Curriculum & Rotation Schedule

The Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Training Program at McLaren Greater Lansing is organized to provide training and supervised experience in the evaluation and management of a wide variety of patients with acute and chronic cardiovascular conditions. These conditions include coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, arrhythmias, acute myocardial infarction, acute ischemic syndromes, lipid disorders, hypertension, cardiomyopathy, valvular heart disease, pulmonary heart disease, peripheral vascular disease, inflammatory heart disease, and adult congenital heart disease. The training and experience will exceed training requirements for the fellow to acquire the competency of a cardiovascular specialist.

Modern facilities to accomplish the overall educational program are available at McLaren Greater Lansing. These include inpatient care; ambulatory care; laboratories for hemodynamics, angiography, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, invasive electrophysiologic studies, and other interventional procedures; electrocardiography; ambulatory electrocardiogram (ECG) recording; exercise testing; echocardiography (including Doppler and transesophageal studies); radionuclide imaging; facilities for assessment of peripheral vascular disease and pulmonary physiology; intensive cardiac care unit, a medical intensive care unit, a cardiac surgery intensive care unit, and a general surgical intensive care unit; resources for implantation of pacemakers, implantable cardioverter/defibrillator, and follow-up; and active cardiac surgery.