryoballoon ablation for atrial fibrillation , laser lead extraction of devices , ischemic VT ablations using CARTO and ESI mapping systems , and left atrial appendage occluding devices . To encourage a well-rounded electrophysiologist ’ s skill set , the fellow also spends time in EP clinic and does inpatient EP consults .