Electrophysiology Fellowship curriculum

The Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship is an ACGME-accredited, two-year fellowship. We accept up to three new fellows annually. The program is based at Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center, with additional training at Aurora Medical Center – Grafton.

Our program offers unparalleled opportunity for extensive training in electrophysiology under the supervision of 11 faculty electrophysiologists. The scope of training is comprehensive in both clinical electrophysiology and research, and fellows are encouraged to participate in faculty members' ongoing projects or an independent project.

Fellows develop a basic understanding of management and treatment of arrhythmias, as well as appropriate use of noninvasive and invasive electrophysiology techniques. Under the supervision of the electrophysiology faculty, fellows attend outpatient clinics; participate in and interpret studies; participate in pacemaker management, inpatient consultations and management; and interpret surveillance and ambulatory devices.

Annual procedures

Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center: 3,000

Aurora Medical Center – Grafton: 500

Didactic

Weekly

• Monday - Noon–1 p.m. - Surface ECG and Intracardiac Tracings with Dr. Masood Akhtar
• Friday- 7–9 a.m. - Basic Science Conference/Case Review with Dr. Jasbir Sra/Dr. Indrajit Choudhuri

Monthly

• Monday - 5:30–7 p.m. - Journal Club/Research/M&M Conference with faculty and fellows
• 2nd Tuesday - 5–9 p.m. - Warren Jackman, Visiting Professor Lecture Series
• 2nd Wednesday - 8 a.m.–Noon - Live Case Review/Didactic Session with Dr. Warren Jackman

Teaching rounds

One faculty member per week is dedicated to teaching rounds from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. During that time, the faculty member is available without any other commitments other than bedside teaching rounds (no clinics or procedures). Fellows will attend teaching rounds as well as participate in cases in between the attending’s teaching rounds.

Call schedule: PGY VII on call is no more than every fourth week over the year, with back up by EP attending. PGY VIII on call is no more than every 4–6 weeks over the year, with back up by EP attending.

Rotation: Second-year fellows complete 10 months at Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center and four months at Aurora Medical Center in Grafton. Clinic is a half-day per week.

EP consult and inpatient services at St. Luke’s: There is a cap of eight patients per day (including three new patients) per fellow. The rest of inpatient service is shared with five NPs and a cardiology fellow, and 1st/2nd year EP fellows. On average, fellows will see two to four patients per day.

Procedures: There are a minimum number of procedures required over two years, including conscious sedation, tilt-table testing, catheter ablation and ICD implants, among many others. Procedure exposure and skills progress over time, with fellows observing and acting as secondary operators in the first one to two months. By 15 to 24 months, the fellow is the primary operator in all procedures.

Fellows receive 17 vacation days and five sick days per year.

Research & conferences

Fellows have to perform at least one meaningful, supervised scholarly activity during their training year. During this experience, the fellow will learn the standards of ethical conduct of research; design and interpretation of research studies; responsible use of informed consent; research methodology and interpretation of data.

Fellows are granted five conference days per year. This includes:

• One PGY VII/PGY VIII at St. Luke’s
• Annual HRS Scientific Session and AF-VT-VF Symposium (all fellows attend)
• Annual AF VF VT Summit – an international-level course directed by Jasbir Sra, MD

Apply to the fellowship

Learn how to apply to the Aurora Electrophysiology Fellowship program. Get information about candidate requirements and the application process. Apply to Electrophysiology Fellowship program