Cardiology Fellowship

Program Overview

The Medical College of Georgia is the flagship medical school established in Georgia in 1828. MCG Wellstar is a 520-bed tertiary hospital that provides many services not available in other facilities in the region; it is a Level 1 trauma center, has a certified stroke center, has a large STEMI/PCI and Pulmonary Embolism center and now has an accredited LVAD Program. Our state of the art Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit allows us to provide unparalleled clinical training to our fellows, educate them on managing complex and challenging cases and become independent cardiologists and leaders in their field.

Our program is strong and unique due to:

• the large volume and diversity of patients that offer a wide spectrum of pathology
• the challenging and complexity of daily cases
• the robust comprehensive curriculum
• our dedicated teaching faculty with favorable faculty to fellow ratio
• our academically committed fellows

In addition, the great collegiality among fellows, faculty and support staff creates a very welcoming work environment that provides great support and brings everyone closer as a family.

The General Cardiology Fellowship Program offers 5 positions per year (15 total fellows), along with two accredited sub-fellowships in Interventional and Electrophysiology. The core curriculum is designed to provide a strong clinical foundation for fellows, achieve the American College of Cardiology's Core Cardiovascular Training Statement (COCATS) requirements and be level two certified in coronary angiography, echocardiography and nuclear cardiology. Furthermore, there is a flexibility in our program to allow the fellows to tailor their fellowship journey to their specific interests, whether in advanced imaging (level 1 or 2 in CT and level 1 in CMR), structural intervention, advanced heart failure, cardio-oncology, cardio-obstetrics and many others. This opportunity is provided through several electives and subspecialized clinics (PFO/stroke, vascular medicine, pulmonary embolism,  sleep, cardio-oncology, cardio-obstetrics, preventive cardiology). Our fellows spend most of their time training at the Wellstar MCG Health main hospital and complement their training with a few months spent at the adjacent Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center - a 400 bed facility.

Patients from the entire state of Georgia and Southeast are referred to Wellstar MCG Health and the Children's Medical Center for cardiovascular issues.

Check out our Cardiac Catheterization, Electrophysiology and Echocardiography labs.

 

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