Heart Failure/Transplant Fellowship

With respect to clinical experience, AHF fellows will function as cardiologists who are obtaining subspecialty expertise training within HF, MCS and transplantation. Fellows will provide consultant care for inpatients with cardiogenic shock, those awaiting transplantation with and without MCS, and patients immediately after and post-transplantation. Importantly, AHF fellows will not be expected to take call from home and will not be asked to come in after hours. Fellows will have access to multiple fellow didactic conferences per week and actively participate in two weekly meetings regarding transplant listing of our HF patients.

From a procedural standpoint, fellows will gain sufficient exposure in heart catheterization and endomyocardial biopsy to obtain Level III training. AHF fellows will have meaningful exposure to heart procurement and heart transplantation working with our cardiothoracic surgeons. Lastly, within the outpatient experience, fellows will gain expertise level of exposure and training on the management of unique cardiomyopathies including cardiac amyloidosis, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and cardiac sarcoidosis.

The faculty you will train with have a breadth of experience and bring knowledge and insight from many of the top cardiovascular institutions around this country. Many are considered international experts within the fields of transplantation, heart failure, and MCS. The network and academic opportunities afforded by training here are truly unique: research opportunities and scholarly projects are available during the one year of training in our AHF fellowship and previous fellows have presented their work at scientific meetings including the ISHLT and HFSA Scientific Sessions.

Life in Salt Lake City will provide a safe home with true exposure to beautiful mountain views, affordable housing, significant outdoor recreation, and some of the best skiing in the country! We appreciate your interest in our training program.