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Welcome from our Program Director
The Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program at HCA Healthcare Kansas City is part of the HCA Healthcare Graduate Medical Education network. HCA Healthcare is the nation's leading provider of quality, patient-centered care. We are also the leader in graduate medical education, all brought together by a single mission: Above all else, we are committed to the care and improvement of human life.
Rajendran Sabapathy, MD
Program Director
Program overview
Our program will prepare fellows to evaluate, diagnose, and develop treatment plans for patients with known, with suspected, or at risk of developing coronary artery disease, vascular disease, and acquired structural heart disease. Procedural competence is a critical portion of the Interventional Cardiology Fellowship. Fellows will be trained perform a variety of coronary artery interventional procedures including but not limited to balloon angioplasty and stenting.
Program details
Salary and benefits
| Year | Salary | On-Call Meals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| PGY6 | $78,354 | $950 | $79,304 |
| PGY7 | $82,264 | $950 | $83,214 |
| PGY8 | $86,382 | $950 | $84,332 |
Benefits
HCA provides a comprehensive list of personal benefits. The most current plans and enrollment and renewal information may be found at hcahranswers.com. Benefits include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Medical benefits, dental and vision
- Short-term disability
- Long-term disability
- Life insurance
- Flexible spending accounts
- HCA 401(k)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Conference and Travel Expense
- Cell Phone
- Laptop
Curriculum highlights
Fellows complete a one-year training program. Every month is based in the cardiac catheterization laboratory. Didactics will be delivered through the cardiology lecture series presented by faculty and cardiology fellows which include weekly cardiac catheterization conferences, cardiology conferences, journal club, and daily academic rounds on all rotations.
Curriculum and Didactics:
- Alternating monthly rotations between Overland Park Regional Medical Center and Research Medical Center
- Clinic is one day / week
- Call is one night / week, and one weekend / month
- Didactics includes: case conference, journal club, M&M, and Grand Rounds
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.