Cardiovascular Institute and Center for Cardiovascular Health

Cardiology Fellowships: Urban Community Program

Fellow Conferences

The Mount Sinai Hospital | Elmhurst Hospital Center
Cabrini Medical Center

The Mount Sinai Hospital

Daily Morning Conference Schedule

• Each Monday, the CCU or Telemetry fellow is responsible for presenting one or two instructive cases. The fellow selects the cases with support from the attending. The fellow and the attending of the month are responsible for preparing a handout including a bibliography, presenting the case and leading a discussion based on the literature.
• On alternate Tuesdays, the Cardiac Cath Lab presents cases with an eye towards instruction or presenting new literature data. One Tuesday per month is used for Electrophysiology presentations with the same idea as Cath Conference. The last Tuesday of the month is reserved for Quality Assurance and Morbidity/Mortality Conference.
• The Core Curriculum is intermixed with a research conference in which staff and fellows present work in progress on selected Wednesday and Thursday mornings.
• On many Thursdays, Dr. Fuster makes bedside rounds on patients selected by the fellows for presentation and discussion.
• On alternate Fridays, a fellow leads the Journal Club in analyzing a clinical or basic science article. Echocardiography conferences alternate between case presentations and multidisciplinary approaches (Cath Lab, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Pediatrics, Pulmonary, etc.).

Cardiology Grand Rounds are held on Monday afternoon at 5:00 pm. In addition, one Monday each month the Controversies in Cardiology are held.

Fellows at all three hospitals are expected to attend the Core Curriculum and Controversies series.

Other Weekly Conferences

• ECG Conference
• Clinical Conference with Dr. Meller
• Joint Pediatric Cardiology (Adult, Pediatrics, Cardiothoracic Surgery)

Bi-Weekly Conferences

• Epidemiology/ Statistics/ Analysis of Trials

Monthly Conferences

• Cardiac Pathology Conference

Annual Conference

• American College of Cardiology Consultant’s Course in Cardiology (by Dr. Fuster)

Elmhurst Hospital Center

Daily Morning Conference Schedule

There is daily morning report, detailing admissions and clinical problems. All of the clinical laboratories have regular reading sessions. In addition, Dr. Madias (local program director) holds informal teaching conferences related to cardiovascular physiology and pathophysiology, supplemented by review of recent journal manuscripts or publications.

Fellows on rotations at Elmhurst Hospital Center will attend Core Curriculum and Cardiology Grand Rounds at The Mount Sinai Hospital.

Cabrini Medical Center

Weekly Conferences

• Case Presentation / Discussion
• Journal Club

Bi-Weekly Conferences

• ECG Conference

Monthly Conferences

• Cardiology Grand Rounds

Quarterly Conferences

• Angiographic / Cardiothoracic Surgery

Fellows on rotation at Cabrini Medical Center will attend Core Curriculum and Cardiology Grand Rounds at The Mount Sinai Hospital.