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 |
Fellowship Title: | Advanced Cardiac Electrophysiology - Southlake |
Division: | Cardiology |
Fellowship Type: | Clinical |
Supervisor: | Dr. Mouhannad Sadek |
Duration: | 1 year |
Application Open and Close Date: | December 1 - January 15 |
Anticipated Start Date(s): | July 1 |
Number of position(s) per year: | 1 |
Description: | This is an advanced 1 year fellowship in clinical cardiac electrophysiology focused on complex ablation of advanced arrhythmias (AF and VT) and also on clinical research. Candidates are expected to have at least one year of clinical electrophysiology training prior to entering this program. |
Contact Name: | Dr. Mouhannad Sadek |
Role: | Program Director |
Telephone: | 905-953-7917 |
E-mail: | M.Sadek@utoronto.ca |
Mailing Address: | 602-581 Davis Drive |
Fellowship Title: | Advanced Heart Failure / Transplantation - UHN |
Division: | Cardiology |
Fellowship Type: | Clinical |
Supervisor: | Dr. Juan Duero Posada |
Duration: | 1-2 years |
Application Open and Close Date: | File review and interviews: 12-18 months before expected fellowship start date. Commitments finalized 12 months before expected fellowship start date. |
Anticipated Start Date(s): | July 1 |
Number of position(s) per year: | Variable |
Description: | The Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation fellowship is an intensive training program for clinical fellows who plan to have a major career focus on caring for patients with advanced heart failure, cardiac transplantation and mechanical circulatory support. There is a mix of outpatient subspecialty clinics, cath lab exposure for hemodynamic assessment, as well as an active inpatient service that includes consultations for advanced therapies, and management of admitted heart failure, transplant and long term left ventricular assist device patients. The program is supported by an academic faculty that provides a formalized educational structure and many opportunities for research/academic productivity. Interested applicants should submit the following documents prior to the application close date (see above) to the email below:
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Contact Name: | Dr. Juan Duero Posada |
Role: | Program Director |
Telephone: | (416) 603-5386 |
E-mail: | juan.dueroposada@uhn.ca |
Mailing Address: | Toronto Western Hospital |
Fellowship Title: | Ambulatory Cardiology |
Division: | Cardiology |
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 Cardiology. This Fellowship is open to applicants with completed specialty training in Internal Medicine and Cardiology. The program is intended to provide individuals trained in the fields of cardiology with an opportunity to acquire advanced skills and expertise in the field of ambulatory cardiology including non-invasive imaging modalities with a view to improving the quality of care and education in the ambulatory setting. The training will be supervised by a qualified member of the WCH Department of Medicine Division of Cardiology faculty. QUALITY IMPROVEMENT (QI) STREAM: The fellow will be expected to complete advanced-level training in QI (e.g. Master’s degree at the Institute for Health Policy Management and Evaluation or Veterans Affairs Scholars Program at U of T). Completion of a project suitable for peer-review publication is strongly recommended. RESEARCH STREAM: The fellow will be expected to complete advanced-level training (e.g. Master’s degree with potential for PhD level training or post-doctoral training) in clinical or educational research, with a view to assuming an academic faculty position at a teaching hospital as a Clinician Scientist/Investigator or Clinician Educator, respectively. Fellowship applications to the Quality and Research Streams for longer than one year will be considered. Successful candidates would be required to apply for external funding. Attendance at cardiology rounds will be expected, as will participation in cardiology clinical coverage after hours. Applications for this position should include:
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Contact Name: | Soohun Chun |
E-mail: | Soohun.Chun@wchospital.ca |