William Kent Cornwell, MD

All posts by William Kent Cornwell, MD

April 28th, 2013

Stories from a Heart Transplant Pioneer: Blogging from ISHLT 2013

From the ISHLT meeting in Montreal, Bill Cornwell shares highlights of the plenary address from Jack G. Copeland, M.D., this year’s recipient of the Pioneer in Transplantation award.


March 27th, 2012

Transitioning from Trainee to Attending? The Business Details

An ACC session helps this fellow understand how to look at a potential group, negotiate a contract, and establish healthy money management strategies.


March 26th, 2012

An Inspiring Run

A blogging fellow survives, and even exults in, a wet and cold 5 a.m. “fun run,” organized by the ACC in memory of a distinguished and inspiring cardiologist — a truly great man, Henry McIntosh.


March 25th, 2012

Academics vs. Private Practice

Most fellows aren’t taking the time they should to consider this essential career question. While each path carries very different stressors, that isn’t necessarily the barometer by which the decision should be made.


January 26th, 2012

Follow the Fellows: Turning Points

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The fellows describe the challenging moments that brought them to select cardiology as their specialty.


December 2nd, 2011

Follow the Fellows: Which Program Is Right for Me?

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For our new series at CardioExchange, “Follow the Fellows,” we have invited physicians from various cardiology fellowship programs to document their course through their training. In this post, the fellows describe how they chose their fellowship programs. You can read their earlier posts here and here.   A Long and Winding Road by Erica Spatz, […]


October 17th, 2011

My Doctor Is a Technophobe

What one patient witnessed when he observed his physicians trying to interact with their electronic medical records systems


September 22nd, 2011

Follow the Fellows: The Fellows Get Their Sealegs

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For our new series at CardioExchange, “Follow the Fellows,” we have invited physicians from various cardiology fellowship programs to document their course through their training. In their second post, the fellows continue to discuss their initial concerns and experiences soon after entering fellowship. You can read their first post here.   Bill Cornwell — Being […]


September 13th, 2011

Follow the Fellows: A Series from the Front Lines

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Fellowship is such a unique experience that we at CardioExchange have wished for it to be documented from the front lines. And so we are introducing a new series, “Follow the Fellows.” We have invited fellows from various fellowship programs around the U.S. to document their course through their training over the next three years. Our […]