THE NEXT FIRST Starts Here
The Texas Heart Institute Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center was started in 1965 under the guidance of Dr. Robert Leachman. The fellowship has a rich history of stalwart clinician-educators, such as Dr. Leachman, Dr. Robert Hall, Texas Heart Institute president emeritus Dr. James T. Willerson, and many others, who take tremendous pride in training our fellows. Over the decades, the Texas Heart Institute (THI) cardiology fellowship program has made a name for itself by consistently training outstanding cardiologists who are highly regarded for their clinical skills throughout the cardiology community.
“Trainees who complete our program have a 100 percent EP Board pass rate.”
Our 3-year ACGME-certified general cardiology fellowship is open to six fellows per year. We also offer advanced subspecialty fellowships in interventional cardiology, electrophysiology, advanced heart failure, and CT/MRI. After successful completion of the THI general cardiology fellowship program, our fellows are given first preference to subspecialty fellowship positions available at our institution.
The institute boasts a robust faculty of over 70 clinical cardiologists within every practice model, including single and multi-subspecialty cardiologists and private, academic, and hybrid models. This provides a unique training opportunity for fellows within the program and is a large part of what makes our program outstanding.
Stephanie Coulter, MD, FACC, is the Program Director for the THI Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship, and George Younis, MD, is the Associate Program Director.
Our fellows receive hands-on experience from day one of their fellowship. They benefit from excellent procedural volumes and exposure to a wide variety of pathology from the diverse Houston area population. Our fellows are also exposed to all of the latest technologies available in cardiovascular care, including LVADs (both durable and short-term percutaneous devices), 3D echo, advanced fluoro-less EP studies utilizing 3D mapping systems, TAVR, and percutaneous left atrial appendage excluder devices, to name just a few.
PGY-4 rotations:
PGY-5 rotations:
PGY-6 rotations (Career-specific):
EP
Interventional
Non-invasive
Fellows also participate in several Regularly Scheduled Conferences (RSC) and are required to complete a research project during the course of their three-year general cardiology fellowship. There are a number of opportunities for fellows to conduct research, including clinical trials and device development, among THI’s multiple research laboratories. Additionally, fellows have the opportunity to participate as reviewers for The Texas Heart Institute Journal.
Our 3-year ACGME certified general cardiology fellowship is open to six fellows per year. We also offer advanced subspecialty fellowships in interventional cardiology, electrophysiology, advanced heart failure, and CT/MRI. After successful completion of the THI general cardiology fellowship program, our fellows are given first preference to subspecialty fellowship positions available at our institution.
Current stipend salaries by PGY level can be found on the Baylor College of Medicine website. Fellows are provided with three weeks of paid vacation. In addition, six holidays are observed for fellows (on call coverage still provided).
Fellows are also provided $1,000 per year to support travel costs to attend a conference of their choosing that is relevant to their career interests. Most fellows generally attend either AHA or ACC their first and second years. Third and fourth years are encouraged to attend subspecialty-focused conferences.
Lastly, incoming fellows are provided with their own personal monogrammed lead set for use in the cardiac cath lab.
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