California Chapter Fellows in Training [FIT]
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Congratulations to These Winners from the Annual Meeting
Case Winner:
Justin Shipman, “Acute Purulent Pericardial Effusion in an Immunocompetent Host: A Blind Tap Saves the World”
Case Runner Up:
Arturo Hernandez, “Steroid-Responsive Fulminant Lymphocytic Myocarditis Mimicking Giant-Cell Myocarditis”
Research Winner:
Yuxiang (George) Wang, “Cardiac Masses (from a 15-Year Experience With 389 Surgical Cases)”
Research Runner Up:
Omar Baqal, “Impact of operator experience on transradial access use in women undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention”
Thanks to all 42 abstract submitters!
Connecting California
Connecting California ACC Article is now published on the ACC.org website
June 8, 2023: CA ACC FIT Sessions Active Duty Clinic
May 25, 2023: CA ACC FIT Sessions
May 11, 2023: Connecting California
April 2023: FIT Career Panel
April 2023: LVAD Clinic Review and Mitral Valve Prolapse
March 2023: Cardiac Amyloid & Women’s Heart Health
February 23, 2023: FIT Networking Event: Beyond the Match System
February 09, 2023: Cardiac Transplant & Post-Covid Cardiology
January 12, 2023: Myocardial Bridge
Dec, 2022 Cardio Oncology and The Clinical Practice
November 2022: Prevention and Lipid Disorders
Slides and Audio November 2022
| Fellowship Type | Program Name | City | PD and or Coordinator | Website |
| Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant | California Pacific Medical Center | San Francisco | Jared James Herr MD | https://www.suttermd.com/education/fellowship/cpmc-heart-failure-transplant-cardio |
| Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant | Cedars Sinai Medical Center | Los Angeles | Michelle Kittleson, MD FACC | https://www.cedars-sinai.edu/Education/Graduate-Medical-Education/Fellowship-Programs/Advanced-Heart-Failure-and-Transplant/ |
| Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant | Loma Linda University | Loma Linda | Antoine Sakr, MD | TBD |
| Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant | Scripps Clinic/Scripps Green Hospital Program | La Jolla | James T Heywood MD | https://www.scripps.org/for-health-care-professionals__graduate-medical-education-gme__fellowship-programs__heart-failure |
| Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant | Stanford Healthcare | Stanford | Kiran K. Khush MD | http://med.stanford.edu/cvmedicine/education/ahfc.html |
| Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant | UCLA Medical Center | Los Angeles | Arnold S Baas MD | http://heart.ucla.edu/fellowship-programs |
| Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant | UCSD Medical Center | La Jolla | Dr. Hao Tran MD | https://cardiology.ucsd.edu/education/fellowships/advanced-heart-failure/index.html |
| Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant | University of California (San Francisco) Program | San Francisco | Marc Simon MD | https://ucsfhealthcardiology.ucsf.edu/ahftc-fellowship |
| Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant | University of Southern California | Los Angeles | Dr. Kruti Pandya | https://www.usccardiologyfellowship.com/how-to-apply |
| Adult Congenital Heart Disease | Stanford Healthcare | Stanford | George K. Lui, MD, FACC, FASE | https://med.stanford.edu/cvmedicine/education/ACHD-Fellowship/application-process.html |
| Adult Congenital Heart Disease | UCLA Medical Center | Los Angeles | Jeannette Lin MD | http://heart.ucla.edu/achdc |
| Adult Congenital Heart Disease | University of California (San Francisco) Program | San Francisco | Dr. Ian Harris MD | https://ucsfhealthcardiology.ucsf.edu/adult-congenital-heart-disease-fellowship |
| Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Cedars Sinai Medical Center | Los Angeles | Michael M Shehata MD | https://www.cedars-sinai.edu/Education/Graduate-Medical-Education/Fellowship-Programs/Clinical-Cardiac-Electrophysiology/ |
| Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Kaiser Permanente Southern California (Los Angeles) Program | Los Angeles | Dr. Mageh F Nageh MD | https://residency-scal-kaiserpermanente.org/fellowship/electrophysiology/ |
| Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Loma Linda University Health Education Consortium Program | Loma Linda | Dr. Tahmeed Contractor MD | https://lluh.org/health-professionals/gme/resident-fellow/cardiology-fellowship |
| Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Program | Torrance | Anil K Bhandari MD | http://goodsam.org |
| Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University Program | Stanford | Nitish Badhwar | http://med.stanford.edu/cvmedicine/affinity-groups/electrophysiology.html |
| Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center Program | Los Angeles | Dr. Noel G Boyle MD, PhD | http://heart.ucla.edu/arrhythmia |
| Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | UCSD Medical Center | La Jolla | Gregory Feld, MD | https://cardiology.ucsd.edu/education/fellowships/electrophysiology/apply.html |
| Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | University of California (San Francisco) Program | San Francisco | Dr. Joshua Moss MD | https://ucsfhealthcardiology.ucsf.edu/ep-fellowship |
| Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical Center Program | Los Angeles | Dr. Ivan Ho MD | https://www.usccardiologyfellowship.com/ |
| CardioOncology | University of California (San Francisco) Program | San Francisco | David Moslehi, MD | : https://ucsfhealthcardiology.ucsf.edu/patient-care/clinical-services/cardio-oncology-and-immunology/fellowship |
| Interventional Cardiology | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Program | Los Angeles | Dr. Babak Azarbal | https://www.cedars-sinai.org/education/graduate-medical/fellowship/interventional-cardiology/application.html |
| Interventional Cardiology | Kaiser Permanente Southern California (Los Angeles) Program | Los Angeles | Raymond Zadegan MD | https://residency-scal-kaiserpermanente.org/fellowship/interventionalcardiology/ |
| Interventional Cardiology | Loma Linda University Health Education Consortium Program | Loma Linda | Vinoy Prasad MD | https://lluh.org/health-professionals/gme/resident-fellow/cardiology-fellowship |
| Interventional Cardiology | Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Program | Los Angeles | Joseph Thomas MD | https://www.harbor-ucla.org/cardiology/fellowship/interventional-cardiology/ |
| Interventional Cardiology | Scripps Clinic/Scripps Green Hospital Program | La Jolla | Curtiss T. Stinis MD | https://www.scripps.org/for-health-care-professionals/graduate-medical-education-gme |
| Interventional Cardiology | Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University Program | Stanford | David P Lee MD | http://cvmedicine.stanford.edu/education/index.html |
| Interventional Cardiology | UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center Program | Los Angeles | Ladda Douangvila | https://www.uclahealth.org/heart/interventional-cardiology-fellowship |
| Interventional Cardiology | University of California (Irvine) Program | Orange | Meier Yang | https://www.medicine.uci.edu/cardiology/fellowship-programs.asp |
| Interventional Cardiology | University of California (San Diego) Medical Center Program | La Jolla | Dr. Ryan Reeves | https://cardiology.ucsd.edu/education/fellowships/interventional-cardiology/index.html |
| Interventional Cardiology | University of California (San Francisco) Program | San Francisco | Dr. Thomas A Ports MD | https://ucsfhealthcardiology.ucsf.edu/interventional-fellowship |
| Interventional Cardiology | University of California (San Francisco)/Fresno Program | Fresno | Mouatou Mouanoutoua MD | https://www.fresno.ucsf.edu/interventional-cardiology/ |
| Interventional Cardiology | University of California Davis Health Program | Sacramento | Jason Rogers, MD | https://health.ucdavis.edu/internalmedicine/cardio/interventional.html |
| Interventional Cardiology | University of California Riverside School of Medicine/St. Bernardine Medical Center – Dignity Health Program | San Bernardino | Dr. Ashis Mukherjee MD | https://somim.ucr.edu/interventional-cardiology |
| Interventional Cardiology | University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical Center Program | Los Angeles | Dr. Anikumar Mehra MD | https://www.usccardiologyfellowship.com/interventional-cardiology |
| Cardiovascular Disease | California Pacific Medical Center Program | San Francisco | Dr. Richard Hongo MD | https://www.suttermd.com/education/fellowship/cpmc-cardiology |
| Cardiovascular Medicine | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Program | Los Angeles | Joshua I Goldhaber M.D. | http://cedars-sinai.edu/Education/Graduate-Medical-Education/Fellowship-Programs/Cardiology/index.aspx |
| Cardiovascular Medicine | HCA Healthcare Riverside Program | Riverside | Dr. Patrick Hu MD, PhD | http://gme.riversidecommunityhospital.com/ |
| Cardiovascular Medicine | Kaiser Permanente Northern California (San Francisco) Program | San Francisco | Jonathan G. Zaroff MD | http://residency-ncal.kaiserpermanente.org/programs/fellowships/cardio/ |
| Cardiovascular Medicine | Kaiser Permanente Southern California (Los Angeles) Program | Los Angeles | Mingsum Lee MD, PhD | https://residency-scal-kaiserpermanente.org/fellowship/cardiology/ |
| Cardiovascular Medicine | Loma Linda University Health Education Consortium Program | Loma Linda | Liset Stoletniy MD | https://lluh.org/health-professionals/gme/resident-fellow/cardiology-fellowship |
| Cardiovascular Medicine | Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Program | Torrance | Dr. Matthew Jay Budoff M.D. | http://www.harbor-ucla.org/cardiology/ |
| Cardiovascular Medicine | Scripps Clinic/Scripps Green Hospital Program | San Diego | Malhar P. Patel M.D. | https://www.scripps.org/for-health-care-professionals/graduate-medical-education-gme |
| Cardiovascular Medicine | Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University Program | Stanford | Dr. Joshua Knowles MD | http://cvmedicine.stanford.edu/education/ |
| Cardiovascular Medicine | UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center Program | Los Angeles | Karol Watson M.D., Ph.D | https://www.uclahealth.org/heart/cardiology |
| Cardiovascular Medicine | UHS Southern California Medical Education Consortium Program | Temecula | Jeremy Cox DO | https://socalresidency.com/programs/cardiology-fellowship/ |
| Cardiovascular Medicine | University of California (Irvine) Program | Orange | David Donaldson MD | http://www.medicine.uci.edu/cardiology/ |
| Cardiovascular Medicine | University of California (San Diego) Medical Center Program | La Jolla | Dr. Daniel G Blanchard M.D. | http://cardiology.ucsd.edu |
| Cardiovascular Medicine | University of California (San Francisco) Program | San Francisco | Dr. Atif Qasim MD | https://ucsfhealthcardiology.ucsf.edu/general-cardiology-fellowship |
| Cardiovascular Medicine | University of California (San Francisco)/Fresno Program | Fresno | Dr. Teresa Daniele MD | https://www.fresno.ucsf.edu/cardiovascular-disease/ |
| Cardiovascular Medicine | University of California Davis Health Program | Sacramento | Gagan D Singh M.D. | https://health.ucdavis.edu/internalmedicine/cardio/fellowship.html |
| Cardiovascular Medicine | University of California Riverside School of Medicine/St. Bernardine Medical Center – Dignity Health Program | San Bernardino | Ramdas G Pai MD | http://gme.ucr.edu |
| Cardiovascular Medicine | University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical Center Program | Los Angeles | Dr. Helga Van Herle | https://www.usccardiologyfellowship.com/interventional-cardiology |
| Advanced Imaging | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | Los Angeles | Daniel S. Berman, MD | https://www.cedars-sinai.edu/education/graduate-medical/fellowship/cardiac-imaging.html |
| Advanced Imaging | Harbor-UCLA Medical Center | Torrance | Matthew Budoff, MD | https://www.harbor-ucla.org/cardiology/fellowship/cardiovascular-ct/ |
| Advanced Imaging | University of California, San Diego | La Jolla | Anthony DeMaria, MD | https://cardiology.ucsd.edu/education/fellowships/advanced-cardiovascular-imaging/index.html |
| Advanced Imaging | University of California, San Francisco | San Francisco | Theodore Abraham, MD | https://ucsfhealthcardiology.ucsf.edu/echocardiography-and-advanced-imaging-fellowship-programs |
| Advanced Imaging | Scripps Clinic | La Jolla | Steven Romero, MD | https://www.scripps.org/for-health-care-professionals/graduate-medical-education-gme/fellowship-programs/cardiovascular-medicine-fellowship-programs/advanced-echocardiography-fellowship-program |
| Advanced Imaging | Stanford University | Stanford | Christiane Haeffele, MD, FSCAI | https://med.stanford.edu/cvmedicine/education/Imaging-Fellowship.html |
| Advanced Imaging | University of California (San Francisco)/Fresno Program | Fresno | Ankit Rathod, MD | https://www.fresno.ucsf.edu/advanced-cardiovascular-imaging-fellowship-program/ |
Planning FIT to FACC: Jun 15, 2022
California FIT Financial Planning Open Forum Apr 28, 2022
How to Harness the Power of Social Media – March 2022
CA ACC FIT Jeopardy Competition
November 2021 Education Series
Virtual FIT Bootcamp 2021
Complete 2021 Fellow Bootcamp Series Overview
[October 2021] Our CA ACC FIT bootcamp lecture series has recently completed. Please click here to see all speakers, their photos/bios, and a link to their presentations.
September
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Israeli Heart Society & CA ACC partnership for Fellow Training: A How-To and Success Story
[July 2020] From the Israeli Heart Society and the California Chapter of the American College of Cardiology.
From the Israeli Heart Society and the California Chapter of the American College of Cardiology. The FIT panel via Zoom entitled ” Fellow Training: A How-To and Success Story” discusses exchange of training and ideas between Israeli and California cardiologists. The partnership includes Israeli Fellows-in-Training coming to California to train and the Save a Heart Foundation.
Moderater: Ramin Manshadi, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FAHA
CA ACC Past President & Northern California Governor
Participants:
Norman Lepor, MD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI, CA ACC Past President, Southern California Governor
Dr. Yzhar Charuzi, Save A Heart Foundation
Dr. Doron Zahger, Israeli Heart Society President
Lianna Collinge, CAE, Chief Operating Officer, California Chapter of the American College of Cardiology
Prof. Ronen Rubinshtein MD FACC FESC, Israeli Heart Society General Secretary
Dr. Paul J. Wang, MD, FACC, Professor of Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, Director of the Stanford Cardiac Arrhythmia Service and Professor of Medicine and of Bioengineering
CA ACC FIT Jeopardy Team at ACC.19
[March 2019] CA ACC FIT Jeopardy team from UCLA came in second in the nation at ACC.19 in New Orleans.
