Texas Heart Institute provides postdoctoral training opportunities in 3 distinct categories. Fellowships and residencies are listed below for each category with points of contact.
Accredited Clinical Residency and Fellowship Programs
All programs listed under this heading are affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine and require a Texas license to practice medicine or a Physician-in-Training permit.
Thoracic Surgery Residency
For information about Thoracic Surgery Residencies, please contact:
Regina Thompson, Academic Administrator
Texas Heart Institute/Baylor College of Medicine
Thoracic Surgery Residency Program
Phone: 832-355-4318
E-mail: rthompson@heart.thi.tmc.edu or ctprograms@bcm.edu
Houston, Texas
For program description and application information, click here.
Cardiovascular Anesthesiology Residency and Fellowship Programs
For information about Cardiovascular Anesthesiology Residencies and Fellowships, please contact:
James M. Anton, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Cardiovascular Anesthesiology
Texas Heart Institute and St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital
Mail Code 1-226
PO Box 20345
Houston, TX 77225-0345
Phone: 832-355-2666
More information here
Adult Cardiology Fellowships
Adult Cardiology
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
Interventional Cardiology
Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging
For information about Adult Cardiology Fellowships, please contact:
James M. Wilson, MD
Director, Cardiology Education, THI
6624 Fannin, Suite 2480,
Houston, TX 77030
Phone: 713-529-5530
Fax: 713-791-1786
Pediatric Cardiology Fellowships
Pediatric Cardiology Combined Program in Pediatric Cardiology
and Adult Cardiovascular Disease
Pediatric Cardiac Electrophysiology
Pediatric Clinical Care Cardiology
Pediatric Echocardiography
Pediatric Interventional Catheterization
Pediatric Interventional Cardiology
For information about Pediatric Cardiology Fellowships, please contact:
Jeffrey Towbin, MD
Chief, Pediatric Cardiology
Texas Heart Institute and Texas Children's Hospital
Mail Code 19345C
PO Box 300630
Houston, TX 77230-0630
Phone: 832-826-5654
Fax: 832-825-4153
Non-accredited Clinical Fellowship Programs
All programs listed under this heading are affiliated with Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital and require a Texas license to practice medicine or a Physician-in-Training permit.
Cardiac Transplantation, Heart Failure, and Assist Device Fellowships
Cardiac Transplantaion
Clinical Heart Failure Research
Mechanical Assist Devices in Heart Failure
For information about these fellowships, please contact:
O.H. Frazier, MD
Chief, Cardiopulmonary Transplant Services
Director, Cardiovascular Surgical Research
Texas Heart Institute and St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital
Mail Code 3-147
PO Box 20345
Houston, TX 77225-0345
Phone: 832-355-3000
Cardiovascular Surgery Fellowship
For information about Cardiovascular Surgery Fellowships, please contact:
Charles H. Hallman, MD
Coordinator, CVS Fellowship
Texas Heart Institute
PO Box 20345
Houston, TX 77225
Phone: 832-355-4920
More information here
Vascular Surgery Fellowship
For information about Vascular Surgery Fellowships, please contact:
George J. Reul, MD, FACS, FACC, FCCP
Associate Chief, Surgery, THI
Co-Director, Peripheral Vascular Disease Service, THI
MC 3-258
PO Box 20345
Houston, TX 77225-0345
Phone: 832-355-4929
Non-accredited Research Fellowship Programs
All programs listed under this heading are affiliated with Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital. At no time will non-accredited research fellows' responsibilities or duties include providing or participating in direct patient care.
Laboratory and Clinical Research Fellowships
Atherosclerosis Research Laboratory
Cardiovascular Anesthesiology Research
Cardiovascular Pathology Research
Cardiovascular Surgical Research
Echocardiography Research
Electrophysiology Research
Gene Therapy Research Laboratory
Heart Failure Research Laboratory
Stem Cell Research
For information about these fellowships, please contact:
Office of Research Administration
Texas Heart Institute
Mail Code 3-116
PO Box 20345
Houston, TX 77225-0345
ResearchAdmin@heart.thi.tmc.edu
Updated September 2007
