Interventional Cardiology

Educational Program

The educational goal of this 12-month fellowship program is to prepare its trainees to function at a high level of clinical performance in interventional cardiology. This includes the development of appropriate clinical judgment in selecting patients for cardiac interventional procedures and a high level of technical skill in performing them. This overall goal has four components:

• To understand the effectiveness and limitations of coronary interventional procedures in order to select patients and procedure types appropriately
• To achieve the appropriate cognitive knowledge and technical skills needed to perform interventional cardiac procedures at the level of quality attainable through the present state of the art
• To foster an attitude of life-long learning and critical thinking skills needed to gain from experience and incorporate new developments
• To understand and commit to quality assessment and improvement in procedure performance

To achieve these goals, the clinical training program is competency-based, and follows all ACGME rules and guidelines. The educational program is directed towards and fulfills all of the ACGME Program Requirements for Fellowship Education in the Subspecialties of Internal Medicine and the Program for Added Qualifications in Interventional Cardiovascular Disease. Fellows are expected to participate in clinical, basic, or health services research.

Faculty

There are at least 6 key interventional Cardiology faculty members who come in contact with the three interventional fellows throughout their training. They are led by Dr. Alexandre Ferreira, Director of the Interventional Program. The additional faculty the fellows will rotate with include:

Program Director

• Alexandre C. Ferreira, MD
  Director, Interventional Fellowship Program
  Site Supervisor, Jackson Memorial Hospital
  Voluntary Professor of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Core Faculty

• Eduardo de Marchena, MD
  Site Supervisor, Interventional Program at the University of Miami Hospital
  Director, UM Interventional Cardiology
  Professor of Medicine and Surgery
  
  
• Alan Schob, MD
  Site Supervisor, Interventional Program at the VA Medical Center
  Professor of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
  
  
• Carlos E. Alfonso, MD
  Director, Cardiovascular Fellowship Program
  Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of Miami
  
  
• Mauricio G Cohen, MD
  Professor of Clinical Medicine
  Director, University of Miami Hospital & Clinics, UHealth Towers Cardiac Catheterization Lab University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
  
  
• Michael D Dyal, MD
  Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of Miami
  
  
• Claudia Martinez, MD
  Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
  University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
  
  
• Cesar Mendoza, MD
  Medical Director, JHS Cardiology
  Jackson Health System, Jackson Main Hospital

Program Coordinator

• Noemi Melendres
  Phone: 305-585-5540
  Fax: 305-585-7089
  Email: nmelendr@med.miami.edu

ACGME Accredited: Yes
Residents or Fellows per year: Three
Duration: One Year
Postgraduate Training Required: Internal Medicine Residency and Cardiovascular Fellowship
U.S. Citizenship Required: No

For further information about the application process and requirements, interested applicants can go to: https://jacksonhealth.org/graduate/interventional-cardiology/