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Centers offering 1-3 month Fellowships

Allegheny General Hospital
320 East North Avenue
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15212
Contact: Robert W. W. Biederman, MD, FACC
Tel: 412-359-8009
Fax: 412-359-6358
Email: rbiederm@wpahs.org

Visiting Fellowships:
1 week - up to 3 months
Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging
New York, New York
Director: Steven D. Wolff , MD, PhD
Contact: Cindy R. Comeau
Tel: (212) 369-9200
Fax: (212) 369-5048
http://www.mrict.com/VisitingFellowship.asp
Email: info@mrict.com

Courses:
Cardiac MRI Workshop
Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging
New York, New York
Director: Steven D. Wolff , MD, PhD
Contact: Cindy R. Comeau
Tel: (212) 369-9200
Fax: (212) 369-5048
http://www.mrict.com/education.asp
Email: info@mrict.com

Cardiac Imaging at the Heart Hospital, London
Director: Dr James Moon
We offer 3 and 6 month fellowships to learn hands-on training in CMR and interpretation in clinical context. A particular focus is on imaging cardiomyopathy (600 cardiomyopathy scans per year currently).  Training (hands-on Siemens based, lecture based) is sufficient to obtain level 2 accreditation within 3 months. We specificalyl expect trainees to become very good at running the scanners, but the focus is broad on scanning, interpretation, and service delivery (eg setting up a department). There are additional opportunities and formal links for interested individuals to attend sessions in CMR in adult congenital heart disease at Great Ormond Street, cardiomyopathy clinics/multidisciplinary meetings at the Heart Hospital, and on a Philips scanner (London Chest Hospital). See the heart hospital Imaging centre website. www.thhic.com. 
Please contact Dr Derek Hausenloy (course coordinator) d.hausenloy@ucl.ac.uk or james.moon@uclh.nhs.uk +44 2034563081

Cardiovascular Imaging Training Program in Cardio Imaging Center Berlin
Directors: Dr. Hassan Abdel-Aty MD, Dr. Christoph Tillmanns MD,
Email: abdel-aty@cardiomrt.de, tillmanns@cardiomrt.de
Web: http://www.cardiomrt.de/

Description: This program is intended for cardiologists and radiologists wishing to gain basic or in depth CMR knowledge Teaching is done on 'one to one' basis enabling excellent supervision and guidance.
Setting: high throughput (about 60 cases/week) clinical CMR service  with indications covering a wide range of clinical settings.

We provide two types of courses:
1. Fellowships: 1 week, 1 month or 3 months, the later 2 courses should
enable the fellow obtaining level 1 and levels 2 CMR competency
(ACC/CMR) respectively. The program comprises
* Hands on experience
* Case interpretation from daily practice as well as from a
well-prepared extensive teaching file of cases with frequent correlation
to other imaging modalities.
* Didactic course of CMR lectures following the ACC/SCMR curriculum

2. CMR modules : these 1 week modules are intended for fellows with
previous knowledge in CMR who wish to gain a focused insight or to
refresh their experience in one or more areas of CMR :
* CMR of myocardial ischemia.
* Viability assessment.
* Cardiomyopathies and myocarditis.
* CMR assessment of valves and flow.
The centre has  acquired a cutting edge dual source CT for
coronary imaging in 2008 (about 16 cases/week) and a state of the art 3T Skyra will be installed in January 2012. Special arrangements can be made to accommodate a combined CMR/CTA fellowship.
Location: Kurfürstendamm 93  Berlin 10709
Germany

Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Unit
Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
Contact: Dudley Pennell, MD
Tel: +44 20 7351 8810
Fax: +44 20 7351 8816
E-mail:

Cardiovascular MR Laboratories
Washington University School of Medicine
C-TRAIN, Cortex Building, Suite 101
4320 Forest Park Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63108 USA
Course Director: Samuel A. Wickline, MD
Email: saw@howdy.wustl.edu
Website: http://ctrain.wustl.edu
Contact: Mary Watkins
Tel: 314-454-7683
Fax: 314-454-7684
Email: mpw@cmrl.wustl.edu

Course Name: Physician Fellowship in CMR
Description: This course is designed for cardiologists, radiologists, or other physicians, wishing to obtain in-depth knowledge of and experience in the principles of cardiac MRI, its practical implementation in a clinical environment, and reading and interpretation of Cardiovascular MR images. This course is offered as an extended fellowship — typically 3 months. The number of participants is limited. Practical experience is acquired by participating in all CMR scans on our Philips Achieva 1.5T and 3T scanners , Release 2 with the full cardiovascular package, plus some research and pre-release capabilities. While much didactic experience is gained through miscellaneous lectures, the fellowship is offered in conjunction with a Biomedical Engineering course through Washington University ("Cardiovascular MRI — From Physics to Clinical Application" 502 BME).

Cardiovascular MR/CT Center
The Heart Center of Indiana
Indianapolis, Indiana
Director: Michael D. Elliott, MD, FACC
Contact: Shannon Mollenkopf
Tel: 317-583-6044
Fax: 317-583-6273
E-mail: smollenk@thecaregroup.com

Cardiovascular Research Foundation
New York, New York
Director: Steven D. Wolff , MD, PhD
Contact: Cindy R. Comeau
Tel: (212) 369-9200
Fax: (212) 369-5048
Email: info@mrict.com

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire
Cardiology Department
2 rue Larrey
Angers 49033 CEDEX 01
France
Contact: Professor Alain Furber
Tel: 33.02.4135.5147
Fax: 33.02.4135.4004
Email: alfurber@chu-angers.fr

Children's Hospital Boston
Boston, MA
Director: Andrew Powell, MD
Contact: Andrew Powell, MD
Email: andrew.powell@cardio.chboston.org
Phone: 617-355-7655
Fax: 617-739-3784

Description: The patient population is primarily children and adults with congenital heart disease. The typical case volume is 4-6 CMR exams per day, 5 days per week. Opportunities for CMR research are available.

Duke Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Center
Durham, North Carolina
Directors: Robert Judd Ph.D., Raymond Kim M.D.
Contact: Mary Roberts
Tel: 919-668-3539
Fax: 919-668-3539
E-mail: mary.roberts@dcmrc.mc.duke.edu

HELIOS Clinic Berlin and Charite University Medicine Berlin
Schwanebecker Chaussee 50
Berlin 13125, Germany
contact Annette Koehler phone ++49 174 99 35 111 or
annette.koehler@circle-institute.com 
http://www.cmr-berlin.org/englishinformation/education/index.html
We offer intensive teaching based on a busy CMR schedule with in-and outpatients and a broad spectrum of diseases. A one-to-one supervision ensures excellent hands-on-training.

MRT-Zentrum am St. Gertrauden-Krankenhaus
Berlin, Germany
Director: Oliver Strohm MD
Contact: Oliver Strohm MD
Tel: 0049 30 726 166 567
Fax: 0049 30 726 166 577
E-mail: strohm@cardiomrt.de
Website: www.cardiomrt.de

Oklahoma Heart Institute
Director: Edward T. Martin, MD, FACC, FACP
Contact: Shannon P. Crane, CMP
9228 S. Mingo Rd., Ste. 200
Tulsa, OK 74133
Tel: (918) 878-2429
Fax: (918) 878-2436
E-mail: scrane@oklahomaheart.com
Website: www.oklahomaheart.com

University of Pennsylvania Cardiovascular Imaging Fellowship
Cardiovascular Imaging Section — Department of Radiology
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Director: Harold Litt
Contact: Angela Scott
Tel: (215) 662-3044
Fax: (215) 349-5925
Director Email: harold.litt@uphs.upenn.edu
Contact Email: angela.scott@uphs.upenn.edu
Website: http://cmetracker.net/UPRAD/

University of Virginia Health System
Departments of Radiology and Medicine
Box 800170
Charlottesville, VA 22908
Course Director: Christopher Kramer, MD
Contact: Joseph DiMaria
Tel: (434) 243-9239
Fax: (434) 982-1998
E-mail: ckramer@virginia.edu

Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Winston-Salem, NC
Course Director: W. Gregory Hundley MD
Contact: Stephen Darty
Tel: 336-716-1178
Fax: 336-713-0163
E-mail: stdarty@wfubmc.edu

Washington Hospital Center
110 Irving St., NW 4B15
Washington, D.C. 20010
Director: Tony Fuisz M.D.
Tel: 202-877-3321
Fax: 202-877-0011
Email: fuiszt@aol.com 

West Midlands Regional Training Programme in Cardiac Magnetic Resonance

Course Description: A vacancy has arisen on this programme for May 2010. The scheme provides training to Level 2 of the Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance credentialling. We have a track record of success in participants gaining Level 2 Accreditation. The programme is based in the West Midlands (United Kingdom) with most of the scanning time being spent at University Hospital of North Staffordshire, Stoke on Trent (UK) and University Hospital Birmingham (UK). The programe is open to cardiologists and radiologists with a declared interest in cardiac imaging. Interested parties should contact Dr Grant Heatlie, Consultant Cardiologist. University Hospital of North Staffordshire, Newcastle Road, Stoke on Trent ST4 6QG. Email: grant.heatlie@uhns.nhs.uk Phone: +44-(0)1782 553550.

Course Director Name: Dr Grant Heatlie

Course Director Email: grant.heatlie@uhns.nhs.uk
Course Website URL: NA
Start Date: May 2010
End Date: July 2010
Contact Name: Dr Grant Heatlie
Contact Phone: +44-(0)1782 553550