Fellowship Programs - Cardiology
Univerity of Tennessee Graduate School of
Medicine
Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship
 Thank
you for your interest in the University of Tennessee Graduate School
of Medicine Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Program. Our three-year,
ACGME approved, cardiovascular disease fellowship program at the
University of Tennessee Knoxville is designed to develop the internal
medicine residency program graduate into an expert consultative
cardiologist capable of pursing a clinical or academic career or
further subspecialty training in cardiovascular medicine. At the
beginning of the program, the professional goals of the fellow are
solicited, and a program is designed to facilitate the fellow’s
progress toward meeting those goals. During the fellowship, the
fellow has the opportunity to pursue more specialized training in
invasive cardiac catheterization, echocardiography, electrophysiology,
nuclear cardiology, or computed tomographic cardiac imaging through
program design and the appropriate selection of electives. The fellowship
program follows the American College of Cardiology recommendations
for Core Cardiology Training in Adult Cardiovascular Medicine (COCATS).
Inpatient
training takes place at the University of Tennessee Medical Center
at Knoxville, a tertiary referral center and Level-I Trauma Center
serving the entire East Tennessee region. During the consultative
and critical care rotations, the fellow treats inpatients with the
entire range of cardiovascular disorders. During the required and
elective rotations, the fellow receives extensive training in electrocardiography,
exercise stress testing, echocardiography, nuclear cardiology, and
diagnostic cardiac catheterization. Higher level training is available
in any of the above subsubspecialty areas at the fellow’s request
and with program director approval. Ambulatory training takes place
in the Heart, Lung, and Vascular Institute, which adjoins the hospital.
There the fellow evaluates cardiovascular disease patients in a
private practice setting and follows the fellow’s own panel of patients
in a continuity clinic. Throughout the fellowship, the fellow works
closely with a research mentor on a research project of the fellow’s
choosing. The fellow is provided with six months of dedicated research
time during the third year of the fellowship to complete the research
project.
Please
refer to our web site for information about our fellowship
faculty. If you are in the process of applying for a cardiovascular
disease fellowship position, please take a moment to read about
some of the strengths of
our program and our application
process.
I
thank you sincerely you for your interest in our program.
Dale
C. Wortham, MD, Program Director
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