Program Overview
Fellowship Structure
To support their role, the fellow will be expected to:
- Attend the hospital for 8 weeks throughout the academic year.
- Attend a general cardiology clinic for one full day a week.
Core Rotations
Cardio-Obstetrics
The fellow will rotate in the maternal fetal medicine cardiac clinic as well as in the combined women’s clinic staffed by MFM and cardiologists. The trainee will have the opportunity to see pregnant patients with active cardiac disease, those with new symptoms as well as improve pre- and post-conception counseling of women with a wide range of cardiovascular disease and those with hypertensives disorders of pregnancy.
Adult Congenital
The fellow will rotate in the adult congenital clinic to get a more in-depth understanding of congenital heart diseases and how they may impact counseling and management of female patients who desire pregnancy.
Cardio-Oncology
The fellow will rotate in the dedicated cardio-oncology clinic to learn about cardiology complications and prevention of heart disease that occur after cancer treatment.
Imaging/Diagnostics
The fellow will also be encouraged to continue to enhance and improve their skills in ECHO and Cardiac CT. The trainee will also have the opportunity to further improve their ability to perform and interpret various tools for risk stratification including CPEX or other modalities of stress testing.
Core Electives
Cardio-Gynecology
The fellow will also rotate with OBGYN faculty in their dedicated post-menopausal clinic to understand the unique challenges and risks that this population has for heart disease as well as become comfortable with the role of hormone replacement therapy.
Pulmonary HTN
The fellow will rotate with pulmonary hypertension specialists to better understand diagnosis, treatment and counseling of women with this disease who desire or are currently pregnant.
Rheumatology
The fellow will rotate through rheumatology given the female predominance in this disease group and the increased risk cardiovascular disease with inflammatory disease. The fellow will rotate in the lupus, rheumatoid arthritis and vasculitis clinics to get a better understanding of the patients and their management, identify those at increased risk of heart disease as well as better recognize the impact of biologics on lipids and role in cardiovascular disease.
Vascular
The fellow will rotate in the vascular clinic to get better training in the diagnosis and treatment of various vascular diseases especially, how they may impact pregnancy and how to treat them during pregnancy.
Education & Research
The fellow will also be encouraged and supported to participate in research, national and international meetings as well as ongoing educational presentations including journal club and grand rounds.
Eligibility:
The applicant should have completed a 3-year ACGME cardiovascular disease fellowship and be board certified or board eligible.
Applications:
Will be accepted through October 31st of the preceding year.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Sherry Wimberley by email at swimb@email.unc.edu
Core Faculty
Paula F. Miller, MD
Essraa Bayoumi, MD Patricia Pat-Yue Chang, MD, MHS Susan C. Gilchrist, MD, MS 
Clinical Professor of Medicine
pmiller@med.unc.edu Director
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Program Director, Paula Miller Women’s Heart Fellowship
Director, Women’s Heart Program
bayoumi@email.unc.eduOther Faculty
Professor of Medicine
Director, Heart Failure and Transplant Program
Program Director, Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology Fellowship [/column]
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Professor of Medicine
Director of the Preventive Cardiology Clinic
Co-director Cardio-Oncology
