Cardiology & Interventional Cardiology
The overall goal of our Fellowship Program is to provide comprehensive training in cardiology, focusing on the competencies put forth by the American Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). We are dedicated to excellence and this will be an expectation for our trainees. Fellows will train with faculty dedicated to their development of comprehensive skills in both inpatient and ambulatory settings. We operate under Continued Full Accreditation by the ACGME with approval of 2 fellows per year for a total of 6 fellows.
Core rotations will take place at both Medical Center Hospital in Odessa, TX and Midland Memorial Hospital in Midland, TX. Opportunities to do electives in advanced heart failure, cardiac imaging, EP and rural cardiology are available with our teaching partners. Upon completion of training fellows will have successfully acquired the knowledge, skills and attitudes required for independent practice and certification by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
The interventional cardiology fellowship is a one year training program. The interventional fellow is trained in the diagnosis and treatment of endovascular intervention and works closely with the staff interventional cardiologists. Invasive training provides experience in left heart catheterization as a primary operator, uses of the different types of catheters when cannulation of a coronary artery is difficult and appropriate medical management or percutaneous intervention or surgical revascularization for patients with Coronary Artery Disease (CAD). Also, procedures include successfully cannulate bypass grafts and recognize anomalous origins of coronary artery when present.
Fellows will spend part of each year dedicated to clinical or basic science research activities and are expected to submit their results for publication. Fellows also teach residents and medical students at the bedside.
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Leigh Ann Jenkins, MD
Professor
Program Director – Cardiology
Scott Shurmur, MD
Professor & Chair, Dept. of Internal Medicine
Program Director – Interventional Cardiology
Deniese Smith
Fellowship Coordinator
Phone: 806-743-6429
3601 4th St. MS 9410
Lubbock, TX 79430