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Advanced Cardiovascular MR/CT Imaging Fellowship Baptist Cardiac and Vascular Institute Program Director: Ricardo C. Cury, MD

Course Description: Baptist Hospital of Miami and Baptist Cardiac and Vascular Institute offers a one year fellowship in Cardiovascular Imaging focused on Cardiac CT and MRI.  Fellows will work with a dedicated CV Imaging team in daily clinical work. Research is also available and encouraged. We have one of the busiest cardiac imaging programs in the country, with over 4000 coronary CTA studies and 1500 cardiovascular MR studies annually. CTA cases include acute chest pain patients from the ED, evaluation of angina and equivocal stress tests, calcium score studies, as well as adults with congenital heart disease. MRI cases include viability assessment,  non-ischemic cardiomyopathy, stress perfusion MRI, congenital heart disease, valvular disease and shunt assessment. Rotations in the Nuclear Lab, Cath Lab, ER Radiology and Non-invasive Vascular Program  are available.  Eligibility:  Applicants must be board-certified in radiology by the beginning of fellowship. Florida medical license is also required.  Application:  Available to board-certified radiologists for July 1st, 2012 and also for July 1st, 2013. To apply, please send a letter of intent, curriculum vitae, and 3 letters of recommendation to Ricardo  C. Cury, MD, Chairman of Radiology and Director of Cardiac Imaging,  c/o Ivis Balseiro, Department of Radiology, Baptist Hospital of Miami and Baptist Cardiac and Vascular Institute, 8900 N. Kendall Drive, Miami, FL 33176; Telephone: 786-596-1272; e-mail: ivisb@baptisthealth.net. For questions, please contact the Fellowship director, Dr. Juan Batlle at jbatlle@rasf.net.

Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging Fellowship Loyola University Medical Center Program Director: Mushabbar A. Syed, MD, FACC
Location: Loyola University Medical Center 2160 S. First Avenue Maywood, IL 60153		Contact Info: Mushabbar A. Syed, MD Director, Cardiovascular Imaging Division of Cardiovascular Medicine Loyola University Medical Center Tel: (708) 216-2670 E-mail: masyed@lumc.edu

Course Description:  Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging Program at Loyola University Medical Center offers a 1 year fellowship in cardiovascular MRI and CT.  The fellowship includes training in all aspects of cardiovascular MRI and CT with a particular focus on MRI.  This is a hand-on supervised training program and fellows are involved in all aspects of clinical imaging including monitoring the study acquisition, post-processing of the data, and interpreting the results. Fellows are expected to conduct at least one mentored research project, which should be presented at a national conference and submitted to a peer-reviewed journal.  Advanced cardiovascular imaging fellows are also responsible for conducting the biweekly imaging conference with help from general cardiology fellows rotating on the imaging service. Eligibility:  Candidates will have successfully completed an ACGME accredited general cardiology fellowship.  No prior cardiovascular MRI and CT experience is required but preference will be given to fellows with level II training in echocardiography and interest in an academic career. Application:  To apply, please send a cover letter, a current CV, personal statement and three letters of recommendations.

Allegheny General Hospital
Location: 320 East North Avenue Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15212 "Funded" "Immediate Opening"		Contact Info: Robert W. Biederman, MD, FACC Tel: 412-359-8009 Fax: 412-359-6358 Email: rbiederm@wpahs.org
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Cardiac MR Center Director: Warren J. Manning, MD
Location: 330 Brookline Avenue Boston, MA 02215		Contact Info: Susan Lacroix E-mail: slacroix@bidmc.harvard.edu Phone: 617-632-7828
Brigham & Women's Hospital Raymond Y. Kwong, MD, MPH, FACC Director, Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Location: Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital 75 Francis Street Boston, MA 02115		Contact Info: Raymond Kwong, MD Office: (857) 307-1960 Fax: (857) 307-1944 Email: rykwong@partners.org
Cardiac MRI Fellowship Duration: 1 year Course Director: Dipan J. Shah, MD, FACC
Course Description: The Methodist DeBakey Heart Center is accepting applications for a 1 year cardiac MRI fellowship. The training will involve both clinical and research activities that will allow the achievement of Level 3 certification in cardiac MRI.
Location: The Methodist DeBakey Heart Center 6550 Fannin Street Smith Tower - Suite 677 Houston, TX 77030, USA		Contact Info: Taloria Nottage Tel: 713-441-3625 Fax: 713-793-1641 E-mail: tnottage@tmhs.org

Cardiovascular Diagnostics Imaging fellowship
Duration: 12-24 months
Program Director: Subha V. Raman, M.D. Course Description: The Cardiovascular Diagnostic Imaging fellowship consists of 12-24 months training conducted at the Ohio State University Medical Center and includes hands-on supervised clinical training, research, formal didactics, and interdisciplinary conferences. The training available to general cardiovascular medicine fellows in these areas provides a foundation for the additional training necessary to achieve level III competency. The significant volume of clinical studies and research opportunities afford adequate learning opportunities for both general and subspecialty trainees.

• Clinical Training. The allocation of months requires a minimum of 12 months for CMR/CT, 12 months for echocardiography, and/or 12 months for nuclear cardiology, and can be tailored to each trainee's career objectives. Documented completion of level II training in any of these areas during prior training, such as an ACGME-accredited program in cardiovascular medicine, may be counted toward these requirements. The trainee will be expected to interact with patients directly with appropriate supervision including eliciting clinical histories, applying physical examination skills, and reviewing existing data relevant to each procedure throughout the period of training. In addition to gaining the relevant knowledge of physics and instrumentation for each modality, fellows will learn to independently perform examinations and interpret the results.

   

• Research Training. All fellows will participate in at least 1 research project during their fellowship and will be expected to complete the necessary educational sessions prior to onset of human subjects or animal research. Such sessions are offered through the OSU Office of Responsible Research Practices throughout the year. Additional coursework in research including biostatistics and clinical trial design are also available, in addition to weekly and quarterly didactics. Fellows will be expected to prepare grant applications, submit abstracts for presentation at national/international meetings, and compose manuscripts for submission to refereed journals.

   

• Didactics. Didactics are held at least once monthly and include the following topics: physics, instrumentation, safety, acquisition protocols, postprocessing, indications, contraindications, coding, and compliance. Fellows will also be able to attend on-site educational seminars relevant to the areas of training, such as the 5-day CMR/CT course held twice yearly. Fellows will also conduct conferences to demonstrate their understanding of new skills and knowledge and assist in training of general cardiovascular medicine fellows. They will also attend core conferences in cardiovascular medicine.

   

• Interdisciplinary Conferences. Quarterly conferences are held with the general cardiovascular medicine fellows and consist of case presentations as well as didactic material. Over the course of one year, cases presented at this and other interdisciplinary conferences will be selected to represent all forms of cardiovascular diseases including ischemic heart disease, coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease, congenital heart disease, arrhythmias, cardiomyopathies, and pericardial disease.

Eligibility and Selection: All applicants will be required to have successfully completed an ACGME-certified postdoctoral training progfram. Level II competency in at least one area of cardiovascular imaging is required; as such, any physician who is board-certified or board-eligible in cardiovascular medicine is eligible. Licensure to practice medicine in the State of Ohio is also required. All applications will be reviewed by a committee composed of faculty involved in cardiovascular imaging and selected by faculty from the core program. Fellows will be selected based upon their academic credentials, past performances, and potential for academic careers.

Accreditation: Currently, there is no ACGME accreditation for cardiovascular imaging, although ACC/AHA Clinical Competence Statements have been published for each area of training. These Statements form the core of the curriculum, insuring completion at standards for training that will likely be included in future accreditation requirements.

Location:
The Ohio State University Medical Center
Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital
Columbus, Ohio 
Contact Info: Subha V. Raman, M.D.
The Ohio State University Medical Center
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
473 W. 12th Avenue - 200 HLRI
Columbus, OH 43210    

Cardiovascular Research Foundation
Director: Steven D. Wolff, MD, PhD
Location: New York, NY  
Contact Info: Linda Como
Cindy R. Comeau
Email: swolff@mrict.com
Phone: (212) 369-9200
Fax: (212) 369-5048  

Children's Hospital Boston
Director: Andrew Powell, MD Course Description: The patient population is primarily children and adults with congenital heart disease. The typical case volume is 4-6 CMR exams per day, 5 days per week. Opportunities for CMR research are available.
Location: Boston, MA  
Contact Info: Andrew Powell, MD
Email: andrew.powell@cardio.chboston.org
Phone: 617-355-7655
Fax: 617-739-3784  

Cleveland Clinic
Section of Cardiovascular Imaging, Imaging and Heart & Vascular Institutes

Course Description: The Cardiovascular Imaging Laboratory, located in the new Miller Pavilion at the Cleveland Clinic offers a one to two year fellowship in CV imaging.

Fellows will work on a dedicated CV imaging service offering Cardiovascular MRI and CT, and participate in both clinical and research activities. Over 2,500 CV-MRI and 8,000 CV-CT studies are performed each year with clinical and research applications. The Cardiovascular Imaging Laboratory uses multiple MRI scanners (1.5T Philips  Achieva XR, 1.5T Siemens Avanto, and a 3.0T Philips Achieva) and multiple CT scanners (Philips iCT 256-slice, Siemens Definition "Flash", Philips Brilliance 64-slice, and a Siemens Definition dual-source).  CV-MRI studies performed include LV and RV cardiomyopathies and masses, LV myocardial viability and pharmacologic stress perfusion imaging, coronary MRA, thoracic and abdominal aortic disease, and peripheral vascular MRA. CV-CT studies performed include evaluation of coronary artery anatomy, pulmonary venous anatomy, cardiac morphology and function, and thoraco-abdominal aortic disease. 

To apply, please send a letter and curriculum vitae to Scott D. Flamm, M.D., Section of Cardiovascular Imaging, J1-4, Imaging Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44122; telephone 216.444.2740; fax 216.636.0822; e-mail: flamms@ccf.org.

Location:
9500 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44122   Contact Info:
Scott D. Flamm, M.D.
E-mail: flamms@ccf.org
Phone: 216.444.2740
Fax 216.636.0822