Division of Cardiology

The residency's major focus is outpatient care and evaluation, physical exam, review of laboratory data, discussion of treatment; prognosis, etc. The medical students are involved with inpatient rounds and consults while attending lectures and case conferences about pediatric and fetal cardiac medicine.

The goal of the residency elective is to help students:

• Understand and recognize cardiovascular signs and symptoms
• Develop a differential diagnosis
• Provide initial evaluation and management
• Determine referral needs as appropriate.

Topics covered include:

• Heart sounds and murmurs
• Age-related changes in vital signs
• Cardiac arrhythmias
• Electrocardiology
• Available imaging modalities for cardiology
• Pre and post-natal cardiac circulation
• Key principles related to the use of cardiovascular medications.

Students should gain an understanding of the presentation, treatment, and prognosis of various cardiac conditions. They also participate in inpatient rounds and consultations.

The division provides didactic lectures for the summer core resident lecture series, the cardiac pathophysiology lectures series for 2nd-year students, and the annual perinatology imaging conference.

This is along with noon conferences, case conferences, and joint conferences with perinatology and neonatology, maternal-fetal medicine conferences, emergency medicine conferences, and cardiovascular conferences throughout the year.