The Children’s National Heart Institute, co-directed by Gerard Martin, MD, and Chief of Cardiovascular Surgery, Richard Jonas, MD, emphasizes the importance of care of children with cardiovascular disease at Children's National Medical Center.

All facets of medical and surgical cardiac care are offered at Children's National. Charles Berul, MD, a nationally recognized pediatric electrophysiologist with extensive clinical and research experience, is Chief of Cardiology. Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care is led by David Wessel, MD, who is a national and international leader in cardiac care, education, and research.

We offer 30 conferences a month which include a weekly ECHO review, critical event review, surgical conferences, electrophysiology and catheter seminars in addition to other specialty conferences. There is also a book and journal club led by attendings and senior fellows on various specialized topics.

Children's National has a strong focus on research. Our fellows round in many different areas such as EKG, Cardiac Catherization, CICU, Pulmonology, Nephrology, ECMO, Fetal Cardiology, Adult Congenital Heart Disease, and ECHO.

Children's National will be accepting four fellows to begin in July 2013. Interviews for select applicants will begin in January and will continue until April 2012.

If you have any questions, please contact our fellowship coordinator, Brenda Roach at 202-476-2315 or cardiologyfellows@childrensnational.org. 



Sincerely,

E. Anne Greene, MD Director of Cardiology Fellowship Training Program Medical Director, Heart and Kidney Unit Attending Arrhythmia Service eagreene@childrensnational.org Phone: (202) 476-2020 Fax: (202) 476-5700

Craig Sable, MD Associate Program Director of Cardiology Fellowship Training Program Director, Echocardiography Program csable@childrensnational.org

To Apply:
Visit the ERAS site to submit your application.

The required documents include:

• ERAS application
• Curriculum vitae (CV)
• Three (3) letters of reference
• Personal statement
• A recent photo of the applicant
• Pediatric Cardiology fellowship evaluation form ( found on the ERAS website)

ERAS Applications become available to Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Programs as of December 1, 2011. The ERAS website will guide you in uploading your documents.

Thetentative dates for the NRMP match for 2012 are listed below:

• Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Life Insurance
• Annual & Sick Leave
• Disability Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Back-up Dependent Child and Elder care

A detailed summary of all benefits can be found in our Benefits Guide.

Clinical
Twenty to twenty four months are devoted to clinical training and include rotations in cardiology inpatient service (Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Cardiology Ward, and Inpatient Consultations), Cardiovascular Surgery, the Echocardiography Laboratory, the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, on the Electrophysiology/Arrhythmia Service and on elective. Pediatric cardiology fellows and attendings work side by side with pediatric intensivists and cardiovascular surgeons to manage postoperative patients. Skills in echocardiography, cardiac catheterization, and electrophysiology are taught with direct supervision by cardiology attendings. Fellows participate in a weekly outpatient continuity clinic throughout the three years of training. In addition, outpatient training is also available at outreach satellite clinics.

Academic
The academic program includes didactic bedside teaching, formal fellow lectures, cardiology department conferences and hospital-wide conferences. Weekly cardiology conferences include intake rounds and cardiology/cardiovascular surgery catheterization conference. Monthly conferences include catheterization lab complication conference, surgical morbidity and mortality conference, research works in progress, pathology conference, fetal board and journal club. Fellows also can attend a special lecture series focused on preparing fellows for a successful career in academic medicine. All fellows have an opportunity to attend at least two major national scientific meetings. A yearly stipend is provided for purchase of books and journals. A new learning center provides direct access to the latest educational material on computer and videotape.

Research
Research training occupies 12-16 of the 36 months including a 12-month block in the second year of fellowship. Opportunities for clinical and basic science research are available with full-time Children's faculty in cardiology and other departments. Fellows are provided support to prepare manuscripts for presentation at national meetings and publication in peer-reviewed journals. In addition to research opportunities at Children's, fellows become involved in projects at the National Institutes of Health in nearby Bethesda, MD. Recent fellow research projects there included work in three-dimensional echocardiography, cardiotoxicity of HIV medications, transgenic mouse model of cono-truncal defects, pharmacology of antiarhythmic medications, magnetic resonance imaging, molecular biology of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and gene transfer in pulmonary arteries.