UPMC Harrisburg Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Program

Through broad exposure during clinical rotations, balanced by access to cutting edge research and technologies, UPMC Harrisburg Cardiovascular Fellowship's primary goal is to graduate great cardiologists, ready to tailor their careers in line with their goals. See below for further details.

In addition to core curriculum, fellows will have adequate time in the schedule for research and electives. The first year of fellowship will focus on developing the core skills.

• Sample Block Schedule (PDF)
• Total Rotation Months (PDF)

Core rotations will offer a broad, multidisciplinary clinical exposure. 

Rotations

• Consult – consult rotations take place at each of our 3 hospital locations. Each location offers a slightly different experience. Consult services provide the opportunity to work within a team of health care professionals.
• ICU – manage the cardiology ICU team at our UPMC Harrisburg tertiary level campus.
• EP – manage the EP consultation service at our UPMC Harrisburg location.
• Cath – gain hands on experience in the cath lab at UPMC Harrisburg where over 5,000 procedures are performed yearly. Senior fellows have the opportunity to get a more intimate experience at UPMC West Shore.
• Echo – learn how to perform and interpret transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiograms at UPMC Harrisburg. Our practice completed close to 40,000 echoes in the last year. Our third year and graduating fellows have typically completed more than 100-150 TEEs.
• Nuclear – learn how to perform and interpret SPECT, PET, and PYP nuclear studies in our bustling outpatient offices. Our practice completed over 4,000 of these studies in the last year, and fellows have the opportunity to interpret all of them. Our third year and graduating fellows have typically interpreted more than 700 studies.
• Imaging – learn how to perform and interpret cardiac CT scans and get an introductory experience to cardiac MRI. Our practice completed over 2,000 cardiac CT scans and over 600 cardiac MRIs in the last year.
• Elective – gain more experience in your field of choice or spend time in a more specialized area of the field. Fellows have previously done rotations in advanced heart failure, mechanical circulatory support, vascular imaging, adult congenital heart disease, and others.

Call for fellows is mostly at home. The call schedule for first year fellows begins after the Labor Day holiday and averages one weeknight per week and one weekend in six. Second year fellows cover primary call until the Labor Day holiday and then one weekend every six weeks and no weeknights. Second year fellows take after hour office calls one weeknight per week. Third year fellows take office calls until Labor Day and then no call thereafter.

 Our unique faculty, position, and patient population in Central Pennsylvania has allowed us to be involved in most of the pivotal structural heart trials spanning over a decade. In many of these trials we were the leading national or international enroller. With our growth, we are actively involved in trials that cover the breadth of cardiology to include heart failure, interventional, vascular, and structural.  

 View our clinical trials for cardiac care.

 We have access to the University of Pittsburgh's Health Sciences Library System

Atizazul Mansoor, MD. Dr. Mansoor serves as the Program Director for the Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship. He is a non-invasive cardiologist with specific areas of interest that include echocardiography with a focus on Interventional/Structural Imaging, Nuclear Cardiology, Vascular Ultrasound Imaging, and Cardio-Oncology.

Alex Garton, MD. Dr. Garton serves as the Associated Program Director for the Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship. He is a non-invasive cardiologist with specific areas of interest that include Prevention, Echocardiography, Nuclear Cardiology, and Vascular Ultrasound Imaging.;

Hemal Gada, MD. Dr. Gada is the President of the Heart and Vascular Institute. He also serves as the Medical Director of the Structural Heart Program. He is a nationally recognized structuralist who has pioneered techniques for structural interventional procedures.

Kunal Bodiwala, MD
Gouthami Boga, MD
Brian Corbally, DO
Roberto Hodara Friedmann, MD
Emad Iskander, MD
Sunil Kanwal, MD
Kevin McHale, DO
Chinmay Patel, MD
Neil Patel, MD
Anay Pradhan, MD
Mehreen Qureshi, MD
Jason Stuck, MD

Hospitals

UPMC Community Osteopathic

UPMC Harrisburg

UPMC West Shore

Outpatient Locations

Linglestown, Pa.

Mechanicsburg, Pa.

UPMC Harrisburg is within walking distance of the downtown Harrisburg Amtrak station with train access throughout the East Coast. Harrisburg is close to a 1.5-hour drive to Baltimore and State College, 2-hour drive to Washington and Philadelphia, and 3-hour drive to New York City and Pittsburgh. Hershey, Pennsylvania, home to the chocolate factory, amusement park, and a minor league hockey team, is within a 30-minute drive. The Appalachian Trail and the Susquehanna River go through the area, and there are many outdoor activities available.

View our salary and benefit information. 

UPMC Harrisburg is a participating member of the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) and the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) and all applicants for Post-Graduate Year-4 positions must register with these programs. We request submission of three letters of recommendation from the most recent academic year, including one from your Internal Medicine Program Director and one from your Department Chair.

We consider applicants with all visa requirements. However, only exceptional J-1 and H1-B applicants are typically given interviews. Applicants who signal our program will receive additional consideration for a possible interview. However, we will extend interview invitations to strong applicants who also do not signal our program.