Task Force 7: Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Training in Pulmonary Hypertension, Advanced Heart Failure, and Transplantation

• Published in: Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 66; no. 6; pp. 732 - 739
• Main Authors: Webber, Steven A., MB, ChB, Hsu, Daphne T., MD, FAAP, FACC, FAHA, Ivy, D. Dunbar, MD, FAAP, FACC, Kulik, Thomas J., MD, Pahl, Elfriede, MD, FAAP, FACC, Rosenthal, David N., MD, Morrow, W. Robert, MD, FAAP, FACC, Feinstein, Jeffrey A., MD
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 11-08-2015; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Advisory Committees; Cardiology; Cardiology - education; Cardiology - standards; Cardiovascular; Children & youth; clinical competence; Clinical Competence - standards; Colleges & universities; Committees; Core curriculum; Eisenmenger physiology; Employment; FDA approval; fellowship training; Heart attacks; Heart failure; Heart Failure - diagnosis; Heart Failure - therapy; heart transplantation; Heart Transplantation - education; Heart Transplantation - methods; Heart Transplantation - standards; Hospitals; Humans; Hypertension, Pulmonary - diagnosis; Hypertension, Pulmonary - therapy; Internal Medicine; Internship and Residency - methods; Internship and Residency - standards; Intubation; Laboratories; Medicine; pediatric cardiology; Pediatrics; Pediatrics - education; Pediatrics - standards; Peer review; Physicians; Physiology; Pulmonary hypertension; Reporting requirements; Societies, Medical - standards; SPCTPD/ACC/AAP/AHA Training Statement; Task forces; Writing; SPCTPD/ACC/AAP/AHA Training Statement; heart failure; fellowship training; clinical competence; heart transplantation; pulmonary hypertension; Eisenmenger physiology; pediatric cardiology
• ISSN: 0735-1097; 1558-3597
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.03.013

[...]core training in pediatric cardiology must include sufficient clinical exposure and didactic opportunities for the trainee to gain competency in the evaluation and management of children with these diseases. Physiology Normal pulmonary vascular physiology, including the "neonatal transition" in pulmonary vascular resistance Distinction between PH and elevated pulmonary vascular resistance (i.e.\n Dunbar Ivy Children's Hospital Colorado--Director, Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension Program; University of Colorado School of Medicine--Chief, Pediatric Cardiology; Selby's Chair of Pediatric Cardiology; Professor of Pediatrics None None None None None None Thomas J. Kulik Boston Children's Hospital--Senior Associate in Cardiology; Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program, Department of Cardiology; Harvard Medical School--Associate Professor of Pediatrics None None None None None None W. Robert Morrow Children's Medical Center, Dallas--Executive Vice President; Chief Clinical Officer None None None None None None Elfriede Pahl Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital--Medical Director, Heart Transplantation and Heart Failure; M.E. Wodika Research Chair; Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine--Professor of Pediatrics None None None None None None David N. Rosenthal Lucille Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford University--Professor of Pediatrics None None None None None None Table 2 Core Curricular Competencies and Evaluation Tools for Advanced Pediatric Heart Failure FDA indicates U.S. Food and Drug Administration.