Our one-year program provides one fellow with 12 months of clinical training in coronary and peripheral interventional procedures with exposure to a wide variety of structural heart procedures
The Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine – Baylor Scott & White (BSW) Interventional Cardiology Fellowship in Round Rock – Austin Region is part of Baylor Scott and White Health and includes clinical rotations in both Round Rock and Lakeway Hospitals.
As part of the training, fellows also attend a longitudinal Interventional Cardiology Clinic. Our program is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). Our focus is to ensure fellows are fully prepared to enter Interventional Cardiology Practice and pass the examination by the American Board of Cardiology.
We accept one fellow per year.
Como el mayor sistema sanitario sin ánimo de lucro de Texas y uno de los mayores de Estados Unidos, Baylor Scott & White atiende a 41 condados a través de 52 hospitales, más de 1,200 puntos de acceso, más de 7,100 médicos en activo, más de 52,000 miembros del equipo y el Plan de Salud Baylor Scott & White.
Plan de estudios
Acerca de nuestro programa
Our one-year fellowship training program is structured to provide the fellow with a broad clinical experience necessary to practice in the field of Interventional Cardiology with the expertise to perform interventional procedures in the coronary system and the peripheral vascular arena. By the end of the training, the interventional cardiology fellow will have acquired the knowledge base, judgment and technical skills to become an independent operator in interventional cardiology.
Depending on the fellow's goals, training in the performance of a number of structural heart procedures including TAVR, TEER of the Mitral and Tricuspid valve, left atrial appendage occlusion and ASD/PFO closure is also available.
Procedimientos
The Round Rock and Lakeway hospital combined perform more than 1300 diagnostic coronary angiograms, over 600 coronary interventions, more than 100 STEMIs, 150 peripheral interventions, more than 100 TAVRs, 30 mitral and tricuspid valve edge-to-edge repairs and over 80 left atrial appendage occlusion devices per year.
Some of the modalities of advanced percutaneous interventions we use include:
- Angioplastia con balón
- Stent Coronario
- Intravascular ultrasound + OCT
- Rotational atherectomy
- Intravascular lithotripsy
- Trombectomía
- Distal protection devices
- Invasive myocardial ischemia assessment via iFR and FFR
Other interventions include:
- Carotid interventions
- Peripheral interventions
- Valvular heart interventions
- TAVR
- Transcatheter Mitral Valve replacement (ViV)
- Percutaneous mitral and tricuspid valve repair
- Structural heart interventions
- ASD
- PFO
- PDA
- LAA closures
Conferences
Our program has a core curriculum that includes a series of lectures covering pertinent topics in interventional cardiology. Fellows are required to participate by presenting several of the topics throughout the year and are expected to complete a compendium of suggested readings provided to them.
The program will provide instruction on a weekly basis in the following areas:
- Patient selection
- Pharmacologic intervention
- Intervención coronaria
- Big artery vascular interventions
- Intracardiac interventions
- Evaluation of interventional techniques
- Outcome effectiveness of interventional cardiology
- Pathology conference
Additionally, fellows are provided outpatient post-intervention care experience during a half-day-per-week continuity clinic.
Conferences include:
- Cardiac Catheterization Conference
- Interventional Cardiology Journal Club
- Quality Improvement strategies derived from Chest Pain Committee and TAVR collaborative
- Interventional Cardiology M&M
Cómo aplicar
We use the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) to electronically accept fellowship applications, letters of recommendations, dean’s letters, transcripts and other credentials directly from your medical school.
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Profesorado y becarios
Our dedicated faculty, with diverse expertise and a passion for teaching, offers invaluable mentorship and our talented fellows bring enthusiasm and fresh perspectives to patient care. Together, they create a supportive community committed to excellence in medical education and compassionate care.
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Working at Baylor Scott & White Health
Estipendio y prestaciones
Además de estipendios competitivos, ofrecemos a nuestros residentes un menú completo de beneficios para empleados. Ayudamos a compensar el coste de muchas de estas prestaciones; otras son opciones que puede elegir pagar usted mismo.
Recursos de Bienestar
Este momento de su carrera profesional puede ser extremadamente difícil. Como estudiante de posgrado en medicina de Baylor Scott & White, tiene a su disposición una gran variedad de recursos que le permitirán sacar el máximo partido a su experiencia educativa.
Life in Greater Austin
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Contáctanos
Melanie Roussel, MPH
Program Administrator
Phone: 512-509-3750
Email: Melanie.Roussel@BSWHealth.org
302 University Blvd.
Round Rock, TX 78665