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ADVANCED HEART FAILURE AND CARDIAC TRANSPLANTATION FELLOWSHIP
Program Director : Parag Kale , MD , FACC , FHFSA
Associate Program Director Shelley Hall , MD , FACC , FHFSA , FAST
Fellows : Ifrah Abdirahman , MD ; Gregory Milligan , MD ; Mahmoud Salem , MD
Incoming Fellows July 2022 : Muhammad Jahangir Iftikhar , MD ; Parijat Joy , MD ; Ayman Saeyeldinm , MD
This fellowship program accepts one to three fellows every year for one year of clinical training in all medical phases of cardiac transplantation and advanced circulatory support . This includes procedural training in cardiac biopsy and IVUS percutaneous hemodynamic support devices . Since inception , Baylor University Medical Center has completed more than 1,170 heart transplants and has been heralded as one of the premier solid organ transplantation centers in the nation . The fellowship is supported by cardiovascular surgeons and transplant cardiologists .
VASCULAR SURGERY FELLOWSHIP
Program Director : Stephen Hohmann , MD , FACS
Fellows : Erica Davanian , MD ; William Fleischer , MD Incoming Fellows July 2022 : Frank Johnston , MD ; Christopher Riley , MD
More than 57 years ago , pre-eminent vascular surgeon , Jesse Thompson , MD , launched only the second Vascular Surgery Fellowship in the country at Baylor University Medical Center . Dr . Thompson trained surgeons and advanced the new and burgeoning surgical subspecialty . Since coming under the Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Hospital – Dallas banner , the fellowship has grown in prestige alongside the entire hospital ’ s vascular services offerings and volumes . More than 124 fellows have graduated from the program and gone on to provide vascular surgical care to patients the world over . Quality and service excellence have always been hallmarks of the vascular specialists on the hospital medical staff , in addition to a commitment to offering advanced treatment options in vascular surgery that are not always widely available . Involvement in clinical research is encouraged .
CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY FELLOWSHIP
Program Director : Dan Meyer , MD
Fellow : Victoria Lam , MD Incoming Fellows July 2022 : Katharina Fetten , MD ; Melissa Medina , MD
Each year since 2012 , Baylor University Medical Center accepts one to two candidates for this fellowship . Candidates for this fellowship will have completed a cardiac surgery residency . During this time , a fellow will obtain a significant amount of experience and competence in donor operations , heart and lung transplants and mechanical circulatory support . Upon completion of the fellowship , the surgical fellow will be trained in the areas of preoperative evaluation of transplant recipients , surgical techniques for heart and lung transplantation , post-operative management in the intensive care unit , acute care management , post-transplant complications treatment , as well as proficient in research in the field of transplantation . Baylor University Medical Center has a high volume mechanical circulatory support program . In addition , since the heart transplant program ’ s inception at Baylor Dallas , there have been more than 1,170 heart transplants and more than 618 lung transplants since inception .
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