Cardiology Fellowship Schedule

Please note there is a significant difference between Conferences and Teaching Rounds. Conferences refer to sessions in a conference room with one or more presenter(s) giving information usually in the form of a presentation. Teaching Rounds are sessions focused on recent patients and their diagnostic studies and/or management. These rounds begin in a room for initial presentation and review of data. Next the team moves to the patient's beside allowing time to see and examine the patient and correlate the findings of the testing with the patient. Teaching rounds finish with the discussion of patient management.

Cardiology Grand Rounds: Weekly event scheduled every Monday, from noon to 1:00 p.m. - Held in the Sparrow Professional Building, announcements on room sent out weekly. Check http://www.sparrow.org/meded/ and select Continuing Medical Education. The calendar of events is listed at the end of the page. This conference is listed on the calendar as well as speaker, topic and contact person. This is a CME event. This meeting is mandatory for all fellows.

Catheterization Laboratory Conference: Every Wednesday morning at 7:00 am the Cardiac Catheterization Conference occurs which is facilitated by Dr. Andrew Prieto, Assistant Professor at Michigan State University. This conference is held at the Sparrow Professional Building and is mandatory for all cardiology fellows. In addition there are cardiology teaching attendings who join in this activity along with Sparrow cardiovascular surgeons, internal medicine residents, medical students on the cardiology rotation with an occasional veterinary student in attendance. The venue consists of the most interesting cardiac catheterization cases of the previous week which are presented and discussed in an open forum.

As an interventional cardiologist and the moderator, Dr. Prieto evaluates not only the technique that the cardiology fellows exhibit as they present cases but also evaluates the clinical decision making along with their fund of knowledge. Since there are significant differences in the level of training of those present at these conferences, he strives to make the relevant points in the case discussion appropriate to individual training levels. It is not uncommon for different points of view to surface during the discussions at which time Dr. Prieto endeavors to ascertain and clarify at all times, the evidence based literature reports available as the correct course of action.

This conference also provides didactic teaching as well as core competencies including professionalism, patient management, system based learning and morbidity/mortality issues and outcomes. It is during this conference that he counsels residents, and fellows in regard to Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory procedures and how difficult cases were managed to provide the best possible care for the patient.

Journal Club: Monthly event, typically the first Thursday of every month. This conference is not a CME event but is required by the fellowship program. Meetings take place at 6:00 p.m. with locations to be announced. There is always a speaker and a moderator. Assignment of speaker and moderator is done by the fellow in charge of scheduling. This meeting is mandatory for all fellows.

Research Conference: Monthly event, typically the third Thursday of every month. This conference is not a CME event but is required by the program. Meetings take place at 6:00 p.m. with locations and topics to be announced. This meeting is mandatory for all fellows.

Pathology Conference: Monthly event, sponsored by Dr. Shirley Siew. Conference takes place on the third or forth Wednesday of the month from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. This event takes place on Campus at Fee Hall. This meeting is mandatory for all fellows.

Fellows Meeting: Monthly event, first Friday of the month at 1:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. Held at the Clinical Center Conference room in Cardiology. This meeting is mandatory to all fellows.

Non Invasive Conference: Weekly event to start at noon on Tuesday in Room A of the Sparrow Professional Building. This is a Fellow regulated meeting.