• Experience in the coronary care unit
• Cardiac surgical intensive care
• Cardiac catheterization lab
• Electrophysiology lab , including the pacemaker and cardiac defibrillator implantation and programming
• Cardiac non-invasive lab
• Peripheral vascular lab
• Outpatient cardiology clinic
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Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Hospital | Graduate Medical Education
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 their nationally recognized fellowship programs . In fiscal year 2024 , active fellowship programs included cardiovascular disease , interventional cardiology , cardiac electrophysiology , advanced heart failure and cardiac transplantation , vascular surgery , and cardiothoracic surgery .
Cardiovascular Disease 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 lab
• Electrophysiology lab , including the pacemaker and cardiac defibrillator implantation and programming
• Cardiac non-invasive lab
• Peripheral vascular lab
• Outpatient cardiology clinic
Fellows gain extensive experience with inpatient cardiology consult services , electrophysiology consult services , electrocardiography , echocardiography , rhythm monitoring , and both exercise and pharmacological stress testing . Imaging experience includes peripheral vascular imaging , cardiac computed coronary angiography , and magnetic resonance imaging .
Program Director : Michael Sills , MD
Fellows : 3rd Year : James Blair , MD Milan Ravishankar , MD Brian Shipley , MD Patrick Strickland , MD
2nd Year :
Gulmohar Singh-Kucukarslan , MD
Jacob Reiss , MD William Sovic , MD Alexander Whitaker , MD
Associate Program Directors : Zachary Rosol , MD Helen Hashemi , MD
1st Year : Helayna Abraham , MD Ariane Lemieux , MD Eric Lemieux , MD Zoya Mohammad , MD
Incoming fellows July 2024 : Jonathan Harder , MD William Morris , MD Nicole Prescott , MD Adam Sundholm , MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship
Program Director : Manish Assar , MD , FACC , FHRS
Associate Program Director : Praveen Rao , MD , FACC
Fellow : Mohammad Sha ’ ar , MD
One fellow is accepted every two years into this Dallas ACGME-accredited fellowship . Located at a quaternary referral center for the Southwest United States , the program 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 a high volume program . These cases include advanced procedures ranging from pulsed field ablation for atrial fibrillation , laser lead extraction of devices , endocardial and epicardial VT ablation using ischemic VT ablations using CARTO and ESI mapping systems , and left atrial appendage occluding devices .