The Cardiology Fellowship Program

John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital formerly known as a Cook County Hospital offers a fully accredited, three year fellowship training program. The philosophy of Cook County Hospital is that providing exceptional training to our cardiology fellows and providing excellent cue to our patients we intimately related.

The specific aims of the Cardiology Fellowship Program are:

1. To provide excellent training in all aspects of inpatient and outpatient clinical cardiology.

Cardiologists at Stroger Hospital see patients with an unusually broad range of diseases. The busy inpatient services, including the coronary care unit and the consult service, and the busy outpatient clinics offer fellows ample opportunity for personal experience in the diagnosis and treatment of virtually every sort of cardiovascular condition. In addition, didactic sessions lectures, conferences, teaching rounds and one-on-one experience with cardiology faculty ensure that fellows receive a thorough education in cardiovascular disease.

2. To provide excellent training in the selection, performance, and interpretation of noninvasive  and invasive diagnostic techniques.

All standard noninvasive diagnostic techniques are performed at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital. Fellows obtain extensive hands-on exposure to electrocardiography, echocardiography (including transthoracic, transesophageal, and stress echo), treadmill and pharmacological stress testing,, nuclear cardiology, and ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring.

Fellows perform a large number of diagnostic cardiac catheterization procedures as first operator during their training at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital, and also participate in all percutaneous coronary interventional procedures. Experience in electrophysiology procedures is provided by having fellows spend two months during their training at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, where they assist in the performance of diagnostic and therapeutic studies.

3. To provide experience in the planning, performance, and interpretation of cardiovascular
research.

For several decades, cardiology has been fortunate to experience an incredible advancement in knowledge of basic pathophysiology, a marked increase in the number and utility of noninvasive and invasive diagnostic techniques, and remarkable progress in the identification and introduction of effective new pharmacological and interventional therapies, and the pace of progress shows no signs of slowing. Remaining up to date is critical for every cardiologist.

One of the best ways to learn to understand the cardiology literature is to perform research. Fellows have the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of ongoing research studies at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital, and are encouraged to initiate their own projects.

Contact Information:

Russell F. Kelly, M.D., Chairman & Program Director
Division of Adult Cardiology
1901 West Harrison Street
Chicago, IL 60612
Attention: Ruby N. Stamps

Email:

rstubbs@cookcountyhhs.org (fellowship program)
rkelly@rush.edu (chairman)

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