Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Program

Program Introduction
Letter to Prospective Fellows
Applications (PDF)
Application Checklist
Selection Policy
Curriculum
Stipend

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The Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Training Program at the University of Utah and Primary Children’s Medical Center is committed to training academic pediatric cardiologists with a strong clinical cardiology foundation and an interest and expertise in clinical or basic research. The training schedule is flexible and is tailored to fit the clinical or basic research needs of the trainee. All aspects of clinical training, clinical research and basic research are well represented in the division, which has a national reputation for the excellent research achievements and clinical expertise of the faculty.

Program Director: Susan Etheridge MD

Research Training

Clinical Research: this is both through individual faculty in the division with interests and expertise in various clinical research studies and fostered by the division being one of 7 key programs in The Pediatric Heart Disease Clinical Research Network, a national multicenter research network funded by NHLBI to conduct randomized clinical trials on many aspects of pediatric cardiology. A Masters in Clinical Investigation is available through the Clinical Research Center at the University of Utah

Basic Research: this is available both within and outside the division. The University of Utah is particularly strong in Developmental Biology and Birth Defects related to heart disease and there is a newly established Children’s Health Research Center at the University; research in the Molecular and Genetic Basis of Heart Disease is also very strong and occurs in multiple different laboratories in the University Research Center, including Martin Tristani’s laboratory, which studies normal and abnormal function of the cardiac potassium channel

Research in Public Health: this can lead to an M.P.H. through the existing curriculum at the University of Utah.

Clinical Training

The clinical training program initially involves all areas of cardiology with later sub-specialization possible in the area of the trainees main interest. The Division of Pediatric Cardiology has a national reputation for clinical excellence, especially in echocardiography, which does over 6000 studies per year and is widely recognized as one of the best echo labs in the country. All areas of pediatric cardiology are well developed and very active, including: electrophysiology with radiofrequency and cryo-ablation, pacemaker and ICD insertion; interventional cardiac catheterization, including ASD and PDA closure and stenting of pulmonary arteries and the aorta; MRI and MRA in congenital and acquired heart disease; fetal echocardiography; and cardiac transplantation. All are relatively high volume programs with ongoing clinical research. The outpatient clinic volume exceeds 8000 visits per year and encompasses everything from innocent murmurs to complex congenital heart disease and cardiac transplantation because this is the only pediatric cardiology program in Utah with outreach clinics throughout the state and in Idaho and referral from Idaho, Montana and other states. The surgical program has excellent results with over 500 cases per year and includes ECMO and LVAD management for severe heart failure. Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery faculty come from the best training programs in the country and have a commitment to clinical research as well as clinical care.