Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship
Mission & Vision
The goal of the Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine fellowship program in clinical cardiac electrophysiology is the training of cardiology fellows in the diagnosis and management of patients with cardiac arrhythmias, including all appropriate invasive and noninvasive methods for evaluation and ablative, device and drug forms of therapy.
Mission & Vision
The goal of the Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine fellowship program in clinical cardiac electrophysiology is the training of cardiology fellows in the diagnosis and management of patients with cardiac arrhythmias, including all appropriate invasive and noninvasive methods for evaluation and ablative, device and drug forms of therapy.
Program Director’s Welcome
Program Director’s Welcome
The University of Miami/Jackson Health System Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship Program is primarily located at Jackson Memorial Hospital and is directly affiliated as a subspecialty fellowship under Cardiovascular Disease at the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine. The CCEP Fellowship Training Program includes Jackson Memorial Hospital as its primary training center, with training also at UHealth Tower, a University of Miami Hospital and Clinics Facility and the Bruce W. Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
The CCEP fellowship program is two years in length and will be undertaken after completion of required training for board certification in cardiovascular disease. Under faculty direction, the fellow will assume responsibility for diagnosis and management of patients with a wide variety of cardiac arrhythmias, including bradyarrhythmia; supraventricular and ventricular tachyarrhythmias; those with implanted antiarrhythmic devices and those with related symptoms such as syncope, pre-syncope and palpitations.
-Raul Mitrani, MD
Description
The CCEP fellowship program is two years in length and will be undertaken after completion of required training for board certification in cardiovascular disease. Under faculty direction, the fellow will assume responsibility for diagnosis and management of patients with a wide variety of cardiac arrhythmias, including bradyarrhythmia; supraventricular and ventricular tachyarrhythmias; those with implanted antiarrhythmic devices and those with related symptoms such as syncope, pre-syncope and palpitations.
-Raul Mitrani, MD
Fast Facts
Accreditation
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
Number of Fellows per Year?
2
Duration of Fellowship?
2 years
Clinical Experience
Year 1
The first-year cardiac electrophysiology fellow is assigned several months in the Cardiac EP Consult Service. This will enable the fellow to learn how to manage patients with arrhythmias or symptoms potentially attributable to arrhythmias, as well as learn indications for procedures. Fellows will also be expected to become proficient in all cardiac electrical device implants, particularly routine pacer/defibrillator implants, leadless pacer implants and coronary sinus left ventricular lead implants. They will also become proficient at performing diagnostic electrophysiology studies for supraventricular and ventricular tachycardia, and begin learning skills for catheter ablation. The fellow will be trained to become an interventional electrophysiologist by learning such techniques as transseptal catheterization and the use/interpretation of 3D electroanatomical imaging and intracardiac echocardiography.
Year 2
The second-year CCEP fellow will continue to grow in their clinical decision making, technical competence and overall knowledge base. Fellows will be expected to successfully diagnose different mechanisms of SVT during the performance of EP studies and will also continue improving their technical skills. Fellows will become proficient in routine catheter ablations (atrial fibrillation, premature ventricular contractions and SVT) and participate in our complex ablations (VT/left atrial arrhythmias and more). By the end of the second year, the fellow will be ready to practice clinical cardiac electrophysiology in an academic or private practice setting.
Teaching Opportunities
In addition to direct teaching in the laboratory, on rounds or in the outpatient setting, CCEP fellows will participate in the following teaching activities:
- Present one electrophysiology case monthly at the Electrophysiology Clinical Conference;
- Attend Electrophysiology Core Curriculum Conference weekly;
- Attend Cardiology Grand Rounds weekly;
- Attend the Electrophysiology Journal Club monthly with responsibility to lead discussion on ≥one electrophysiology topic at each session
- Attend the Electrophysiology Research Conference monthly, with responsibility for presentation at least once per year; and
- Attend at least one of the following national meetings annually at division expense: American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology or Heart Rhythm Society.
Your Faculty
Litsa K. Lambrakos, MD
Assistant Professor, Clinical Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
Ivan Medoza, MD
Associate Medical Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology
Raul Mitrani, MD
Director, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship Program
Professor, Clinical Medicine
Azzaf Tzur, MD
Medical Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology
Alumni Placements Include:
Cardiovascular Associates of Virginia
University of Kentucky
University of Miami
Alumni Placements Include:
Cardiovascular Associates of Virginia
University of Kentucky
University of Miami
Notable Alumni
Gustavo Morales, MD
2009
Assistant Professor, Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Kentucky
Matthew Ngo, MD
2007
Cardiovascular Associates of Virginia
Afolabi Sangosanya, MD
2007
Cardiology Consultants
Alexander Velasquez, MD
2019
Assistant Professor, Clinical Medicine, University of Miami