Department of Medicine
Structural Heart Disease Fellowship
The purpose of this program is to prepare fellows to care for patients with acquired or congenital cardiovascular pathologies that involve the major central cardiovascular structures outside of the acquired atherosclerotic coronary and peripheral vascular pathologies.
Structural Heart Disease Fellowship
The purpose of this program is to prepare fellows to care for patients with acquired or congenital cardiovascular pathologies that involve the major central cardiovascular structures outside of the acquired atherosclerotic coronary and peripheral vascular pathologies.
Overview
Structural heart disease is congenital or acquired pathologies outside of atherosclerosis. The growth of percutaneous therapies for the treatment of structural heart disease has led to the need to train high-quality physicians with expertise in these diseases and procedures. The Interventional Structural Heart Disease Fellowship at Brown is a 1 year, non-ACGME, program designed for fellows that desire further training in structural heart disease, non-coronary interventions, and high risk percutaneous coronary intervention. The experience includes clinical, diagnostic, and catheter-based therapy. To be eligible, fellows must complete an ACGME approved 1 year training program in Interventional Cardiology.
The program will provide multidisciplinary training in the evaluation and treatment of patients with:
- Valvular Heart Disease including balloon valvuloplasty, transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and percutaneous mitral and tricuspid valve repair
- Congenital heart disease including closure of atrial septal defect and patent foramen ovale
- Complex coronary disease including treatment of left main disease and use of percutaneous left ventricular assist device
- Transseptal catheterization and Left atrial appendage occlusion
Fellowship Director
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Paul Gordon, MD
Professor of Medicine; Program Director, Structural Heart Disease Fellowship; Interventional Cardiologist; Clinician Educator
Faculty
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Barry Sharaf, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine; Interventional Cardiologist -
Afshin Ehsan, MD
Professor of Surgery -
Neel Sodha, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery -
Philip Haines, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine; Director, Structural and Interventional Echocardiography, Rhode Island Hospital; Associate Director, Echocardiography Laboratory, Rhode Island Hospital -
Athena Poppas, MD
Professor of Medicine; Chief, Cardiology Division; Director, Lifespan Cardiovascular Institute; Director, Echocardiography Rhode Island, The Miriam and Newport Hospitals -
Katharine French, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine; Associate Program Director, General Cardiology Fellowship Program; Director, Women’s Cardiac Center; Clinician Educator -
Marwan Saad Mohamad Saad, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine -
Franklin Schneider, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Program Description
Positions
One position is available each year in the Advanced Interventional Structural Heart Disease Fellowship at Brown. Individuals are selective based on a competitive application process.
Overall Goals & Objectives
The purpose of the training program in interventional structural heart disease is to prepare fellows to care for patients with acquired or congenital cardiovascular pathologies that involve the major central cardiovascular structures outside of the acquired atherosclerotic coronary and peripheral vascular pathologies. The program also includes a research component.
Conferences
- TAVR multidisciplinary conference (weekly)
- Cardiology grand rounds (weekly)
- Morbidity and Mortality conference (quarterly)
- Cardiac projects research conference (monthly)
- Clinical cardiac cath conference (weekly)
- Interventional didactic conference (weekly)
Curriculum
Salary & Benefits
Salary is commensurate with PGY8 level.
Fellows receive four weeks paid vacation each year and each fellow’s attendance at one national meeting or conference each year is supported. The hospital provides fellows with professional liability insurance, a limited state license and state controlled substance license. Medical, dental, and life insurance costs are shared with the hospital.
Application Information
Applications, along with all required documents, are due by mid-September. Three letters of reference are required, including one from your Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program Director.
If you have any questions please contact:
Jane Freer
Program Coordinator
Rhode Island Hospital / Brown University
Tel: (401) 444-8689
Fax: (401) 444-4652
jfreer@lifespan.org