Contact

Ayesha Hasan, MD
Director, Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Fellowship
Ayesha.Hasan@osumc.edu

Melody Taylor
Coordinator, Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Fellowship
Melody.Taylor@osumc.edu
Phone: 614-247-7738
Fax: 614-292-4550

The Ohio State University Medical Center
Davis Heart & Lung Research Institute
472 W. 12th Ave. Suite 200
Columbus, OH 43210

About the Program

During this one-year fellowship, fellows will become adept in managing patients with acute and chronic congestive heart failure, evaluating for advanced therapies, such as short and long term mechanical support and managing pre- and post-cardiac transplant care. Fellows will participate in endomyocardial biopsies, placement of Swan-Ganz catheters and other procedures.

Candidates will have completed, or be in the process of completing a formal three-year cardiovascular fellowship and must have a valid Ohio medical license and ACLS certification. The primary training hospital will be The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. After satisfactory completion of the fellowship, candidates will be issued a certificate.

Curriculum

Fellows' Duties

Participate in the inpatient care of patients on the CHF and cardiac transplant service
Participate in the outpatient CHF and cardiac transplant clinics
Evaluate patients referred for cardiac transplantation and determine candidacy
Participate in CHF satellite clinics
Determine candidacy for cardiac resynchronization and defibrillator therapies including interpreting device interrogation
Participate in procedures, including endomyocardial biopsies, Swan-Ganz catheter placement and device-based therapies for CHF
Participate in and coordinate perioperative care for cardiac transplant patients including pre-operative orders, line placement, etc.
Participate in post-operative and outpatient management of patients with mechanical circulatory support
Evaluate inpatient referrals for cardiac transplantation and mechanical circulatory support
Take calls for the heart failure service
Participate in research protocols in CHF and transplant
Work closely with the nurse coordinators and the physician’s assistant
Attend and participate in Cardiac Transplant/Ventricular Assist Device Patient Selection Conference
Attend all mandatory fellowship conferences as outlined in the cardiology fellowship curriculum
Participate in clinical trial enrollment and evaluation to become adept in clinical trial design, determining appropriate outcomes to assess and interpreting statistics to obtain results

Learning Objectives

Become proficient in the diagnosis and management of patients with advanced heart failure and patients who have undergone cardiac transplantation or ventricular assist device
Learn the nuances of outpatient and inpatient care of these patients in terms of medications and their side effects
Learn when and how to work up a patient for cardiac transplantation, short vs. long term mechanical circulatory support
Learn about post-transplant immunosuppression and management of these medications and their side effects and comorbidities associated with cardiac transplant
Learn when and how to enroll patients in CHF clinical trials and the benefits of clinical trial research
Develop skills in device-based therapies for CHF

Evaluation

Application Process

Eligibility criteria

MD or DO
U.S. citizenship, permanent resident or J1 Visa status
Completion of a three-year ACGME-accredited cardiology fellowship program by the time of entry

Application dates

Start date: July 1, 2021
Application opens: July 1,2020
Application deadline: July 31,2020

Application must include:

A complete CV
Personal statement
Three letters of reference
USMLE board score reports
Recent color photograph

Application to our ACGME-accredited Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Fellowship Program is done via ERAS. Interviews will be held by the end of August.

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Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Fellows

Peter Unkovic, DO

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