Our curriculum is meticulously structured to provide a comprehensive and immersive training experience, ensuring our fellows are well-prepared for a successful career in advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology. 

Curriculum Highlights

  • Comprehensive ACGME and ABIM Alignment 
  • Autonomous Clinical Experience 
  • Hands-On Procedural Training 
  • Didactic Lecture Series and HF Board Review 
  • Cardiogenic Shock Conferences 
  • Research Conferences 
  • Mortality/Morbidity Conferences 
  • Multi- Disciplinary Conferences 
  • Journal Clubs 
  • Research and Publication Requirement 

Core Curriculum Conferences

The core curriculum topics are designed to satisfy the ACGME, ACCF COCATS 3 Task Force 8–Level 3 training in heart failure, and the 2010 ACCF/AHA/ACP/HFSA/ISHLT clinical competence recommendations.

Supplemental Guide: Advanced FH and Transplant Cardiology

  1. Acute heart failure
  2. Cardiogenic shock
  3. Chronic heart failure
  4. Specific Cardiomyopathies
  5. Temporary mechanical circulatory support (MCS)
  6. Durable mechanical circulatory support (MCS)
  7. Heart transplantation patient selection and listing
  8. Intra and perioperative complications
  9. Immunosuppression and transplant immunology
  10. Acute allograft rejection
  11. Chronic allograft rejection
  12. Post-transplant infection, malignancy
  13. Palliative care
  14. Pulmonary hypertension

Electives

  • Infectious Disease Rotation
  • Pulmonary Hypertension
  • Palliative Care Rotation
  • Adult Congenital Heart Disease Rotation
  • Cardiac MRI Rotation
  • Heart Failure, Transplant, and LVAD Cardiology Clinic

Weekly Didactics

Fellows participate in weekly didactics from Adult Clinical Cardiology Self-Assessment Program (ACCSAP) test prep. 

Sample Didactic Schedule: July 2023 - June 2024

Acute Heart Failure (56 questions total):
1. July 10, 2023 - Questions 1-7
2. July 17, 2023 - Questions 8-15
3. July 24, 2023 - Questions 16-23
4. July 31, 2023 - Questions 24-31
5. August 7, 2023 - Questions 32-39
6. August 14, 2023 - Questions 40-47
7. August 21, 2023 - Questions 48-56
 

Pulmonary Hypertension (19 questions):
8. August 28, 2023 - Questions 1-7
9. September 4, 2023 - Questions 8-15
10. September 11, 2023 - Questions 16-19
 

Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (30 questions):
11. September 22, 2023 - Questions 1-7
12. September 29, 2023 - Questions 8-15
13. October 6, 2023 - Questions 16-23
14. October 13, 2023 - Questions 24-30
 

Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (100 questions):
15. November 17, 2023 - Questions 1-7
16. November 24, 2023 - Questions 8-15
17. December 1, 2023 - Questions 16-23
18. December 8, 2023 - Questions 24-31
19. December 15, 2023 - Questions 32-39
20. December 22, 2023 - Questions 40-47
21. December 29, 2023 - Questions 48-55
22. January 5, 2024 - Question 56 and ongoing
 

Mechanical Circulatory Support (74 questions):
23. March 15, 2024 - Questions 1-7
24. March 22, 2024 - Questions 8-15
25. March 29, 2024 - Questions 16-23
26. April 5, 2024 - Questions 24-31
27. April 12, 2024 - Questions 32-39
28. April 19, 2024 - Questions 40-47
29. April 26, 2024 - Questions 48-55
30. May 3, 2024 - Questions 56-63
31. May 10, 2024 - Questions 64-71
32. May 17, 2024 - Questions 72-74
 

Heart Transplantation (20 questions):
33. May 31, 2024 - Questions 1-7
34. June 7, 2024 - Questions 8-15
35. June 14, 2024 - Questions 16-20
Specific Etiologies of Heart Failure (70 questions):
36. June 28, 2024 - Questions 1-7
37. July 5, 2024 - Questions 8-15
38. July 12, 2024 - Questions 16-23
39. July 19, 2024 - Questions 24-30