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INTERVENTIONAL
CARDIOLOGY
FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Fayaz Shawl, MD, Director
Please
direct all inquiries to CGarey@ahm.com
Description
Of The Program
Program Director
Techniques Practiced During
The Course Of The Year
Training
Daily Contact With Patients And
Fellow Physicians
Scientific Research And Publications
Program
Additional Duties
Documents Required Of The Fellow
- DESCRIPTION
OF THE PROGRAM
The Interventional Fellowship program at the Washington
Adventist Hospital is a one-year training Fellowship
developed and supervised by Fayaz Shawl, MD, FACC,
Director of Interventional Cardiology. The course
is designed for cardiologists who have a special
interest in advanced interventional cardiovascular
medicine and who wish to gain a comprehensive understanding
of patient care issues, complex (high-risk) PTCA,
peripheral interventions and investigational, as
well as non-investigational procedures. Participation
in ongoing Institutional Review and Research (IRRC)-approved
research protocols involving patient contact, data
collection and formal publication of these data
is a core aspect of the Fellowship.
- PROGRAM
DIRECTOR
Dr. Shawl performs an average of 1,000 procedures
per year, practices at one of the area's larger
hospitals and sees patients from all over the world.
Dr. Shawl attends national and international symposia
& scientific sessions annually including several
worldwide teaching courses. In addition, Dr.
Shawl has combined a fully accredited Interventional
Fellowship Program with George Washington University.
- TECHNIQUES
PRACTICED DURING THE COURSE OF THE YEAR
The Fellows is exposed to routine catheterization
and angioplasties; will gain extensive experience
reading and interpreting cineangiograms on a range
of patients presenting simple, complex, and high-risk
states of heart disease. Exposure to the latest
techniques including:
| A. |
Percutaneous
transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA incorporating
Minimally Traumatic Angioplasty techniques
in single and multivessel disease) |
| B. |
Atherectomy
(rotational, directional and TEC) |
| C. |
Coronary
stenting |
| D. |
Percutaneous
cardiopulmonary bypass support during high-risk
angioplasty, cardiogenic shock and cardiac
arrest. |
| E. |
Peripheral
vascular interventions, including Carotid
Stenting |
| F. |
AAA
stent grafts |
| G. |
PFO/ASD
closures |
- TRAINING
The Fellow receives hands-on experience in the scientific
aspects of heart disease as well as clinical experience
in interventional, diagnostic and laboratory techniques.
- DAILY
CONTACT WITH PATIENTS AND FELLOW PHYSICIANS
The Fellow joins the Nurse Practitioner and Dr.
Shawl in making daily rounds on all patients. Patient
contact is considered a key element in the program
since the aim of the course is to train the cardiologist
in effective case management as well as interventions.
A "whole patient" perspective is maintained and
follow-up care is integral to the training.
- SCIENTIFIC
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS PROGRAM
Through Dr. Shawl's efforts, the office of Interventional
Cardiology maintains active correspondence with
leading cardiologists worldwide and engages in groundbreaking
research aimed at constantly improving service provided
to the patient. The Interventional Cardiology subsection
of Cardiology conducts a dynamic research program,
which includes production and submission of institutional
results on techniques, procedures and other research
interests to all the major scientific sessions in
the United States, Europe, Pakistan and India. Dr.
Shawl has written a book on supported complex and
high-risk coronary angioplasty, chapters on percutaneous
cardiopulmonary support in high-risk angioplasty,
current technique and future directions of percutaneous
cardiopulmonary bypass support as well as numerous
articles on coronary interventions in a variety
of patients. Since Dr. Shawl serves on the review
board for several journals, he is constantly submitting
his own manuscripts for review by the Journal
of Invasive Cardiology, Journal of the American
College of Cardiology, Catheterization and
Cardiovascular Diagnosis, American Journal
of Cardiology, Journal of Invasive Cardiology,
Circulation and others.
Click
here to view ongoing research interests.
- ADDITIONAL
DUTIES
In addition to the foregoing, the Fellow is expected
to:
| A. |
Establish
and maintain good working relations with Cath
Lab staff and fellow physicians |
| B. |
Make
rounds on all patients in house with the Nurse
Practitioner |
| C. |
Take
call three evenings per week and three weekends
a month |
| D. |
Respond
to emergencies with physician on call |
| E. |
Participate
in future and ongoing research projects as
instructed by the Director and initiate discussion
of future research possibilities |
| F. |
Work
with research assistants in producing abstracts
and manuscripts for ongoing research projects |
- DOCUMENTS
REQUIRED OF THE FELLOW
| A. |
Licensure
to practice medicine in the State of Maryland |
| B. |
Current
visa (if applicable) and documented visa extension
for the time period (usually July 1-June 30) |
| C. |
Letters
of recommendation and certification from current
institution of completion in good standing
of previous work and any relevant test scores |
| D. |
Eligible
for cardiology boards |
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