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PROGRAM OVERVIEW

While the subspecialty of cardio-obstetrics continues to grow in the U.S, there is a gap in education for general cardiovascular fellows and maternal fetal medicine (MFM) fellows, as highlighted in a 2023 JACC paper titled, “Cardiovascular Fellowship Training in Cardio-Obstetrics.”

The Cardio-Obstetrics Fundamentals for Fellows program provides fundamental education in cardio-obstetrics (level I) to general cardiovascular fellows and MFM fellows, available at no cost to all program directors and trainees in both disciplines.

This eight-module program includes didactics, as well as case-based and interactive content, with topics presented by a diverse speaker pool of national experts.

This program is supported by The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine. 

WHO IS THIS PROGRAM FOR?

This program is designed for general cardiovascular fellows and MFM fellows.

MODULE TOPICS

• Module 1: Introduction, Hemodynamics and Screening
  • Module Editors: Doreen DeFaria Yeh (MGH) and Afshan Hameed (U California Irvine) 
• Module 2: Cross-Disciplinary Fundamentals
  • Module 2A: OB 101 for the Cardiologist
    • Module Editors: Colleen Harrington (MGH) and Kathy Economy (BWH)  
  • Module 2B: Cardiology 101 for the MFM
    • Module Editors: Malavika Prabhu (MGH) and Amy Sarma (MGH) 
• Module 3: Heart Failure in Pregnancy
  • Module Editors: Doreen DeFaria Yeh (MGH) and Afshan Hameed (U California Irvine) 
• Module 4: Arrhythmia and Ischemia in Pregnancy
  • Module Editors: Nandita Scott (MGH) and Diana Wolfe (Einstein/Montefiore)
• Module 5: Congenital, Aortic and Valvular Disease in Pregnancy
  • Module Editors: Anne Marie Valente (BCH) and Kathy Economy (BWH) 
• Module 6: Metabolic Disease, Anticoagulation, Hypertension and Impacts of Childhood Cancer in Pregnancy
  • Module Editors: Amy Sarma (MGH) and Malavika Prabhu (MGH)
• Module 7: Delivery and Postpartum Considerations and Management
  • Module Editors: Colleen Harrington (MGH) and Diana Wolfe (Einstein/Montefiore)

Learning Objectives

• To ensure cardiovascular and MFM trainees understand pregnancy-associated morbidity and mortality in the U.S. and worldwide, and review the cardiovascular conditions that contribute to increased maternal cardiovascular risk and outcome disparities.
• To review basics of hemodynamics and normal cardiovascular physiology during pregnancy, delivery and postpartum.
• To review concepts in preconception counseling for patients at increased cardiovascular risk.
• To review screening, diagnosis and detailed management of a variety of high-risk cardiovascular diagnoses during pregnancy and delivery.
• To review early postpartum cardiovascular care along with longer-term cardiovascular implications of adverse pregnancy outcomes.