Goals
To offer unique and comprehensive advanced fellowship training in heart failure and transplantation in a large quaternary care Canadian hospital network. It is anticipated that upon completion of fellowship training, trainees will have met requirements for the ABIM Heart Failure/Transplantation Subspecialty
Certification or equivalent.
Major strengths of the program include:
the breadth of clinical exposure to heart failure, transplantation and ventricular assist devices
opportunities for clinical, basic science, integrative physiology and population health research
the exposure to a unique patient population that includes high volume of cardiomyopathy and adult congenital heart disease patients
opportunities for combined fellowship training streams, including pacing/implantable device therapies, imaging, research, interventional cardiology; fellowship can be tailored to goals of individual trainees
Key Activities
Inpatient Exposure
Heart failure, ventricular assist device and transplant service
Ambulatory Clinic Exposure
Heart Transplant clinic
Ambulatory VAD clinic
Heart Function Clinic – Toronto General Hospital, Mount Sinai Hospital
Subspecialty outpatient clinics:
- Amyloid Cardiac Clinic
- RBC Disorder and Iron Overload Cardiac Clinic
- Resynchronization and Defibrillator Referral Program
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Clinic
- Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic
-Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Clinic
- Cardiac Assessment for liver, and kidney/pancreas transplant
Pediatric transplant exposure – Hospital for Sick Children
Investigative Procedures
Endomyocardial biopsy training
Cardiac catheterization and hemodynamic assessment
Pathology lab/biopsy reading
Scholarly Activities
Research
Academic Rounds – Transplant Listing Rounds, Heart Failure Core Curriculum and Journal Club, Biopsy
Review, MSH Cardiac and Circulatory Physiology Rounds, Division of Cardiology Rounds
If you are interested in learning more about fellowship opportunities in advanced heart failure/transplantation at the University of Toronto, please contact
Dr. Michael McDonald, Director, Advanced Heart Failure/Transplant Fellowship Program, at michael.mcdonald@uhn.on.ca
Phone: 416-340-4800 ext 6805 Fax: 416-340-4012
Please note, selection of fellows is based on a competitive process as there are a limited number of positions available each cycle. It his highly recommended that you apply at least
18 months prior to the desired start date