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 the nationally recognized fellowship programs . In fiscal year 2018 , the active fellowship programs included Cardiovascular Disease , Interventional Cardiology , Cardiac Electrophysiology , Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation , and Vascular Surgery . A new fellowship program for cardiac surgery will start on the Dallas campus in 2019 .
CARDIOLOGY FELLOWSHIP
This ACGME-accredited program participates in the National Residency Match Program . Three or four positions are offered annually for a four-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 non-invasive laboratory , and 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 assist the cardiovascular disease fellows with developing critical thinking to be applied for innovative cardiovascular treatment and care in the future . Baylor Dallas fellows are challenged to integrate data into well-communicated , evidence-based patient consultations , while 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 Cardiac Rehabilitation and Return to Work ® programs .
“ 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 pre-eminent experts in their fields who are among the most published and academically accomplished in the world . Baylor University Medical Center 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 ,” says Peter McCullough , MD , MPH , FACC , FACP , FAHA , FCCP , FNKF , FNLA , FCRSA .
Program Director : Peter McCullough , MD , MPH , FACC , FACP , FAHA , FCCP , FNKF , FNLA , FCRSA
Associate Director : Jeffrey M . Schussler , MD , FACC , FSCAI , FSCCT , FACP
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 .
Faculty : Manish D . Assar , MD Ari Cedars , MD Jay Franklin , MD Georges A . Feghali , MD Paul Grayburn , MD Shelley Hall , MD Parag Kale , MD Stuart Lander , MD William C . Roberts , MD John Schumacher , MD Robert C . Stoler , MD Anumeha Tandon , MD Kristen Tecson , PhD Ravi Vallabhan , MD Anu Vasudevan , PhD Carlos Velasco , MD Anthony Yoon , MD Kevin Wheelan , MD
Cardiovascular Diseases Fellows : 1st Year : Robin Chalkley , MD Anas Hamadeh , MD Nishi Patel , MD
2nd Year : Clay Barbin , MD Andy Lee , MD Zach Rosol , MD
3rd Year : Aasim Afzal , MD Fayez Raza , MD
Incoming Fellows July 2018 : Ossama Elsaid , MD Gregory P . Milligan , MD , MPH Bharath Raju , MD , MSc Taimur Safder , MD , MPH