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Cardiovascular surgery track
The Cardiovascular Surgery track of the PHI PA/NP Fellowship program is for the fellow to develop the clinical acumen to work as an integral part of any cardiothoracic surgery team. The fellow will rotate through several specialties during their tenure to expand their skillset, allowing them to provide comprehensive preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative surgical care to complex cardiothoracic surgery patients. A great portion of the program will focus on mastering the endovascular vein harvesting skills sought after by cardiac surgery programs worldwide. Other operating room exposure will be first assisting in vascular and thoracic cases, as well as closing chests independently in the cardiac rooms. The program will traverse inpatient floor, ICU, operating rooms and outpatient clinics with the majority of care being inpatient. Procedural skills will also be taught at the bedside both in the ICU as well as on the floor/clinic.
In addition to the hands-on clinical experience, each fellow will be involved in various research components and will be encouraged to present findings at service conferences as well as local/national academic conferences. There will be educational time bi-weekly with lectures, presentations and hands-on skills labs, as well as morbidity/mortality conferences and quality meetings. Our fellows will work alongside experts from one of the nation’s top hospitals for heart surgery and ECMO. Piedmont Atlanta is one of the highest LVAD and Heart Transplant Centers by volume in the country. The ECMO program at Piedmont Atlanta has earned Gold designation from the international Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) and is the first hospital in the US to earn Extracorporeal Life Support certification from DNV-GL Healthcare.
Their responsibilities will include management of stable and emergent surgical patients, as well as critically ill patients in the ICU. They will be involved in the admission, consultation, procedures, operations, medication adjustments, and comprehensive management of these patients. Fellows will take pager call and surgical call following an orientation phase with an experienced provider backup. Each service or rotation will complete evaluations, and quarterly meetings will be held with the program director to promote progression through the program. Written and oral examinations will be administered throughout the program to ensure that competencies are being adequately covered.
In addition to the hands-on clinical experience, each fellow will be involved in various research components and will be encouraged to present findings at service conferences as well as local/national academic conferences. There will be educational time bi-weekly with lectures, presentations and hands-on skills labs, as well as morbidity/mortality conferences and quality meetings. Our fellows will work alongside experts from one of the nation’s top hospitals for heart surgery and ECMO. Piedmont Atlanta is one of the highest LVAD and Heart Transplant Centers by volume in the country. The ECMO program at Piedmont Atlanta has earned Gold designation from the international Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) and is the first hospital in the US to earn Extracorporeal Life Support certification from DNV-GL Healthcare.
Their responsibilities will include management of stable and emergent surgical patients, as well as critically ill patients in the ICU. They will be involved in the admission, consultation, procedures, operations, medication adjustments, and comprehensive management of these patients. Fellows will take pager call and surgical call following an orientation phase with an experienced provider backup. Each service or rotation will complete evaluations, and quarterly meetings will be held with the program director to promote progression through the program. Written and oral examinations will be administered throughout the program to ensure that competencies are being adequately covered.
Core curriculum
Cardiovascular surgery track rotations
* The order and timing of rotations will be determined at the start of the program and are subject to change.
Contact us
For more information, e-mail Lindsay Watters Bruce, DMSc, PA-C or Jenina Lagasca, NP.