Piedmont Heart Institute
Advanced imaging fellowship
Mission statement
The goal of the Piedmont Heart Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging Fellowship is to train fellows to become safe and independently competent multimodality imaging cardiologists and future leaders in the area of Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging which includes Cardiovascular CT and Cardiovascular MRI.
The 1-year fellowship will be under the direct supervision of Director Dr. Roshin Mathew and will consist of a combination of clinical work and research as determined by the fellow’s specific interests.
Requirements
- Individuals must have successfully completed 3 years of an ACGME-accredited U.S. general cardiology fellowship program (or equivalent) prior to commencement of the program in order to be eligible.
- Applicants should be board eligible/board certified in cardiology and be eligible for a GA state medical license.
- Individuals must have a committed interest to obtain skills in advanced cardiovascular imaging and advance clinical utility of advanced imaging techniques.
- Applicants must be required to have at least COCATS Level II echocardiography skills as defined by the 2019 ACC/AHA/ASE advanced training statement on echocardiography (J Am Coll Cardiol. 2019 Jul, 74 (3) 377–402) with written confirmation by a Level II echo director or program director.
How to apply
Contact Director Dr. Roshin Mathew at roshin.mathew@piedmont.org.
Overview
Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, GA is a 488-bed acute care tertiary referral center in metro Atlanta, GA with the highest acuity (case-mix index) of any non-academic hospital in the United States. We perform a high number of advanced cardiovascular procedures including left ventricular assist devices, heart transplantation, complex percutaneous interventions, pulmonary vein isolation, VT ablation, transcatheter endovascular repair, and transcatheter valve replacement or interventions. This is supported by a very robust clinical advanced imaging program that includes echocardiography, nuclear cardiology, cardiac and vascular computed tomography (CCT), and cardiac and vascular magnetic resonance imaging (CMR). We perform approximately 4,000 non-contrast and contrast cardiovascular CT and 1,200 cardiovascular MRI on a yearly basis. Our program faculty includes 6 multimodality imaging cardiologists with additional years of imaging training.
Faculty
Roshin Mathew, MD
Venkat Polsani, MD, FACC, FASE
Vibhav Rangarajan, MD, FACC
Raul Blanco, MD
Peter Flueckiger, MD
