Education
One Year Clinical Training Program
The Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Fellowship is a 12-month training program with an emphasis on treating patients with advanced heart failure and those who have undergone cardiac transplantation or VAD placement.
This advanced training program consists of four full-time heart failure/transplant cardiologist along with a large multidisciplinary team of cardiac surgeons, pharmacists, nurse practitioners, LVAD and transplant nurses, social workers, physical and occupational therapist, and nutritionists.
Residents and general cardiology fellows also integrate with the team during their heart failure rotations. This multidisciplinary approach to each individual patient has allowed our excellent clinical outcomes.
The advanced heart failure/transplant fellow’s role includes leading the advanced heart failure team rounds, managing post-operative transplant and VAD patients, participating in the heart failure, VAD, and cardiac transplant clinics at Loyola, participating in the cardiac amyloid, infiltrative, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and pulmonary hypertension specialty clinics at Loyola, performing right heart catheterizations, endomyocardial biopsies, participating at transplant committee meetings and quality improvement meetings and managing immunosuppression medications. Specific rotations (ie. ACHD, CIED and Genetics) can also be arranged based on any of the individual applicant’s specific interests.
Research Training
In addition to the clinical training, all fellows are expected to participate in research endeavors. There is a wide range of active heart failure, transplant and MCS research and quality improvement projects ongoing which fellow participation is highly encouraged. Fellows are encouraged to present and attend at least one conference during their 12 month fellowship, with additional stipend available to cover the cost of participation.
Educational Programs, Conferences & Seminars
The Loyola Advanced Heart Failure Fellowship program curriculum follows the ISHLT Heart Failure and Transplant Medicine Core Competency Curriculum and ACC Clinical Competence Statement on AHFTC.
The advanced heart failure fellow participates in monthly conferences including journal club, case conferences, and didactics on selected topics in AHFTC.
In addition, the fellow is to actively participate in weekly multidisciplinary transplant committee meetings and conferences, and is expected to assist in the education of residents and fellows rotating through the heart failure services and clinics.
