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Structural Heart Disease Imaging Fellowship

The Structural Heart and Valve Disease program at Emory University is offering a one-year, non-ACGME accredited advanced imaging fellowship to individuals who have graduated from an ACGME-accredited cardiology fellowship program. Fellows will be trained in the evaluation, management, and procedural guidance of structural heart procedures, gaining expertise in multimodality imaging techniques used in evaluating structural heart disease including TTE, TEE, advanced 3D TEE imaging, and structural CT for procedure planning. Experience will include the evaluation and guidance of procedures including:

  • Transseptal puncture

  • Transcatheter mitral valve repair and replacement (TMVr and TMVR) including MitraClip, valve in valve, valve in ring, valve in MAC, as well as investigational mitral devices

  • Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)

  • Transcatheter tricuspid valve repair and replacement

  • Balloon mitral and aortic valvuloplasty

  • Left atrial appendage closure

  • Percutaneous paravalvular leak closure

  • Percutaneous PFO, ASD and VSD closure

  • Novel procedures such as BASILICA and LAMPOON

At the end of the training, the fellow will have obtained COCATS Level III competency in echocardiography and cardiac CT. Additionally, the fellow can gain experience in cardiac MRI with additional training.   

Program Details

  • Position: One-year, non-ACGME* accredited position in structural heart disease imaging, to begin July 1

  • Number of positions: One

  • Location: Emory University Structural Heart and Valve Disease Program at Emory University Hospital Midtown and Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, GA

  • Compensation: PGY-7 salary, benefits (health care, dental) and three weeks of vacation

  • Prerequisite: Completion of a three-year general cardiology fellowship at an ACGME accredited program, COCATS Level II echo, COCATS Level I cardiac CT (Level II preferred)

 *Non-ACGME hires will be hired as “instructors, associates or senior associates” through Emory University School of Medicine. This results in the signing of a two-year, 25-mile non-compete clause as part of the contract. A full Georgia license will be required.

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Imaging: Fellows will work alongside experienced structural heart/interventional imagers in the pre-procedural diagnosis and procedural planning, intraprocedural guidance and monitoring of complications, and finally in the short- and long-term follow up.

  • Heart Team: Participate in weekly multidisciplinary heart team meetings

  • Inpatient service: Participate in the management of structural heart patients on the dedicated structural heart inpatient service, with the support of PAs and NPs

  • Clinic: Attend a weekly combination clinic with an structural interventionalist and cardiac surgeon to evaluate new patients

  • Research: Participate in clinical research being performed by the structural heart team. If presenting at a conference, expenses will be covered by the Emory structural heart program.


Application Information

Fellowship position(s) for July 1, 2024- June 30, 2025, have been filled.

Applications are closed as we have selected a fellow for our 2024 academic year. Please feel free to apply for the 2025 academic year beginning April 1, 2024.

If you are interested in the Structural Heart Disease Imaging Fellowship Training Program at Emory University, please complete the application by selecting the link below to apply. Applications will be open April 1, 2024 – June 30, 2024.

Our hiring team intends to begin reviewing candidate applications in July 2024. If you are among qualified candidates, you will receive an email from our Program Coordinator, Shandala Monroe, requesting to schedule an interview. You will be notified of the status of your application in August 2024.

Interested applicants can email Shandala M. Monroe, Fellowship Program Coordinator, with any questions.

All trainees must be able to obtain a Georgia medical license.

Required application materials:

  • Application Form

  • Current CV

  • Brief personal statement

  • At least two letters of recommendation (one from program director and one from either an imaging or structural attending)

  • If you are a graduate of a medical school outside of the US or Canada, please send a copy of your ECFMG certificate.



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