Cardiology Fellowship

Our Fellowship Program

in our Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship, you’ll receive increasing responsibilities and expectations during the three years of your fellowship, fulfilling the requirements established for board certification in pediatric cardiology by the American Board of Pediatrics. At the completion of three years, we expect you will graduate with outstanding clinical proficiency, a commitment to helping others with your skills, and the ability to function as an effective, exceptionally trained clinician, contributing meaningfully to the field of pediatric cardiology.

Our program gives you:

• An environment conducive to successful learning, scholarship, self-instruction, critical thinking and scientific inquiry. 
• A strong foundation of clinical knowledge in pediatric cardiology through extensive exposure to normal and abnormal cardiovascular conditions, with specific focus on the pathophysiologic basis of congenital and acquired cardiovascular disease in the fetus, neonate, infant, child and adolescent. 
• Proficiency in invasive and non-invasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures necessary for optimal cardiac care in children. 
• Training in interpersonal and administrative skills needed to work effectively as a team member in pediatric cardiac care. 

Training Overview

• Fellows in this program should expect exposure to diverse clinical training. Fellows will also participate in research training and will have substantial research experiences in order to expand their skill set and knowledge base.
• No greater than 40% of the training is dedicated to clinical time while at minimum 60% of the training is dedicated to research.
• The fellow will interact with other subspecialty fellows through didactic lectures and research training courses.
• Fellows will have access to the Delaware Center for Translational Research/ACCEL program at Nemours, including the CTR’s mentoring and research education resources.
• Fellows will have the opportunity to collaborate with members of our multidisciplinary clinical teams.
• Fellows will have access to professional development resources.

Details for 4th Year Advanced Cardiac Noninvasive Imaging Fellow Position (2023—2024 Academic Year)

The successful candidate will be joining a strong team of trainees including first-year, second-year and third-year categorical fellows along with a combined PICU/Cardiology fellow.

The imaging fellowship position is a strong multifaceted program encompassing advanced cross-sectional imaging — CMR and CT, fetal echocardiography and advanced TTE imaging. The focus is on education, research that would cultivate advancement in technical skills, and maturation as an academic imager with ability to develop research and incorporate quality assessment and improvement across multimodality imaging applications.

Echocardiography and Imaging Attendings (Images and links are on Faculty tab)

Shubhika Srivastava, MBBS
Co-Director, Nemours Cardiac Center; Director, Echocardiography Lab; Chief, Pediatric Cardiology

Richard Lorber, MD
Director, Fetal Heart Program

Majeed Bhat, MD
Pediatric Cardiologist, Nemours Cardiac Center

Deepika Thacker, MD
Medical Director, Inpatient Cardiology

Mark J. Cartoski, MD 
Director, Advanced/Cross-Sectional Imaging  

Bradley W. Robinson, MD
Program Director, Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Program; Director, Cardiac Exercise Lab

Shannon Nees, MD 
Pediatric Cardiologist, Nemours Cardiac Center

Matthew Campbell, MD 
Pediatric Cardiologist, Nemours Cardiac Center

Abbas Zaidi, MD
Pediatric Cardiologist, Nemours Cardiac Center

Sharon M.S. Weinberg, MD, FAAP
Pediatric Cardiologist, Nemours Cardiac Center

Application Requirements (for 4th Year Advanced Cardiac Noninvasive Imaging Fellow Position only)

1. CV
2. Personal Statement
3. Two Letters of Recommendation — Letters must be accompianed by evaluation form
4. Nemours Application

Accepting Applications From:

• U.S. citizens
• Permanent Residents (Green Card holder)
• Applicants on a J1 visa

Email All Requirements to:

Erin Galbraith
Program Coordinator, Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Program
erin.galbraith@nemours.org