Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging Fellowship

Program Overview

Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging Fellowship at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center with a focus on cardiac magnetic resonance and computed tomography is a 12-month program for one fellow conducted at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Cardiac Imaging Center. Which includes hands-on supervised clinical training, research, formal didactics, and multi-imaging conferences.

Clinical Training

The fellow will work closely with cardiologists, and or radiologIsts. They will be expected to interact with patients directly and to be actively involved with study protocoling, image acquisition, image interpretation and analysis, and reporting. The fellow will perform sufficient cases to qualify for Level Ill accreditation in Stress PET, coronary and structural CT. Opportunities to learn advanced echocardiography and nuclear techniques are available.

Research Training

In addition to clinical training, the fellow will participate actively in research projects. Research training will include one-on-one interaction with experienced investigators to learn study design, data organization, data analysis, and abstract/ manuscript writing. They will be expected to submit abstracts for presentation at national meetings and compose manuscripts for publication in referred journals.

Conferences

Didactic sessions and research meetings are held at least weekly and include research, technology, and clinical topics. The fellow will also conduct conferences and assist in training others.

Eligibility and Selection

All applicants will be required to have successfully completed an ACGME accredited Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship training program. Licensure to practice medicine in the State of Illinois is required. Visa sponsorship is J-1 Visa only.

Faculty

Program Director
Sorin C Danclu, MO, MS, FACC
Chief, Section of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Internal Medicine
Director, Noninvasive Cardiology
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, IL
Executive Council Member, Advanced Imaging Section, Advocate Heart Institute
Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL
Adjunct Associate Professor
Wake Forest University School of Medicine, NC

Program Coordinator
Tisa Williams, MS
773-296-3584
tisa.williams@aah.org

Additional Faculty:
Ajay Baddl. MD, FACC, RPVI
Program Director
Cardiovascular Fellowship

Harry M. Cohen, MD
Cardiology

Charles Ogdon. MD
Cardiology

Moni Soni. MD
Cardiology