Advanced Heart Failure/Transplant and Pulmonary Hypertension Fellowship Program

The Advanced Heart Failure Fellowship Program offers a one-year ACGME-accredited fellowship dedicated to developing future leaders in the field within a supportive and adaptable learning environment. Our mission is to cultivate exceptional clinicians in cardiac transplant, cardiogenic shock, mechanical circulatory support, and pulmonary hypertension while also fostering growth in other career paths, such as research and medical education.

Program Highlights

Comprehensive Clinical and Procedure Training:
- Inpatient and outpatient care of advanced heart failure patients
- Right heart catheterizations and endomyocardial biopsies
- Pre- and post- heart transplant management
- Durable ventricular assist devices and temporary mechanical circulatory support
- Inpatient and outpatient care of pulmonary hypertension patients
Clinical Complexity and Innovation
- Desensitization and antibody management in collaboration with HLA lab
- Multiorgan, adult congenital heart disease, and bloodless transplant
- UPMC system-wide cardiogenic shock service
Expert Faculty: Experienced academic heart failure cardiologists dedicated to education, mentorship, and career development.

Focus on Quality: Top transplant outcomes in the country

Robust Research Environment: Ample opportunities for research

Supportive Culture: A collegial and team-oriented atmosphere that fosters collaboration and mutual growth

Excellence in Education:
- Case conferences
- Didactic lectures
- Rounding and wet lab with VAD engineers
- HLA Lab

Roy Sriwattanakomen, MD

Program Director
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NRMP Code
1652159S0

For more information, please contact:

Denise Goppman
Fellowship Coordinator
412-647-3429
goppmanda@upmc.edu

Advanced Heart Failure Fellowship Topics

Faculty

	Roy Sriwattanakomen, MD Program Director Assistant Professor of Medicine
	Sideris Facaros, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine
	Amy Goodrich-Harris, DO
	Gavin W. Hickey, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine Medical Director, VAD and Transplant Program, UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute
	Jonathan Holtz, MD Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
	Mary E. Keebler, MD Associate Professor of Medicine
	Michael A. Mathier, MD Professor of Medicine Clinical Director, Heart & Vascular Service Line
	Dennis M. McNamara, MD Professor of Medicine Director, Center for Heart Failure Research Co-Director, Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Network
	Brittany A. Palmer, MD Clinical Instructor of Medicine
	Manling Zhang, MD, MS Assistant Professor of Medicine