CLINICAL CARDIOLOGY FELLOWSHIP
This ACGME accredited program participates in the National Residency Match Program. New in fiscal year 2016, three positions are offered annually for a 3-year position 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 noninvasive laboratory, 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 assists the cardiovascular disease fellows with developing critical thinking to be applied for innovative cardiovascular treatment and care in the future. Baylor fellows are challenged to integrate data into well-communicated, evidence-based patient consultations; remaining mindful of the unique features of each and every patient. Fellows also have exposure to the Baylor Tom Landry Health and Wellness Center and the Baylor Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital Cardiac Rehabilitation and Return to Work programs.
Note: Applicants may apply through the Electronic Residency Application Service( ERAS). If selected, a candidate receives an invitation from the program to interview at Baylor University Medical Center.
The Clinical Cardiology Fellowship is one of the nation’ s best balanced clinical and academic training programs in the United States. Our fellows complete the program with outstanding clinical and procedural competencies in complex cardiovascular patients. They also benefit from training with preeminent experts in their fields who are among the most published and academically accomplished in the world. Baylor has a rich tradition of scholarship that emanates from its roots in medicine and surgery and is carried forward in the modern practice of academic cardiovascular medicine.
Peter McCullough, MD, MPH, FACC, FACP, FAHA, FCCP, FNKF, FNLA, FCRSA Program Director for Clinical Cardiology Fellowship
Program Director:
Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH, FACC, FACP, FAHA, FCCP, FNKF, FNLA, FCRSA
Associate Director:
Jeffrey M. Schussler, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FSCCT, FACP
Faculty:
Manish D. Assar, MD Ari Cedars, MD Jay Franklin, MD Georges A. Feghali, MD Paul Grayburn, MD Shelley Hall, MD Stuart Lander, MD Jose Mendez, MD William C. Roberts, MD John Schumacher, MD Robert C. Stoler, MD Anumeha Tandon, MD Ravi Vallabhan, MD Carlos Velasco, MD Anthony Yoon, MD Kevin Wheelan, MD
Cardiovascular Diseases Fellows:
1st Year: Aasim Afzal, MD Fayez Raza, MD
2nd Year: George Adesina, MD Kevin Oguayo, MD
3rd Year: Timothy Ball, MD Gautam Patankar, MD
Incoming Fellows July 2016:
Clay Barbin, MD Andy Lee, MD Zach Rosol, MD
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