Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship

The curriculum is designed to fulfill the cardiovascular disease training requirements based on the Core Cardiovascular Training Statement 4 recommendations. We have 13 rotations each year, divided into four-week blocks. Over the course of the three-year clinical fellowship, fellows complete 24 months of clinical training.
This includes nine to 12 months of clinical cardiology rotations, including the Coronary Care Unit, cardiac consultation, electrophysiology, and heart failure and cardiac transplantation services. Fellows also rotate through the major cardiovascular subspecialties, including four months of echocardiography, stress testing, nuclear cardiology, and cardiac catheterization laboratory experience.

Fellows spend an additional six to 12 months in elective rotations, primarily during the third year. The third-year curriculum is individualized through a variety of pathways and tracks based on each fellow’s career goals. Current options include interventional cardiology, advanced cardiac imaging, advanced heart failure and transplantation, electrophysiology, research, or a combination of these areas.

Weekly conferences cover core topics in cardiology. In addition, a dedicated cardiac imaging conference series enhances fellows’ noninvasive diagnostic skills. The curriculum is further supplemented by a cardiovascular journal club, a Morbidity and Mortality Conference, an Interventional Cardiology Case Conference, and an Electrophysiology Case Conference. Finally, we host the “Pioneers in Cardiology” lecture series, featuring internationally renowned speakers throughout the year.

Fellows participate in an average of one half-day continuity clinic each week throughout fellowship. All fellows maintain a Friday morning continuity clinic in the Ambulatory Care Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital, where they see patients every other week.

During the first year, fellows alternate between clinics at the University of Miami Hospital and Jackson Memorial Hospital under the supervision of subspecialty faculty, including interventional cardiology, electrophysiology, and heart failure specialists. Beginning in the second year and continuing through the third year, fellows transition to a continuity clinic at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, held every Wednesday afternoon.

In addition to their continuity clinic experience, fellows participate in subspecialty outpatient clinics during selected rotations, including the pre-cardiac catheterization clinic at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, the advanced heart failure and cardiac transplantation clinic, and the electrophysiology clinic.

Jackson Memorial Hospital (4 to 5 months covering):

• Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Service – 1 month
• Cardiovascular Consultation Service – 1 to 2 months
• Coronary Care Unit – 1 month
• Electrophysiology and EKG – 1 month (to include 2 weeks of vacation)

VA Medical Center (3 to 4 months covering):

• Cardiac Catheterization – 1 month
• Coronary Care Unit/Cardiovascular Consultation Service – 1 month
• Echocardiography – 1 month
• Stress Testing and Nuclear Cardiology – 1 month (to include 2 weeks of vacation)

UHealth Tower (4 to 5 months covering):

• Cardiac Catheterization – 1 month
• Cardiovascular Consultation Service – 1 to 2 months
• Coronary Care Unit (including Post-Cardiac Surgery Consultation) – 1 month
• Echocardiography and Nuclear Cardiology – 1 month

Jackson Memorial Hospital (7 months covering):

• Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Service – 1 month
• Cardiac Catheterization – 1 month
• Coronary Care Unit – 1 month
• Echocardiography – 2 months
• Electrophysiology and EKG – 2 months (to include 2 weeks of vacation)

VA Medical Center (4 months covering):

• Cardiac Catheterization – 1 month
• Coronary Care Unit/Cardiovascular Consultation Service – 1 month
• Stress Testing and Nuclear Cardiology – 2 months (to include 2 weeks of vacation)

UHealth Tower (2 months covering):

• Cardiac Catheterization –1 month
• Coronary Care Unit – 1 month

Jackson Memorial Hospital (varies):

• Cardiac Catheterization – 1 month (required)
• Cardiac CT/MRI Imaging – 1 month (required)
• Electrophysiology – 1 month (required)

VA Medical Center (varies):

• Echocardiography – 2 months (required)
• Electives

UHealth Tower (varies):

• Echocardiography and Nuclear Cardiology
• Electives (to include 2 weeks of vacation)

Our cardiology training program has additional training opportunities for interested fellows in:

• Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation
• Cardiac Electrophysiology
• Interventional Cardiology
• Interventional Cardiology (Structural Heart Disease) – (non-ACGME accredited)

Simon C. Chakko, MD
Emeritus Professor of Medicine

Yiannis Chatzizisis, MD, PhD
Chief, Cardiovascular Division, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Eduardo J. De Marchena, MD
Interventional Cardiology

Chunming Dong, MD, FACC
Professor of Medicine

Jeffrey Goldberger, MD, FACC
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

Joshua M. Hare, MD
Louis Lemberg Professor of Medicine
Director, Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute

Maureen H. Lowery, MD, FACC
Emeritus Professor of Medicine

Claudia A. Martinez Bermudez, MD
Interventional Cardiology

Raul Mitrani, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Cardiovascular Electrophysiology Fellowship Program

Robert J. Myerburg, MD
Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Physiology

Rafael F. Sequeira, MD
Emeritus Professor of Medicine

Eugene J. Bauerlein, MD, FACC
Site Supervisor, University of Miami Hospital Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Fellowship Program
Medical Director, Cardiac Transplant Program
Associate Director, Echocardiography Laboratory

Aditya Satish Bharadwaj, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Martin S. Bilsker, MD
Emeritus Associate Professor of Medicine

Michael D. Dyal, MD
Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program

Litsa K. Lambrakos, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

George R. Marzouka, MD
Chief of Cardiology, Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Alan H. Schob, MD
Site Supervisor, Interventional Cardiology Program, Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Lina Shehadeh, PhD
Research Associate Professor

Omar Wever-Pinzon, MD
Director, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology

Sharon N. Andrade-Bucknor, MD
Medical Director, Jackson Memorial Hospital Exercise Laboratory
Director, University of Miami Hospital Cardiac Rehabilitation

Maria Delgado-Lelievre, MD

Joseph Esterson, MD

Ilian S. Hurtado-Rendon, MD
Interventional Cardiology

Kunal Kapoor, MD, MSc
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

Jennifer Maning, DO
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology

Roberto A. Miki, MD, FACC, FACP
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Mrudala Munagala, MD
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology

Nikolaos Spilias, MD
Interventional and Structural Cardiology

Robert B. Stang, MD, FACC
Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Alex H. Velasquez, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

Wei Wu, PhD
Research Assistant Professor

Shijia Zhao, PhD
Research Assistant Professor

Alexandre Ferreira, MD
Medical Director, Interventional Cardiology

Joao F. Braghiroli, MD
Associate Medical Director, Interventional Cardiology

Ivan A. Buitrago, MD
Associate Medical Director, General Cardiology

Rosario Colombo, MD
Medical Director, General Cardiology

Camilo Gomez, MD
Associate Medical Director, Interventional Cardiology

Yaniv Gura, MD
Associate Medical Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology

Ivan Mendoza, MD
Medical Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology

Cesar Mendoza, MD
Associate Medical Director, Interventional Cardiology

Chaitra Mohan, MD
Associate Medical Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology

Bashar Obeidou, MD
Medical Director, Interventional Cardiology

Jorge Penalver Leon, MD
Associate Medical Director, General Cardiology

Rhea Sancassani, MD
Medical Director, General Cardiology

Assaf Tzur, MD
Medical Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology

Anila Veerani, MD
Medical Director, General Cardiology

Avinash Vernekar, MD
Associate Medical Director, General Cardiology

Juan Zambrano, MD
Medical Director, Interventional Cardiology

University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine

Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Fellowship
Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
University of Florida
University of Utah

Advanced Imaging Fellowship
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Interventional Cardiology Fellowship
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
The Mount Sinai Hospital NY

Electrophysiology Fellowship
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Stanford University