Adult Congenital Heart Disease and Pulmonary Hypertension Fellowship Program 

Michelle Gurvitz, MD

Michelle Gurvitz, MD

Senior Fellowship Director

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Christopher Learn, MD

Christopher Learn, MD

Mass General Program Site Director

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Fernando Baraona Reyes

Fernando Baraona Reyes

Associate Director

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The Adult Congenital Heart Disease and Pulmonary Hypertension is a 2 year, ACGME-accredited fellowship of the highest caliber. It is a multi-institutional program at Boston Children’s Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Massachusetts General Hospital.

The training program encompasses a broad depth of experiences designed to provide expertise in the management of adults with congenital heart disease and pulmonary vascular disease. It places candidates on a career pathway that gives them a solid foundation and accomplishment for program building and leadership in the field of ACHD. The goal of the fellowship is to train leaders in the field of adult congenital heart disease, with an emphasis on clinical excellence, innovative research, and education.

Quick Facts

  • As of 2016, the Adult Congenital Heart Disease and Pulmonary Hypertension Fellowship is a two year ACGME-accredited fellowship program
  • The Adult Congenital Heart Disease and Pulmonary Hypertension Fellowship accepts one - two fellows per year

Adult Congenital Heart Disease Fellowship Topics

Program Goals

The overall education goal of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease and Pulmonary Hypertension Fellowship is to prepare trainees to practice competently and independently as experts in the clinical care of adult congenital heart patients and to advance the field of adult congenital heart disease by scientific discovery.

Clinical Training

The clinical program includes training in outpatient and inpatient care with collaboration of multidisciplinary programs including pulmonary vascular disease, advanced heart failure, aortic conditions and connective tissue disorders, electrophysiology, exercise physiology, cardiac imaging, interventional cardiology, quality initiatives and pregnancy and cardiovascular disease. Fellows actively participate in dedicated conferences to discuss management issues in ACHD patients.

Research Opportunities

The Cardiovascular Medicine Division at Brigham and Women’s Hospital has a long history of leading clinical and basic research. The fellowship program provides training in advanced technology and research that will form the basis for cardiovascular research in the coming decades. Research training may be based at BWH, BCH, MGH, Harvard Medical School, MIT, or other associated Harvard University laboratories.

Faculty

Brigham and Women’s Hospital is a scientific, clinical, and academic stronghold with a long history of firsts. Our culture promotes excellence in patient care, teaching and research and affords an exceptional environment for clinical training and participation in exciting advances in research. Brigham and Women’s Hospital Adult Congenital faculty are board certified cardiovascular experts with their ACHD specialty certification and full-time academic appointments at Harvard Medical School.

Teaching Facilities

The ACHD Fellowship is a partnership between Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), and Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH), and Massachusetts General Hospital. It is centralized under the internal medicine program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. The state-of-the-art Shapiro Cardiovascular Center at BWH has 136 beds providing the full range of cardiovascular services.

Applications

All application materials must be submitted through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS).

Each application is reviewed in its entirety with an eye toward a combination of overall academic excellence, leadership ability, career development potential and personal character. The program accepts 1 – 2 fellows per year.

Interview

Interviews will be held in October and the final selection will be in December.

All interviews will be virtual.

Current Fellows

Charmaine Lam, MD

Charmaine Lam, MD

First Year

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Christopher Valle, MD

Christopher Valle, MD

First Year

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Christopher DeZorzi, MD

Christopher DeZorzi, MD

Second Year

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Program Contact

For any questions regarding our fellowship program please contact bwhcardiofellowship@bwh.harvard.edu.

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