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ACGME-accredited, 1 year advanced fellowship
The Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Fellowship is a one year, ACGME-accredited fellowship. Fellows spend clinical time on the Advanced Congestive Heart Failure and Cardiothoracic Surgery Services, in additional to participation in research projects. Fellows will qualify for UNOS transplant physician certification, as well as meet the procedural requirements required by COCATS 4, Task Force 12: Training in Heart Failure. Clinically, the fellow will coordinate patient care and perform interventions on patients, under the direct supervision of a faculty member. The fellow is expected to teach general cardiology fellows, residents and medical students. The fellow will participate in and complete a clinical research project.
The University of Minnesota has a unique tradition and well-established resources for a program of this kind. The University of Minnesota Cardiovascular Division under the former direction of Jay N. Cohn, M.D., defined the modern pharmaceutical treatment of congestive heart failure. The University of Minnesota was one of the first ten cardiac transplantation programs recognized by Medicare in the United States. Current faculty member Marc Pritzker, MD participated in the first trials of mechanical circulatory support. The University of Minnesota Cardiovascular Division is currently one of the largest providers of mechanical circulatory support services and current faculty have served as principle investigators for multiple, multi-site trials of mechanical support devices. The University of Minnesota’s Cardiovascular Division's expertise in evolving research in the treatment of congestive heart failure has been recognized by the awarding of two highly competitive NIH grants to the University in the areas of cardiac regeneration and congestive heart failure respectively.
The Divisions of Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery are committed to a highly collegial and collaborative care model for heart failure/transplant patients. Thus, all patient management and research conferences in this area are interdisciplinary. In addition, the care of these patients frequently involves the use of imaging technologies and arrhythmia management. Therefore, close collaboration with these other sub-specialties has been established. The University of Minnesota's Divisions of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery are deeply committed to and have pioneered the use of multi-disciplinary teams to manage these complex patients. Currently, the teams include physicians from each division, mechanical assistance specialty nurses, nurse transplant coordinators, dedicated social work specialists, financial specialists, experts in neurocognitive evaluation, and adjunctive members in the disciplines of pulmonary medicine, infectious disease, and immunology.
Questions can be submitted to the Program Administrator at advancedcvd@umn.edu. Applications should be submitted via ERAS.
Current Fellows
Current Fellows
Abhishek Gaikwad, MD
CVD fellowship: Dr RML Hospital, New Delhi, India
Faculty
Faculty
Rebecca Cogswell, MD
Associate Professor & Section Head. Advanced Heart Failure Fellowship: University of Minnesota
Valmiki Maharaj, MD
Assistant Professor, Advanced Heart Failure Fellowship: University of Minnesota
Forum Kamdar, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Advanced Heart Failure Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic
Daniel Garry, MD, PhD
Professor. CVD Fellowship: UT Southwestern
Marc Pritzker, MD
Professor. CVD Fellowship: University of Minnesota
Thenappan Thenappan, MD
Associate Professor. Advanced Heart Failure Fellowship: University of Chicago
Tamas Alexy, MD, PhD
Associate Professor. Advance Heart Failure Fellowship: Emory
Bhavadharini Ramu, MD
Associate Professor. Advance Heart Failure Fellowship: University of Minnesota
Jessica Schultz, MD
Assistant Professor. Advance Heart Failure Fellowship: University of Utah
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