Residency Subspecialty Education

This experience is available at either KCHC/UHB or SIUH.

At KCHC/UHB, the experience consists of following inpatients admitted by the service, following patients admitted for procedures or surgery (when available), attending faculty supervised consultations and daily follow-up on inpatient units, consultations in acute care areas, and ambulatory experiences. The outpatient experiences consist of 2-3 cardiology clinics per week as well as consultation in acute care areas and sessions dedicated to outpatient procedures such as echocardiography, exercise testing and EKG interpretation. Residents attend Cardiac Physiology Catheterization Conferences at New York Hospital. Didactic sessions in conjunction with faculty from the New York Presbyterian Hospital include evaluation of cyanotic, acyanotic/obstructive congenital heart disease, arrhythmias, EKG interpretation, acquired heart disease, etc.. Residents are expected to attend all departmental conferences as well. A close relationship with the cardiology attending faculty emphasizing beside teaching and didactics is a highlight of this experience.

At SIUH, the experience consists of inpatient consultations and follow-up, especially of prenatally diagnosed congenital heart disease. Residents have the opprotunity for first contact and assessment of patients. There is an extensive outpatient experience with residents attending 4-5 pediatric clinics per week at the hospital and at satellite facilities and participating in the evaluation and management of patients under attending supervision. In addition, residents attend ambulatory noninvasive diagnostic sessions. Residents are directly supervised in all activities by teaching faculty attending. Formal didactics are provided by faculty several times per week and also include resident topic presentations. Residents attend the regional pediatric cardiology/cardiac surgery conference weekly.