{"id":13975,"date":"2023-09-05T12:01:27","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T17:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiacsciencesmb.ca\/?page_id=13975"},"modified":"2023-09-11T14:30:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T19:30:45","slug":"transcatheter-aortic-valve-implantation-fellowship-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cardiacsciencesmb.ca\/students-trainees\/transcatheter-aortic-valve-implantation-fellowship-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Fellowship Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-id13975_900359-82 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id13975_900359-82 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id13975_900359-82 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id13975_900359-82 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id13975_900359-82 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id13975_900359-82 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id13975_900359-82 aligncenter wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-1-columns kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-top\">\n<style>.kadence-column13975_4431f0-f3 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column13975_4431f0-f3 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column13975_4431f0-f3 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column13975_4431f0-f3 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column13975_4431f0-f3 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column13975_4431f0-f3 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column13975_4431f0-f3{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column13975_4431f0-f3 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column13975_4431f0-f3 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column13975_4431f0-f3 inner-column-1\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Training Duration<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>12 months<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trainee Funding<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Salary is competitive and comes from a variety of sources.&nbsp; Trainees will be eligible for billing consultations and assisting fees, where appropriate, to assist in self-funding this training program.&nbsp; Consideration can be given to candidates who come with funding from their home institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Program Commitment<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>The program commits the following to prospective trainees:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>&gt;150-200 TAVI procedure encounters each year<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&gt;250 TAVI consultation and patient assessment encounters each year<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Development proficiencies related to the TAVI procedure in a graded, supervised fashion\n<ul>\n<li>Safe access using ultrasound guidance and micropuncture techniques<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Insertion of the sheath\/valve system<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Effective methods for crossing stenosed aortic valve<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Primary\/secondary operator in at minimum 50 cases<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trainee Deliverables<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Call requirements\n<ul>\n<li>1 in 3 call either in cardiac surgery or interventional cardiology, depending on stream<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 weekend of call\/month<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No call on days preceding TAVI operator days<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Consultation requirements\n<ul>\n<li>Monday-Friday 9-5 responsibility for first assessment of inpatient TAVI consultations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ward duties\n<ul>\n<li>Dedicated rounding on post-TAVI patients\n<ul>\n<li>Coordinating with other services<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Discharge planning<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Access site assessments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research requirements\n<ul>\n<li>1-2 projects in the fellowship year, done to completion (either submitted for publication or for presentation at conference)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Teaching requirements\n<ul>\n<li>Co-lead monthly TAVI educational series<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Co-lead biannual TAVI journal club<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Weekly Schedule<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Monday<\/strong> &#8211; Clinic<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tuesday<\/strong> &#8211; TAVI day (typically 4 cases)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wednesday<\/strong> &#8211; Imaging (CT heart\/coronaries, Echo, dedicated TAVI CT, 3Mensio usage)\/Academic day<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thursday<\/strong> &#8211; Hybrid TAVI procedures OR General cath lab\/cardiac surgery operating room<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Friday<\/strong> &#8211; General cath lab\/cardiac surgery operating room<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:27px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Application Process:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Interested individuals should send their CV, a letter of intent, and three reference letters to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TAVI Fellowship Program Co-Directors: Aaron Spooner, MD, FRCSC and Malek Kass, MD, FRCPC<br>Division of Cardiac Sciences, St. Boniface Hospital <br>c\/o Jessica Fraser<br>Y33015 \u2013 409 Tache Avenue<br>Winnipeg, Manitoba R2H 2A6<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"Email: jfraser2@sbgh.mb.ca\" title=\"\">E-mail: jfraser2@sbgh.mb.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"Tel: 204-258-1000\">Tel: 204-258-1000<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em> Application cycle will close at the end of June of the year preceding expected start date of fellowship (Ie. 12 months before).\u00a0 Fellowship start date begins on July 1 of the year. <\/em> <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Training Duration 12 months Trainee Funding Salary is competitive and comes from a variety of sources.&nbsp; 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