Conferences

Conferences & Lectures

Daily morning conference being held at Dr. Kelly’s conference room. This covers a series of lectures that represents core structure for teaching. Lectures would be given by attendings from CCH, and guests pioneering in specific topics would be invited on a monthly basis. These lectures would concentrate mainly on cardiology related topics (CAD, cardiomyopathies, valve disease, vascular diseases, congenital heart disease, arrhythmias, EKG, echo, stress tests, etc…), but also will have some lectures covering topics cardiologist deal with frequently (Ventilators, diabetes, rehab, etc…).
Basic fellow guide lectures: a series of lectures aiming to facilitate fellow transition into the program. The goal of these lectures is to give basic tips about what the fellow has to deal with in each rotation, how to survive it and expectations as far as number of procedures needed to be certified. It would also focus on ACC/AHA guidelines for diagnostic testing, how to perform procedures, and how to interpret test results.
Collaborative conference with cardiothoracic surgery: every Tuesday morning we meet at Dr. Kelly’s conference room with surgeons to discuss cases related to surgery, and fellows get valuable input from a surgical prospective regarding their own clinic, consult, or CCU patients.
Case-conference: every other Thursday, we hold a noon conference, focusing on management of interesting cases and challenging fellows with optimal management. Dr. Margeta with chief fellows prepare this conference to gain most teaching value.
Grand rounds conference: every Friday at the Cardiology Conference Room in Rush university medical center, cases would be presented by Rush and CCH fellows in presence of faculty from both hospitals. This conference is usually modulated by Dr. James Calvin from Rush.
Nuclear-Cath correlation conference: every other Monday morning, held at Rush, modulated by Dr. Rami Doukky and Dr. Jeffery Soble. It focuses on reading nuclear studies and comparing results with coronary angiogram.
M&M conference: Once a month, a fellow would present a case that had major complication to discuss implications and ways of improvement.
Journal Club: Once a month. During this conference a fellow presents one of the new articles and discussion would focus on clinical aspects as well as statistics.