Nearly every clinician must be able to evaluate and treat patients with cardiac disease, as they
represent the largest subset of patients with significant disease. The Clinical Cardiology Elective
is offered both as a 4-week comprehensive review of cardiology and a 2-week focused review of the
most important skills in clinical cardiology. The course director is Dr. Joseph Esterson. For
information about the clinical cardiology elective, please contact Donna Fye at dfye@med.miami.edu
Primary Goals (2 & 4 week programs)
1. Students are trained to further develop and hone their cardiac bedside examination skills and are
expected to be able to explain the physiologic significance of bedside findings and to be able to
list a reasonable diagnosis based on the history and bedside examination.
2. Students are trained to interpret the most important 12-lead ECG and arrhythmia findings.
3. Students are trained to identify and manage patients with a wide range of cardiovascular
problems, including: acute coronary syndrome, heart failure, hypertension, valvular heart disease,
congenital heart disease and pericardial heart disease.
Course Structure - 4 Week Program
1. The diagnosis and management of heart valvular disease, coronary disease, hypertensive heart
disease, heart failure and congenital lesions are covered by interactive and didactic lectures,
patient presentations, the UMedic multimedia computer curriculum, and by group and individual
sessions with Harvey, the Cardiopulmonary Patient Simulator.
2. Students will learn 12-lead ECG and arrhythmia interpretation through daily small group sessions
with faculty.
3. While patients are evaluated (during certain rotations), there are no specific patient care
responsibilities.
4. Student evaluation is achieved by several methods, including pre- and post-testing of skills and
cognitive knowledge and daily contact with faculty during large- and small-group sessions.
Course Structure - 2 Week Program
1. The diagnosis and management of heart valvular disease, coronary disease, hypertensive heart
disease, heart failure and congenital lesions are covered by interactive and didactic lectures, the
UMedic multimedia computer curriculum, and by group and individual sessions with Harvey, the
Cardiopulmonary Patient Simulator.
2. Students will learn 12-lead ECG and arrhythmia interpretation through daily small group sessions
with faculty.
3. Student evaluation is achieved by several methods, including pre- and post-testing of skills and
cognitive knowledge and daily contact with faculty during large- and small-group sessions.
We would like to recognize our very talented and dedicated Faculty for the Cardiology
Elective.
| University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Faculty: |
| Sharon Andrade, MD |
Stress Testing |
| Martin Bilsker, MD |
Echocardiography |
| Robert Hendel, MD |
Non-Invasive Imaging; Echocardiography |
| Humberto Martinez, MD |
Chest Radiology |
| Barry Materson, MD |
Hypertension |
| Raul Mitrani, MD |
Therapy of Arrhythmias |
| Robert Myerburg, MD |
Sudden Cardiac Death |
| Hector Rivera, MD |
Bedside CV Skills |
| Ross Scalese, MD |
Acute Coronary Syndrome, Bedside CV Skills |
| Brian Stang, MD |
Therapy of Angina |
| Voluntary Faculty |
| Salah Amer, MD |
Anticoagulation for Interventional Cardiology |
| Howard Berlin, MD |
Bedside CV Skills |
| Juan Carlos Brenes, MD |
Echocardiography |
| John Cogan, MD |
Pacemakers |
| Cesar Conde, MD |
Non-Invasive Imaging; Stress Testing |
| Alvaro Martinez, MD |
Bedside CV Skills |
| Alvaro Mayorga-Cortes, MD |
Cardiac Risk Factors |
| Sameer Mehta, MD |
Transluminal Angioplasty |
| Frank Pearl, MD |
Heart Failure; Therapy of Angina |
