Most Cardiology fellows elect to devote additional time to echocardiography during their third year. Fellows learn the techniques of esophageal intubation in the GI Endoscopy Laboratory. Afterward, they perform TEE under the supervision of faculty preceptors. Experience in intraoperative TEE is also available. There, they participate in diagnostic EP studies, pacemaker follow-up and interventional procedures, including radiofrequency catheter ablation, and permanent pacemaker insertion.
Fellows are also directly involved in caring for hospitalized patients on the arrhythmia service.
Additional elective time in the EP Laboratory may be scheduled during the third year. Nuclear Cardiology - Nuclear cardiology is an important diagnostic tool that receives considerable emphasis during the Cardiology Fellowship Program. The core experience of four months is obtained over the first two years. Under the direction of the full-time faculty in nuclear medicine, fellows Cardiology Fellowship Program gain experience in the performance and interpretation of both exercise and pharmacologic thallium studies, as well as ventricular function analysis. Individuals who want to obtain a nuclear medicine license spend an additional two months of advanced training in the Nuclear Medicine Laboratory during the third fellowship year.