Interventional Cardiology Fellowship 

About the Program

Quick Facts

  • Interventional Cardiology Training Program was formed in 1999
  • One year training program
  • 2 ACGME accredited fellowship positions
  • Busy cath lab with 3 dedicated coronary labs
  • Rotate between University of Iowa Health Care Mdical Center and Iowa City VA Medical Center
  • Weekly Continuity Clinic
  • 6 Board certified Interventional Cardiologists faculty members
  • Weekly didactic and case conferences

Program Goals

The goal of the Interventional Cardiology Training Program is to train the fellow to independently perform catheter-based cardiovascular and peripheral interventions involving various devices and modalities at a level of proficiency to provide the highest quality of interventional care. The trainee will be expected to acquire both the cognitive knowledge base and the technical skills for multiple interventional devices in addition to mastering the knowledge base involved in patient selection, pre and post-procedure care, recognition and management of complications, and the scientific basis of advances within the field.

Fellows as Clinician Educators Program (FACE)

For future clinician-educators.

Interdisciplinary Fellowship Conference

Common curriculum for fellows in a divisions of the Department.

Clinical Experiences

  • Fellows perform coronary procedures at both the University of Iowa MCU cath lab and the Iowa City VAMC cath lab
    • Both labs are staffed by University of Iowa attending interventional cardiologists and VAMC is just across the street from the MCU campus
  • Fellows attend a weekly outpatient clinic with one of our interventional or structural heart faculty to enable exposure to complex patients
    • Clinics will rotate halfway through the year to allow you the chance to work with multiple faculty
  • Fellows share call duty and will take approximately half of the calls each
    • STEMI program includes ECPR program
    • Coverage arranged for vacations, conferences, medical leave, family leave
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Clinical Conferences

  • Cardiology Grand Rounds
    • Mondays 12-1pm
  • Interventional Cardiology Clinical Conference
    • Wednesday Mornings 7-8am
  • Cardiac Surgery (CT)/Cardiology Combined Conference
    • Thursday 7-8am
  • Internal Medicine Ground Rounds
    • Thursdays 12-1pm
  • Interventional Cardiology & Acute Cardiac Care Journal Club
    • Monthly
  • Interventional Cardiology Board Review
    • Bi-monthly

Our Facilities

University of Iowa Health Care edical Center (MCU)

UI Health Care is the sole comprehensive academic medical center in the state of Iowa.
  • MCU has 889 beds
    • 24 CVICU Beds
    • 47 Med-Surg Cardiology Beds
  • 1,200 Physicians
    • 62 Cardiologists
      • 45 Clinical Cardiologists
      • 17 Research Cardiologists

Services offered include:

  • Heart and Vascular Services
    • General Cardiology
    • Interventional Cardiology
    • Cardiac Surgery
    • Electrophysiology
    • Heart Failure
    • Pediatric and Adolescent Cardiology
    • Vascular Surgery
  • Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • Pulmonology
Catheterization Laboratory Facilities
Catheterization Laboratory Facilities
Catheterization Laboratory Facilities

UI MCU lab was remodeled in 2023.

  • Seven total labs
  • Three labs dedicated to coronary and structural procedures
  • Philips Azurion FlexArm and biplane imaging systems
  • ACIST CVi and manual coronary injection systems
  • Rotational, laser and lithotripsy atherectomy systems
  • MCS options including Impella, Impella-RP, ECMO and Tandem Heart

 

 

IC VAMC lab remodeled in 2025.

  • Three total labs
  • Dedicated coronary lab
  • Seimens Artis Q biplane imaging system
  • ACIST CVi coronary injection system
  • Rotational and lithotripsy atherectomy
  • Outpatient and inpatient procedures
  • Overnight coverage provided at UI MCU simplifying nighttime call