The Advanced Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation Fellowship provides a one-year training on the inpatient advanced heart failure, heart transplantation and pulmonary hypertension service with attendings trained in all three fields. The fellow attends clinic one day per week and learns the management of immunosuppression therapy with attending supervision. The fellow has exposure to the management of ventricular assist devices from the cardiology and surgical attendings. The fellowship provides an opportunity to learn the techniques of right ventricular endomyocardial biopsy and right heart catheterization with vasoreactivity testing. Opportunities for clinical research are also available during the year.

Please send your curriculum vitae, research interests, and letters of recommendation discussing your skills as a clinician, including letters from the program directors of your current and past training programs to:

Teresa De Marco, M.D.
Director, Heart Failure and Pulmonary Hypertension Program
Medical Director, Heart Transplantation
505 Parnassus Ave., M1180
San Francisco, California 94143-0124

Download the application for the Heart Failure Training Program for 2009 by clicking here.

For more information, contact:
Norisa Berardi, Fellowship Coordinator
Telephone: (415) 502-1115
Fax: (415) 353-9190
E-mail: nberard@itsa.ucsf.edu