Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Programme

The Interventional Cardiology Fellowship programme was initiated in November 2005.

Objective

The main objective is to produce skilled and academic interventional cardiologists, who at the end of the training would:

• Be competent in taking care of patients requiring interventional procedures;
• Understand and perform high quality interventional procedures;
• Understand basic sciences relating to cardiovascular diseases, principles of radiation, interventional techniques and equipments;
• Perform clinical trials and research in this highly specialised field of cardiology;
• Impart training in diagnostic catheterisation and angiography to cardiology residents/fellows;
• Develop interest in a particular area of interventional cardiology;
• Provide high quality, ethical clinical service to the community;
• Be able to manage cardiac catheterisation laboratory in an institution.

Duration of training

Training period is two years.

Eligibility

• MBBS degree approved by PM&DC
• One year internship with six months in Medicine and allied and six months in Surgery and allied disciplines
• FCPS Part I in Medicine
• FCPS Part II in Cardiology or equivalent
• Minimum of three years of residency/ fellowship training in Cardiology
• Satisfactory completion of training in clinical cardiology
• Demonstrated competence in taking care of critically ill cardiac patients
• Certified in Cardiovascular diseases
• Competency in performing diagnostic coronary angiographies and cardiac catheterisations
• Must be registered with PM&DC to practice cardiology

Scope and content

Clinical training

During training the Fellow must:

• Participate in the planning of the procedure including pre-procedure evaluation
• Understand the selection of appropriate procedure and instruments
• Perform critical technical manipulations during the procedure
• Be actively involved in the post procedural management of the case
• Perform at least 250 therapeutic interventional cardiac procedures by the end of the training period
• Be supervised by the faculty member responsible for the case
• Be available and involved in emergency cases
• Complete three months of electives at another institution
• Spend one month in interventional radiology
• Maintain a procedure log

Research

The interventional fellow is required to be actively involved in the sectional research activities. During the two years of training the fellow should have:

• Completed three research projects submitted in manuscript form to the programme director;
• Presented original research in national or international meeting;
• Initiated or facilitated clinical trial pertaining to interventional cardiology.

Academic

The trainee would be expected to participate in weekly interventional cardiology conference which would include:

• Selection and presentations of cases;
• Present related recent and updated literature;
• Moderate discussion;
• Attend an international interventional cardiology conference outside the country during the two-year period;
• Teach basics of cardiac catheterisations, angiography and interventions to rotating medicine and cardiology residents.

Positions available

One Fellow will be recruited for two years.

Administrative set-up

The Cardiology section is an independent functioning unit within the Department of Medicine. It has seven full-time faculty and eight non full-time faculty members. Dr Sajid Dhakam, Associate Professor is the Programme Director and Section Head of Cardiology. A three-member fellowship committee will look after the affairs of the fellowship programme.

Full-time Faculty

Professor

Dr Mohammad Ataullah Khan
MBBS Sindh; FRCP London; FACP USA

Associate Professors

Dr Sajid Dhakam
MBBS AKU; FACC; FSCAI
Diplomate American Boards of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases and Interventional Cardiology
Programme Director

Dr Fahim H. Jafary
MBBS AKU
Diplomate American Boards of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases and Interventional Cardiology
Diplomate Certification Board in Nuclear Cardiology

Assistant Professors

Dr Aamir Hameed
MBBS Punjab; FCPS (Internal Medicine and Cardiology) Pakistan

Dr Fatehali Tipoo Sultan
MBBS Karachi ; FCPS (Internal Medicine and Cardiology) Pakistan ; Diploma (Clinical Cardiology)

Dr Javed Majid Tai
MBBS Karachi ; FCPS (Medicine and Cardiology) Pakistan

Dr Sohail Abrar Ahmed Khan
MBBS Karachi ; FCPS (Medicine and Cardiology) Pakistan

Dr S.M. Najaf Ali Nadeem
MBBS Karachi ; FCPS Pakistan

Senior Instructors

Dr Sumera Naseem
MBBS; FCPS (Medicine and Cardiology) Pakistan

Part-time Faculty

Dr Abdus Samad
MBBS Punjab
Diplomate American Board of Internal Medicine and Internal Medicine (Cr)

Dr Asad Pathan
MBBS Karachi ; FACC; FSCAI
Diplomate American Boards of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases and Interventional Cardiology

Dr Azam Shafqat
MBBS AKU
Diplomate American Boards of Internal Medicine, Cardiology and Cardiac Electrophysiology

Dr Mohammad Sharif
MBBS Karachi ; FRCP Edinburgh and Glasgow; FCPS Pakistan

Dr Khawar Abbas Kazmi
MBBS Punjab; FCPS Pakistan

Dr Abu Bakr Shaikh
MBBS Karachi
Diplomate American Boards of Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Diseases

Dr Nageeb Basir
MBBS Peshawar ; FRCP Ireland; Diploma in Cardiology, London