Fellowship Title: | Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation |
Division: | All Divisions |
Fellowship Type: | Clinical and Research |
Supervisor: | TBD |
Duration: | Minimum 1 year |
Application Open and Close Date: | July 1st to Aug 31st of each year |
Anticipated Start Date(s): | July 1st of the following year |
Number of position(s) per year: | 1 |
Description: | This fellowship will provide the candidate with a comprehensive exposure to a highly developed model of cardiac rehabilitation in order to gain advanced skills in the design and delivery of exercise and lifestyle interventions and medical consultation in cardiovascular disease prevention. Specific objectives are listed as follows:
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Contact Name: | Dr. Andrea Furlan |
Role: | Fellowship Director |
E-mail: | Andrea.furlan@uhn.ca |
Mailing Address: | 550 University Ave. Toronto, ON M5G 2A2 |
Fellowship Title: | G. Raymond Chang Caribbean Fellowship |
Division: | All Divisions |
Fellowship Type: | Clinical |
Supervisor: | Primary Supervisor will depend on subspecialty of selected fellow; Secondary Supervisor: Dr. Daniel Panisko (on a central basis) |
Duration: | Varies to meet the needs of the fellow |
Application Open and Close Date: | Open: August 1, 2023 Close: September 25, 2023 |
Anticipated Start Date(s): | Between July and September 2024 |
Number of position(s) per year: | 1 fellow at a time |
Description: | Established in 2006 by Dr. Herbert Ho Ping Kong and funded by G. Raymond Chang, O.C., O.J., this fellowship program supports clinicians from the West Indies (the islands of the former British West Indies) interested in pursuing academic Internal Medicine subspecialty training at UofT. This clinical fellowship is a limited term academic experience, with the objective of providing advanced training and specialized expertise in Internal Medicine subspecialties including, but not limited to Cardiology, Rheumatology, Nephrology, Infectious Diseases, and Gastroenterology or in a closely related discipline such as Neurology. This training is not currently available in the West Indies and such clinical experience is increasingly needed in the tertiary care hospitals around the Caribbean. Upon completion of the fellowship training, physicians will return to their primary institution. The specific goals and objectives would vary depending on the subspecialty.
In addition to the standard requirements, the qualifications for this fellowship are as follows:
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Contact Name: | Ms. Sarah Meilach |
Role: | Administrative Assistant to Dr. Daniel Panisko |
Telephone: | 416-603-5824 |
E-mail: | Sarah.Meilach@uhn.ca |
Fellowship Title: | Women's Health Fellow – Ambulatory Fellowship |
Division: | All Divisions |
Fellowship Type: | Clinical |
Duration: | 1 Year (Extension possible) |
Number of position(s) per year: | 1 |
Description: | The Department of Medicine at Women's College Hospital invites applications for our Fellowship in Ambulatory Medicine. This Fellowship is open to applicants with completed specialty training in Internal Medicine and its Subspecialties. The program is intended to provide individuals trained in the fields of internal medicine with an opportunity to acquire advanced skills and expertise in the field of ambulatory medicine with a view to improving the quality of care and education in the ambulatory setting. The training will focus in any one or more of the following areas: women's health, complex chronic disease management; and health system solutions, and be supervised by a qualified member of the WCH Department of Medicine faculty.
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Contact Name: | Amanda Edward |
Role: | Education Coordinator |
E-mail: | amanda.edward@wchospital.ca |
Mailing Address: | Department of Medicine, Women's College Hospital 76 Grenville Street, Room 3445 Toronto, Ontario Canada, M5S 1B2 |
Fellowship Title: | Cardio-Oncology |
Division: | Cardiology |
Fellowship Type: | Clinical |
Supervisor: | Dr. Paaladinesh Thavendiranathan |
Duration: | 1-2 years |
Application Open and Close Date: | July 1st to February 1st of year prior |
Anticipated Start Date(s): | July 1, 20XX |
Number of position(s) per year: | 1-2 |
Description: | The fellowship is focused on the novel cross-disciplinary field of Cardio-Oncology. This fellowship will allow the trainee to learn the shared risk factors for cancer and cardiovascular disease, the potential complications associated with cancer therapeutics, methods of prevention, early detection, and treatment. There will be a significant focus on clinical research. The fellowship will predominately focus on outpatient care. Fellows do have the option of a 1) 2 year fellowship which could include first year focused more on clinical cardiooncology and second year focused on research, 2) 2 year fellowship with 1 year in cardiooncology and 1 year in advanced heart failure (requires separate application process to HF program as well), 3) 2 year fellowship with 1 year cardio-oncology and 1 year echocardiography (requires separate application to the echocardiography fellowship) and 4) 1 year fellowship focused on clinical cardio-oncology only but also with engagement in some research. Interested applications should forward their CV to Dr. Paaladinesh Thavendiranathan (Director of the Ted Rogers Program in Cardiotoxicity Prevention). |
Contact Name: | Dr. Paaladinesh Thavendiranathan |
Role: | Program lead |
Telephone: | 416-340-4800 ext. 5326 |
E-mail: | dinesh.thavendiranathan@uhn.ca |
Fellowship Title: | Interventional Echocardiography - SMH |
Division: | Cardiology |
Fellowship Type: | Clinical |
Supervisor: | Dr. Geraldine Ong |
Duration: | 1 year |
Application Open and Close Date: | July to April |
Anticipated Start Date(s): | July 1 |
Number of position(s) per year: | 1 |
Description: | Duration 1 year. Opportunities for a more dedicated research fellowship with ample opportunity to participate in clinical research studies. Multidisciplinary work environment as a member of the Structural Heart Team. To acquire specialized knowledge and advanced imaging acquisition and interpretive skills for patients with structural heart disease. To perform echocardiographic intraprocedural and guidance for various structural heart interventions (transcatheter mitral and tricuspid edge-to-edge repair, transcatheter mitral and tricuspid replacement, transcatheter left appendage closure, TAVI, TAVI valve-in-valve/valve-in-ring, alcohol septal ablation and more). |
Contact Name: | Dr. Geraldine Ong |
Role: | Fellowship Supervisor |
Telephone: | 416-864-5201 |
E-mail: | geraldine.ong@unityhealth.to |
Fellowship Title: | Adult Cardiac Electrophysiology - SMH |
Division: | Cardiology |
Fellowship Type: | Clinical |
Supervisor: | Dr. Paul Angaran |
Duration: | 2 years |
Application Open and Close Date: | Always open, closed 9 months prior to start date |
Anticipated Start Date(s): | July 1 |
Number of position(s) per year: | 3 positions over a 2 year period |
Description: | 2yr training for consultation and procedures in adult cardiac electrophysiology including catheter ablation of arrhythmias, and cardiac device implantation. Opportunities for research are also available. |
Contact Name: | Dr. Paul Angaran |
Role: | Supervisor |
Telephone: | 416-864-5104 |
E-mail: | paul.angaran@unityhealth.to |
Mailing Address: | St. Michael's Hospital, 30 Bond St., Toronto, ON M5B 1W8 |
Fellowship Title: | Adult Congenital Heart Disease - UHN |
Division: | Cardiology |
Fellowship Type: | Clinical |
Supervisor: | Dr. Rafa Alonso |
Duration: | 2-years |
Application Open and Close Date: | For July start date: For January start date: |
Number of position(s) per year: | 6 to 7 positions |
Description: | The University Health Network (UHN)’s Toronto Congenital Cardiac Centre for Adults (TCCCA), one of the oldest and largest centres of its kind in the world, has trained more Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) physicians than any other centre in the world (more than 60 physicians since 1993). The TCCCA offers a 2-year fellowship with a broad education in the clinical management of patients with ACHD. There are special clinics for pulmonary hypertension, pregnancy, heart failure and coronary artery anomalies and Marfan clinics. As part of the clinical duties, ACHD Fellows will be involved with inpatient and outpatient care, case conferences, and teaching rounds. ACHD Fellows will also conduct supervised, independent clinical research with a goal of one to two research publications in peer-reviewed journals by the end of the fellowship. |
Contact Name: | Krysten Miller |
Role: | ACHD Program Coordinator |
Telephone: | 416-340-4871 |
E-mail: | TorontoACHD@uhn.ca |
Mailing Address: | Peter Munk Cardiac Centre |
Fellowship Title: | Adult Congenital Heart Disease / Structural Heart Interventions - UHN |
Division: | Cardiology |
Fellowship Type: | Clinical |
Supervisor: | Dr. Eric Horlick |
Duration: | 1-2 years |
Application Open and Close Date: | For July start date: For January start date: |
Number of position(s) per year: | 2-3 positions |
Description: | The University Health Network (UHN)’s Toronto Congenital Cardiac Centre for Adults (TCCCA), one of the oldest and largest centres of its kind in the world, has trained more Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) physicians than any other centre in the world (more than 60 physicians since 1993). The TCCCA offers a 2-year fellowship with a broad education in the clinical management of patients with ACHD. The structural / interventional fellow will be expected to attend structural/interventional clinics, review imaging studies for the structural heart disease patient referrals in preparation for their outpatient consultation, attend and be primary operator for congenital, structural, TAVI and Mitral Valve procedures , responsible for the acute care needs of the structural heart disease service including taking inpatient call from home and telephone consultations with outpatients. As part of the clinical duties, fellows will be involved in on-call (in-patient general cardiology ward and ACHD on-call), echo reading, MRI/ cardiac CT, case conference, and teaching rounds. Besides, ACHD Fellows will attend and participate in case conferences, academic teaching rounds, and inpatient review rounds. Furthermore, ACHD Fellows will also conduct supervised, independent clinical research and collaborate in the research activities of the ACHD with a goal of one to two research publications in respected peer-reviewed journals by the end of the fellowship. |
Contact Name: | Krysten Miller |
Role: | ACHD Program Coordinator |
Telephone: | 416-340-4871 |
E-mail: | TorontoACHD@uhn.ca |
Mailing Address: | Peter Munk Cardiac Centre Toronto Congenital Cardiac Centre for Adults University Health Network 585 University Ave., 5N – 519 Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2N2 |
Fellowship Title: | Adult Echocardiography |
Division: | Cardiology |
Fellowship Type: | Clinical |
Supervisor: | Dr. Anna Woo |
Duration: | 1-2 years (depending on prior experience) |
Application Open and Close Date: | August 1 (of the year prior to start date) |
Anticipated Start Date(s): | July 1 |
Number of position(s) per year: | 2 |
Description: | The Adult Echocardiography fellowship provides formal training in advanced echocardiography (transesophageal, stress (exercise/dobutamine), three-dimensional echocardiography, strain imaging, intraprocedural echocardiography). The Echocardiography Laboratory at the University Health Network is a high-volume center (>25000 cases per year) and a quartenary care facility with expertise in complex cardiac conditions (eg. advanced heart failure and cardiomyopathies, valvular heart lesions, adult congenital heart disease). Research opportunities during the fellowship period include investigations involving novel echocardiographic techniques, the role of echocardiography in the management of cardiomyopathies and valvular lesions, and assessment of educational and quality methods in echocardiography. The Echocardiography fellowship is the only fellowship at UHN that meets level 3 standards for training in Echocardiography, as outlined by current guidelines issued by the Canadian and American Societies of Echocardiography. |
Contact Name: | Dr. Anna Woo |
Role: | Director, Echocardiography Laboratory; Fellowship Director, Echocardiography, University Health Network |
Telephone: | 416-340-5270 |
E-mail: | anna.woo@uhn.ca |
Mailing Address: | Toronto General Hospital 200 Elizabeth Street 4N-506 Toronto, ON M5G 2C4 |
Fellowship Title: | Adult Echocardiography - SMH |
Division: | Cardiology |
Fellowship Type: | Clinical |
Supervisor: | Dr. Chi-Ming Chow |
Duration: | 1-2 Years |
Application Open and Close Date: | Open, closed 9 months prior to start date |
Anticipated Start Date(s): | July 1 |
Number of position(s) per year: | 1-2 |
Description: | Duration 1-2 years. Opportunities for a more dedicated research fellowship. Basic and clinical echocardiographic research opportunities, including small animal echo, contrast echocardiography, clinical echo projects. Total 7 echocardiographers 10 sonographers 7 echo rooms, one dedicated stress echo room, and one echo research room, 11,000-12,000 transthorascic (TEE) studies, 350-500 transesophageal (TEE) studies, and 1,000 stress echoes per year. No formal intraoperative TEE program (CV anesthesia). Clinical training will encompass all aspects of echocardiography to include contrast echo, ASD and PFO closures, transcatheter aortic valve implantation, mitral clips, echocardiographic guidance of electrophysiology procedures, 3D echo, non-complex adult congenital heart disease, as well as opportunity to participate in intraoperative echocardiography. Ample opportunity will also be available to participate in basic science and clinical research studies. Collaboration with other imaging modalities, such as cardiac MRI are also available, Upon completion of the Fellowship training program, the candidate will be Level III certified. |
Contact Name: | Alyssa Quizeo |
Role: | Administrative Assistant |
E-mail: | Alyssa.Quizeo@unityhealth.to |
Mailing Address: | Cardiology, 6th floor Donnelly Wing, 30 Bond St. Toronto, Ontario, M5B 1W8 |