Structural Heart Disease Fellowship

The Structural Heart Disease Fellowship is for training of interventional cardiologists and cardiac surgeons to become skilled operators in transcatheter structural heart and valve procedures. It provides advanced education and clinical training in the growing subspecialty of adult structural heart disease, with emphasis on transcatheter valvular interventions. The fellowship program includes interventional procedures like Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI), Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair (TEVAR), mitral, pulmonic, and tricuspid valve replacement, left atrial appendage occlusion, mechanical circulatory support, paravalvular leak closures, and adult congenital disorders. It also include training and experience in the clinical evaluation, procedural planning, and management of patients considered for these structural heart interventions, as well as gain familiarity with the interpretation and performance of advanced imaging modalities. The applicants should have successfully completed a post graduate residency program in cardiology or cardiac surgery.