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Welcome from our program director
Welcome to the Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Program! Welcome from our Program Director, Brian Friedman, MD, and the entire leadership team at HCA Healthcare Kansas City. We are proud to be part of the HCA Healthcare Graduate Medical Education network, the nation's leading provider of quality, patient-centered care and medical education. Every day, our work is driven by a single, powerful mission: Above all else, we are committed to the care and improvement of human life.
Program overview
Under the leadership of Dr. Friedman, our program provides exceptional training to equip you with the advanced knowledge and skills needed to deliver high-quality, compassionate cardiovascular care across the entire human life span. By joining our fellowship, you will benefit from:
- Expert Faculty: Learn state-of-the-art prevention and treatment strategies from diverse, industry-leading experts.
- Robust Curriculum: Gain deep exposure to general cardiovascular disease and its critical subspecialties.
- Interprofessional Teamwork: Collaborate closely with multi-disciplinary teams to create tailored treatment plans and enhance patient experiences.
- Dual-Setting Mastery: Hone your skills across both inpatient and outpatient environments.
- Academic Excellence: Thrive in a positive, professional environment that actively promotes scholarly activity, teaching, and lifelong learning.
Program details
The HCA Healthcare Kansas City Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Program is an exceptional training program that provides fellows with the knowledge and skills necessary to deliver high-quality and compassionate care to cardiovascular patients throughout their life span. We provide state-of-the-art strategies for prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases from faculty, who are diverse in their experiences and experts in their field. We provide robust curriculum that focuses on cardiovascular disease, including its subspecialties, while focusing on the importance of interprofessional teamwork. Through collaboration and interactions with members of the interprofessional team, including physicians from other disciplines, we deliver tailored treatment plans and improve patient experiences in both the inpatient and outpatient settings. In all settings, the program will promote and maintain a positive and professional clinical and educational environment that supports scholarly activity, teaching, and life-long learning to fellows and faculty alike.
Curriculum
Our expertly crafted programs are designed to provide resident physicians with all the experiences and training necessary for professional success.
| Year | Salary | On-Call Meals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| PGY4 | $71,760 | $950 | $72,710 |
| PGY5 | $74,984 | $950 | $75,934 |
| PGY6 | $78,354 | $950 | $79,304 |
FAQs
- Residents, fellows, and faculty will undergo an annual course in well-being to bring attention to burnout, depression, and substance abuse and the symptoms related to this.
- The meaningfulness in the experience of being a physician - including protection of time with patients, minimization of non-physician obligations, and promotion of progressive autonomy - are areas a program will focus on to protect the resident and fellow working environment.
- Access to behavioral health is available through the HCA Employee Assistance Program (EAP) on a 24-hour basis.
- Residents have the opportunity, after consulting with their program director, to attend medical, mental health, and dental care appointments during work hours. It is also understood that there are circumstances in which residents may be unable to attend work, including but not limited to fatigue, illness and family emergencies without fear of negative consequences. The resident or fellow must still communicate timely with their program director if they will not be able to report to work.
- Wellness committee
- Adequate sleep facilities are provided to residents and fellows as needed and transportation for residents or fellows too fatigued to return home will be provided. Education regarding fatigue and the signs of fatigue will be provided for awareness and proper management.
- During orientation, each resident and fellow will complete the Sleep, Alertness and Fatigue Education in Residency "SAFER" course.
- Access to behavioral health is available through the HCA Employee Assistance Program (EAP) on a 24-hour basis.