Outcomes 2018 - Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Hospital | Page 66

GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION ( FELLOWSHIPS )
ADVANCED HEART FAILURE AND CARDIAC TRANSPLANTATION FELLOWSHIP
The Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation Fellowship program accepts one or two fellows every year for one year of clinical training in all medical phases of cardiac transplantation and one year of clinical training in all medical phases of cardiac transplantation and advanced circulatory support . This includes procedural training in cardiac biopsy , IVUS and percutaneous hemodynamic support devices . Since inception , Baylor University Medical Center has completed more than 565 heart transplants . The fellowship is supported by cardiovascular surgeons and transplant cardiologists . Baylor University Medical Center has been heralded as one of the premier solid organ transplantation centers in the nation .
Program Director : Parag Kale , MD , FACC , FHFSA
Faculty : Shelley Hall , MD , Chief of Transplant Cardiology and Mechanical Support / Heart Failure
Amarinder Bindra , MD Timothy Gong , MD Robert Gottlieb , MD Cesar Guerrero-Miranda , MD Susan Joseph , MD Melody Sherwood , MD Detlef Wencker , MD
Fellow : Luke Cunningham , MD
Incoming Fellows July 2018 : Aasim Afzal , MD Vikram Raje , MD
VASCULAR
SURGERY FELLOWSHIP
Fifty years ago , pre-eminent vascular surgeon , Jesse Thompson , MD , launched only the second Vascular Surgery Fellowship in the country at Baylor University Medical Center , helping train and advance what was at the time a burgeoning surgical subspecialty . Since coming under the Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Hospital banner , the Vascular Surgery Fellowship has grown in prestige alongside the entire hospital ’ s vascular services offerings and volumes . Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Hospital proudly celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Vascular Surgery Fellowship in 2015 . More than 100 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 offer advanced treatment options in vascular surgery that are not always widely available .
“ With more than a half-century old tradition of advancing this surgical subspecialty , a total of 106 quality fellows have graduated from the program and advanced to provide outstanding patient care throughout the nation and even internationally ,” says Stephen Hohmann , MD , FACS .
Program Director : Stephen Hohmann , MD , FACS
Faculty : Hung B . Chu , MD John F . Eidt , MD Dennis R . Gable , MD Brad R . Grimsley , MD John C . Kedora , MD Anne Laux , MD Gregory J . Pearl , MD William P . Shutze , MD Bertram Smith , MD Javier Vasquez , MD
Vascular Fellows : Besem Beteck , MD ( Completed June 2018 ) Kristyn Mannoia , MD ( Completed June 2018 )
Robert Corn , MD Arash Shirvani , MD
Incoming Fellows July 2018 : Spencer Kontny Hansen , MD Francisco Vega , MD
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