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Fellowship Available Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Arkansas Children’s Hospital
General Description
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH) offers an ACGME accredited 3-year fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology. It is the intent of the Pediatric Cardiology training program to develop academic physicians well trained and able to practice in a competent and independent fashion as pediatric cardiologists. This training is achieved through a) supervised clinical work with increasing responsibility for outpatients and inpatients and b) supervised experience in non-invasive and invasive cardiology and c) a structured and mentored research experience with a minimum of 12 months of protected research time. Physicians completing the program will be eligible for certification by the American Board of Pediatrics, sub-board of Pediatric Cardiology.
The three-year training program is based primarily at Arkansas Children’s Hospital. Fellows will rotate to Adult Congenital Heart Clinics at Heart Clinic Arkansas and general cardiology regional clinics throughout the state. Opportunities for research are provided at Arkansas Children’s Hospital and UAMS. The first 18 months of the curriculum at ACH is clinical with rotations in the heart station, cardiac catheterization laboratory, in-patient ward service, cardiovascular ICU, consultation service and outpatient clinics. The subsequent 12 months is protected research time. The last 6 months are selectives or continued research time.
The Place The Division of Pediatric Cardiology is located at Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH), a 288 bed quaternary care facility that is the only pediatric medical center in the state of Arkansas. It also serves as a referral center for Mississippi, areas of southern Missouri, eastern Oklahoma, northern Louisiana and northeast Texas. The hospital (ACH) is the major pediatric teaching affiliate for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is the state’s only academic medical center and is responsible for training more than 80 percent of the physicians in Arkansas as well as the majority of other medical professionals in the state.
The Services The staff of the Division of Pediatric Cardiology provides inpatient, outpatient, consultation and transplant services throughout the busy free-standing children’s hospital that includes a large and active PICU, CVICU and NICU facilities. The in-patient Heart Center includes a 15-bed cardiovascular ICU (CVICU) and a 10-bed step-down/telemetry unit. The cardiovascular operating rooms are part of the CVICU. The cardiology clinic has 9 exam rooms and a full service exercise lab. The heart station has 5 echocardiogram rooms, 2 ECG rooms and a sedation room. The cardiac catheterization laboratory has 2 biplane digital rooms. Research opportunities include clinical research as well as the chance to interface with basic scientists at UAMS or with basic scientists at Arkansas Children’s Hospital Research Institute which includes animal facilities.
The People
The Division of Pediatric Cardiology consists of nineteen faculty members who actively participate in patient care as well as clinical or basic research: Drs. Silvia Antuaco, Tom Best, Adnan Bhutta, Renee Bornemeier, W.T. Dungan, Umesh Dyamenahalli, Brian Eble, James Fasules, Eudice Fontenot, Elizabeth Frazier, Xiomara Garcia, Sadia Malik, W. Robert Morrow, Michele Moss, Parthak Prodhan, Ritu Sachdeva, Paul Seib, Volkan Tuczu, and Himeshkumar Vyas. Other personnel within the division include four Advance Practice Nurses and nine cardiology specialty nurses.
For further information and an application, please write to:
W. Robert Morrow, MD Chief, Department of Pediatric Cardiology College of Medicine University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Director, Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Program Arkansas Children’s Hospital 800 Marshall Street, Slot 512-3 Little Rock, Arkansas 72202-3591 Phone: (501) 364-1479 E-mail: MorrowRobertR@uams.edu
Eudice E. Fontenot , MD Associate Professor, Pediatric Cardiology College of Medicine University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Assistant Director, Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Program Arkansas Children’s Hospital 800 Marshall Street, Slot 512-3 Little Rock, Arkansas 72202-3591 Phone: (501) 364-1674 E-mail: FontenotEudiceE@uams.edu
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Lisa Pulliam Program Coordinator Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Arkansas Children’s Hospital 800 Marshall Street, Slot 512-3 Little Rock, AR 72202-3591 Phone: (501) 364-1674 E-mail: LRPulliam@uams.edu Posted: 7/1/2007
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and has a Conrad 30 waiver program. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
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University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Arkansas Children's Hospital 800 Marshall Street
Little Rock, AR 72202
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