Preventive Cardiology Fellowship

Procedures

As an active lipid apheresis center, the fellowship will provide training for conducting and managing patients undergoing lipid pheresis. Therefore, our fellowship will provide comprehensive education and training designed to provide the requisite knowledge, skills, and professional behaviors for the most expert practice of lipid management and preventive cardiology.

By the end of training, the fellow will:

• Understand the pathophysiology of lipid disorders and atherosclerosis in both coronary and non-coronary vascular territories.
• Manage complex and inheritable lipid metabolism disorders and their clinical manifestations.
• Develop novel treatment strategies for lipid metabolism related disorders.
• Gain experience in ongoing clinical and translational research in areas of lipid metabolism and cardiac/vascular disease conditions.

Volume

40 patients per week in an inpatient and outpatient setting. Up to 5 Lipoprotein apheresis procedures per month.

Rotations

Training of fellow will be accomplished through outpatient and inpatient cardiovascular prevention consultation, research, and publication activities.

Research

The research program associated with this fellowship is designed to provide meaningful cardiovascular research experiences with focus in the areas of lipid management, peripheral artery disease and coronary artery disease. The research experience provides both research and training with a faculty mentor.

Specific research domains include

• Core laboratory analysis
• Precision medicine
• Health disparities
• Large-data analysis
• Clinical trials.

There are opportunities to participate and present at research meetings, seminars, workshops and national conferences. The fellow will be responsible for overseeing clinical research related to hyperlipidemia, cardiovascular disease, peripheral artery disease.

There will be an opportunity to become a principal investigator and/or apply for related research grants through this fellowship.