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INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY FELLOWSHIP
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
Program Director:
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 Hamilton Heart
and Vascular Hospital Cardiac Catheterization
Laboratory performs more than 4,000 diagnostic
cardiac procedures and 1,500 coronary
interventions annually. Applicants may apply
through the Electronic Application Residency
Service (ERAS). If selected, a candidate receives an
invitation from the program to interview at Baylor.
Note: Applicants may apply through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS).
If selected, a candidate receives an invitation from the program to interview.
Ravi Vallabhan, MD,
FACC, FSCAI
Faculty:
Michael Donsky, MD
Georges A. Feghali, MD
Jeffrey M. Schussler, MD
Robert C. Stoler, MD
Ravi Vallabhan, MD
Anthony Yoon, MD
Fellow:
Chad Dugas, MD
Incoming Fellow
July 2016:
Gautam Patankar, MD
CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY FELLOWSHIP
One fellow is accepted every two years into
the Baylor University Medical Center and
Baylor Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital
Fellowship program called the Clinical Cardiac
Electrophysiology Program (CCEP). This
comprehensive two-year training program
exceeds the one-year ACGME requirement.
Key to the program is that it takes place at a
quaternary referral center for the Southwest
United States; thus providing fellows with
rigorous diagnostic and procedural exposure;
refining electrophysiology skills that also
enhance the outpatient management of patients.
Involvement in clinical research and scientific
publications is encouraged.
Baylor Hamilton Heart and
Vascular Hospital has a total
of five EP labs and operating
suites were more than 1,500
cases per year performed
including advanced procedures
ranging from cryoballoon
ablation for atrial fibrillation, laser lead extraction
of devices, ischemic VT ablations using CARTO
and ESI mapping systems. To encourage a well-
rounded 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
Robert Kowal, MD
Peter Wells, MD
Kevin Wheelan, MD
Incoming Fellow
July 2016:
Timothy Ball, MD
ADVANCED HEART FAILURE AND CARDIAC TRANSPLANTATION FELLOWSHIP
The Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation
Fellowship program accepts one fellow 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 to include procedural training in
cardiac biopsy, IVUS, and percutaneous hemodynamic
support devices. Since inception, Baylor University Medical Center ha s
completed more than 565 heart transplants. The Fellowship is supported by
four senior surgeons and six transplant cardiologists and Baylor University
Medical Center has been heralded as one of the premier solid organ
transplantation centers in the nation.
Program Director: Faculty:
Jose C. Mendez,
MD, FACC Shelley Hall, MD Chief
of Transplant Cardiology
and Mechanical Support/
Heart Failure
Fellow:
Melody Sherwood,
MD
Incoming Fellow
July 2016:
Timothy Gong, MD
Amarinder Bindra, MD
Robert Gottlieb, MD
Susan Joseph, MD
Parag Kale, MD
Johannes J. Kuiper, MD
OUTCOMES 2016
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