GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION ( FELLOWSHIPS )
The Baylor University Medical Center Interventional Cardiology fellowship program is a one-year ACGME accredited training program . One fellow is accepted 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 is 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 carotid and 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 Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory performs more than 4,000 diagnostic cardiac procedures and 1,500 coronary interventions annually .
Program Director : Ravi Vallabhan , MD , FACC , FSCAI
Faculty : James E . Choi , MD Georges A . Feghali , MD Stuart Lander , MD Jeffrey M . Schussler , MD Robert C . Stoler , MD Carlos Velasco , MD Anthony Yoon , MD
Fellow : Jad Daye , MD
Incoming Fellow July 2018 : Taraka Gadiraju , MD
Applicants may apply through the Electronic Residency Application Service ( ERAS ). If selected , a candidate receives an invitation from the program to interview at Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Hospital .
One fellow is accepted every two years into the Baylor University Medical Center and Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Hospital fellowship program called the Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Program ( CCEP ). This comprehensive two-year training program fulfills the two-year ACGME requirement . Key to the program is that it takes place at a quaternary referral center for the Southwest United States . Thus , it provides fellows with rigorous diagnostic and procedural exposure and refines electrophysiology skills that also enhance the outpatient management of patients . Involvement in clinical research and scientific publications is required .
The hospital has a total of four EP labs and operating suites where more than 3,300 cases per year are performed , including advanced procedures ranging from cryoballoon ablation for atrial fibrillation , laser lead extraction of devices , and ischemic VT ablations using CARTO and ESI mapping systems . To encourage a wellrounded electrophysiologist ’ s skill set , the fellow is continually exposed to clinical evaluation and indications for tests and procedures in conjunction with history and physical exams supervised by an attending physician .
Program Director : Manish D . Assar , MD , FACC , FHRS
Faculty : Alan Donsky , MD Jay Franklin , MD Praveen Rao , MD Peter Wells , MD Kevin Wheelan , MD
Fellow : Timothy Ball , MD
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