1) To provide excellent training in all aspects of inpatient and outpatient clinical cardiology. Cardiologists at CCH see patients with an unusually broad range of diseases. The busy inpatient services (the coronary care unit and the consult service) as well as the eventful outpatient clinics offer fellows ample opportunity for personal experience in the diagnosis and treatment of virtually every sort of cardiovascular condition. In addition, didactic sessions, conferences, teaching rounds and one-on-one experience with cardiology faculty ensure that fellows receive a thorough education in cardiovascular disease.

2) To provide excellent training in the invasive and non-invasive procedures.
Fellows as first operators perform a large number of diagnostic cardiac catheterizations, and also participate in many interventional procedures including PCI and IVUS. Experience in electrophysiology procedures occurs at Rush University Medical Center, where our fellows assist in complex ablations and device implantation.
All standard noninvasive diagnostic techniques are performed at CCH. Fellows obtain extensive hands-on exposure to ECGs, event recorders, echo, stress testing in all modalities, nuclear cardiology, and cardiac CT and MR.

3) To provide an environment of academic freedom in which the highest quality of clinical research can be conducted, with the aim of training new investigators who will provide novel approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases.
Fellows participate in a wide variety of ongoing multicenter trials and also paricipate in research studies initiated here at CCH, including fellow-initiated projects.

We are happy that you have visited our website and would be delighted to have you visit in person having a sincere commitment to guiding you along this pathway. Please contact us for additional information.

Sincerely, 
Russell F. Kelly, MD.
Department Chairman.
(312)864-3034
rkelly@rush.edu