CardioExchange Archive

November 13th, 2011

Epcot for Foodie Cardiologists

Reva Balakrishnan, MD, MPH

Epcot’s survey of food from around the world sure beats this fellow’s memories of astronaut ice cream at Disney theme parks

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November 13th, 2011

An Unexpected Preconference Overload

Eiman Jahangir, MD

Anyone else surprised by the volume of ad-driven snail mail and email–most of it junk–we all got in the run up to the conference?

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November 13th, 2011

Part of the System

John Ryan, MD

Several Cardiology Fellows who are attending AHA.11 this week are blogging together on CardioExchange.  The Fellows include Revathi Balakrishnan, Eiman Jahangir, John Ryan (moderator), and Amit Shah. Read the previous post here. Check back often to learn about the biggest buzz in Orlando. The first AHA meeting that I went to was three years ago. It was […]

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November 12th, 2011

AHA.11: How Does One Choose What to Do?

Eiman Jahangir, MD

Several Cardiology Fellows who are attending AHA.11 this week are blogging together on CardioExchange.  The Fellows include Revathi Balakrishnan, Eiman Jahangir, John Ryan (moderator), and Amit Shah. Read the first post here. Check back often to learn about the biggest buzz in Orlando. Sitting in the plane, waiting for it to take off, I think of the […]

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November 12th, 2011

AHA.11: An Orlando Eating Tour

John Ryan, MD

As at previous major cardiology meetings, CardioExchange has fellows from around the country blogging about their experiences at the Scientific Sessions at the AHA. Revathi Balakrishnan, first-year fellow at NYU; Eiman Jahangir, third-year fellow from Vanderbilt; Amit Shah, second-year fellow at Emory; and John Ryan, third-year fellow at University of Chicago will be sharing us with […]

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November 9th, 2011

How to Prep for AHA: An Expert’s Advice for Fellows

John Ryan, MD and Thomas Ryan, MD

Dr. Thomas Ryan explains how fellows can get the most from the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, both as attendees and as presenters. Dr. Ryan is Professor of Medicine (Emeritus) at Boston University, a former AHA president (1984–1986), a former Chief of Cardiology at Boston University (1971–1994), and a recipient of the AHA Chairman’s Award […]

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September 22nd, 2011

Follow the Fellows: The Fellows Get Their Sealegs

Aaron C. Earles, DO, William Kent Cornwell, MD, Erica Sarah Spatz, MD, MHS and Kathryn Jesseca Lindley, MD

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 […]

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September 13th, 2011

Follow the Fellows: A Series from the Front Lines

William Kent Cornwell, MD, Aaron C. Earles, DO, Kathryn Jesseca Lindley, MD and Erica Sarah Spatz, MD, MHS

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 […]

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August 12th, 2011

The Third Year

John Ryan, MD, James De Lemos, MD and Andrew M. Kates, MD

For most cardiology fellowships, the bulk of the clinical training is in the first two years. The third year is rather variable, with some fellows taking the time to get to level two certification in several of the subspecialties. Fellows going into interventional fellowships typically spend time in the catheterization lab to increase their skills. […]

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June 30th, 2011

Advice for New Cardiology Fellows — Part 3: Subspecialization

John Ryan, MD, Andrew M. Kates, MD and James De Lemos, MD

With July just around the corner and a new generation of cardiologists about to start their training, the CardioExchange editors have asked the fellowship moderators to share their advice about how to face this exciting new challenge. Our third and final installment of this series focuses on subspecialization.   Do fellows need to have an idea […]

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