School of Medicine

Thank you for your interest in our Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Program!

Our program offers an accredited three-year training program with positions available to 2 fellows per year.   

We are the only Pediatric Cardiology training program in Louisiana.  Our division provides care for patients across Louisiana and the Gulf Coast community from fetal life into adulthood. The primary focus of our training program is to produce Pediatric Cardiologists with unparalleled clinical skills who will successfully transition into any clinical or academic setting at the local, state, or national level.  To ensure success, we also prepare fellows to prioritize patient safety, to value inter-professional teamwork, and to improve health care quality for all.

While the fellowship program was initially accredited in 2010, our Heart Center here at Children's Hospital has undergone extensive transformation over the past few years which has resulted in significant improvements in training opportunities for fellowship candidates.  In fact, Children's Hospital of New Orleans (our primary institution) has recently undergone a $300 million expansion that includes a state of the art, family-centered 28 bed cardiac intensive care unit, two new Cardiac Catheterization and Electrophysiology laboratories, new emergency and inpatient radiology departments, and a same-day surgery unit with private rooms.

Each year, nearly 2000 children and adults visit our center for cardiac-related services, including: pediatric and adult congenital cardiothoracic surgery, dedicated cardiac intensive care management, diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterization, electrophysiology services, echocardiography, MRI and CT-angiography, and exercise stress testing.  Our physicians provide additional expertise in maternal-fetal care, adult congenital heart disease, heart failure and cardiomyopathy, and pediatric coronary artery disease. Our highly trained and experienced cardiothoracic surgeons perform 150- 200 surgical procedures a year in newborns to adults, including Norwood, Glenn, Fontan, and arterial switch operations. ECMO technology and dedicated perfusionists support the comprehensive surgical program.

We currently have 16 faculty, including sub-specialty trained adult congenital cardiologists, fetal and non-invasive imaging specialists, congenital and adult congenital electrophysiologists, cardiac interventionalists, and cardiac intensivists.  Additionally, we have two well-trained and experienced cardiothoracic surgeons.  We are in the midst of continual recruitment and anticipate having additional faculty joining us this fall. 

Fellows will find that New Orleans is a wonderful city to live in and experience first-hand with many cultural and entertainment opportunities outside of the workplace.

Please explore our program further by clicking on the links at the top of this page.

To explore our clinical partner and home institution, follow the link below. 

Heart Center of CHNOLA

 

Clinical Training

During the cardiac fellowship, the trainee gains extensive inpatient and outpatient experience in the following areas:

1. Inpatient Cardiology
2. Cardiac Catheterization and Interventional Procedures
3. Echocardiography: Transthoracic, Transesophageal and Fetal
4. Electrophysiology and Non-Invasive Testing
5. Cardiac Intensive Care
6. Outpatient Cardiology
7. Consultation
8. Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathy
9. Pediatric Coronary Artery Disease
10. Cardiac CT and MRI
11. Congenital Heart Disease                

 

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