Heart Failure and Transplant Fellowship Program at Aurora

The educational mission of the Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology fellowship program is to train individuals who will practice the highest standards of advance heart failure management. The program objectives is to provide an academically and clinically rigorous learning opportunity with the aim of providing the trainee with basic and clinical knowledge, procedural skills, clinical judgment, professionalism and interpersonal skills required for an advanced heart failure and heart transplant specialist. The curriculum is designed to prepare the cardiology fellow to understand the care for all stages of Heart Failure.

Fellows will be able to demonstrate competency in appropriately selecting patients for advanced heart failure therapy options (including medications, surgical therapies, devices, palliation and innovative research) and participate in the comprehensive care of these patients. Fellows will learn how to manage patients on mechanical circulatory assist devices and cardiac transplantation, including knowledge of immunosuppressive drugs and transplant-specific complications. The training will allow the fellows to develop an understanding of the merits of clinical investigation and provide opportunities to participate in scientific endeavors which will advance the field and their careers. This training will prepare our fellows to function not only as highly competent cardiologist and advanced heart failure specialist, but also as an accomplished clinical investigator in the field of cardiovascular and heart failure research.