Cardiology PA Fellowship

PA fellows are licensed Physician Assistants who have completed their formal medical education, obtained a Master’s degree in PA medicine, and have passed a national certifying exam. These individuals work as part of the healthcare team at HVI to provide high value, high quality, patient centered care. PA fellows will develop a strong foundation in general cardiology and rotate through subspecialty areas to include electrophysiology, heart failure, structural cardiology, vascular, vein, procedural cardiology, and imaging. Fellows will receive dedicated EKG instructions, participate in professional development and practice improvement projects.

Program Duration:Â 9 months

Class Size: Â 2

Curriculum:Â This program includes both didactic instruction and hands-on clinical training. Time is spent in the inpatient and outpatient setting under the direction of Centra Heart & Vascular Institute Fellowship Faculty, which includes physicians, NPs, and PAs.

Clinical Experience:Â PA Fellows will develop a strong foundation in general cardiology but will also rotate through subspecialty areas to include electrophysiology, heart failure, valve, and structural cardiology, vascular medicine, the vein center, interventional cardiology, cardiac imaging, congenital cardiology, and cardiothoracic surgery. PA Fellows will also complete a community hospital rotation.Â

Didactic Instruction:Â Each rotation will have dedicated didactics to include assigned reading, lectures, and case presentations. Fellows will also participate in Cath conference, morbidity and mortality conference, research and scholarship as well as receive dedicated EKG instruction, documentation educations, mentoring and professional development. During the Fellowship, each Fellow will also complete a practice improvement project.

The ARC-PA has granted Accreditation-Clinical Postgraduate Program status to the Centra Heart & Vascular Institute Fellowship Program sponsored by Centra Heart & Vascular Institute.Â

Accreditation-Clinical Program is the status of accreditation granted when a new or currently accredited clinical postgraduate program is in compliance with the Standards for Clinical Postgraduate Programs. Accreditation-clinical postgraduate program remains in effect until the program closes or withdraws from the accreditation process or until accreditation is withdrawn for failure to comply with the Standards, ARC-PA requirements or procedures.Â

Accreditation-Clinical Postgraduate Program does not ensure any subsequent accreditation status. It is limited to no more than five years from matriculation of the first class.Â

The program's accreditation history can be viewed on the ARC-PA website at Â

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