CURRICULUM

The three year training will essentially cover all the requisites for clinical and research experience as governed by ACGME. Fellows will gain expertise as consultants in cardiovascular disease at Community Regional Medical Center, Fresno and Veterans Affairs Central California Health Care System; and supervise the Coronary Care Units. Clinical services include the outpatient Cardiology Faculty Practice, Cardiac Electrophysiology Service, inpatient Cardiology Service, inpatient Cardiology Consultations, Interventional Cardiology, and the Heart Failure/Transplantation Service.

First Year Fellows will spend most of the training time with a close supervision by the cardiology faculty in clinical evaluation of patients, performance of diagnostic studies, critical appraisal of data and management.

Second Year and third years are directed to enhance fellows’ role as a consultant in subspecialty of cardiology practice. These include rotations through electrophysiology, heart failure/transplantation, echocardiography, stress testing and advanced cardiac imaging (MRI and CT coronary angiography.)

By the end of their three years, fellows will typically have performed more than 500 cardiac catheterizations, 200 transeophageal echocardiograms and above 1,000 echocardiographic and stress studies. In addition, fellows participate in electrophysiological studies, pacemaker implantation and evaluation, and coronary angioplasties.

Seven months of research/elective time is reserved for the expedition of individual’s clinical or research endeavors. It is expected that second and third year fellows will participate in research development, resulting in publication and presentations at national meetings.

The UCSF Fresno Cardiology Faculty Practice is using today’s most sophisticated tools to Screening in the UCSF Cardiology Faculty Practice. More than 150 hours per year of supervised outpatient management in half day per week sessions will occur at the University Faculty Practice sites and/or VACCHCS cardiovascular clinic.