Clinical rotations are arranged in two-week blocks with time divided between the inpatient service, echocardiography lab, and catheterization lab.

Over the three-year fellowship, fellows will spend approximately eight months on the inpatient service, two months in the cardiac ICU, five months in the cath and EP labs, and six months in the echocardiography lab. There are six additional months of elective time that can be used to pursue clinical or research interests. General duties during each clinical block are listed below.

Pediatric cardiology surgery

Clinical Block Details

Clinical Service
  • Daily rounds on all patients on the Pediatric Cardiology service
  • Combined daily rounds on post-operative patients with the PCICU and surgical teams
  • Perform consults throughout University of Iowa Health Care Stead Family Children’s Hospital as needed
  • Weeknight home call
  • Assist with resident and medical student education
  • First call for all phone consults or patient questions
  • Inpatient team also supported by dedicated ACHD, Heart Failure/Transplant, and Single-Ventricle teams

Catheterization Lab/Electrophysiology Service
  • Assist with all cardiac catheterization performed during this rotation
  • Assist with all EP procedures performed during this rotation
  • Weeknight home call one night per week

Echocardiography
  • First year fellows learn to perform and interpret transthoracic echocardiograms. This is accomplished during a protected 1-month echo rotation at the start of first year and then 3 additional months to help fellows master this skill. 
  • Second and third year fellows learn advanced echocardiogram techniques and learn fetal and transesophageal echocardiograms during their dedicated echo blocks as senior level fellows. 
  • There is ample opportunities to learn cardiac MRI and cardiac CT

Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
  • Four total two-week blocks distributed in first and second year
  • Integrated into the PCICU team 
  • Increasing responsibility based on experience, interest, and comfort

Electives
  • Fellows can elect to spend time in the following areas depending upon interest and career goals. A total of six months of elective time is available.
  • Electrophysiology
  • Interventional cardiac catheterization
  • Echocardiography (transthoracic, transesophageal, fetal)
  • Cardiac MRI and Cardiac CT
  • Transplant Cardiology
  • Pediatric Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (PCICU)
  • Cardiothoracic surgery
  • Neonatal Hemodynamics
  • Research
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