The UTHSC pediatric cardiology fellowship program is a medium-sized fellowship program that takes three fellows per year. It is based at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, the Mid-South’s only quaternary care children’s hospital with a wide catchment area.
Le Bonheur's Heart Institute is highly ranked and acclaimed in the nation. It provides all pediatric cardiology services for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, a premier research center for pediatric cancer and hematological diseases, and Regional One Health where approximately 5,000 babies are delivered each year. The cardiology division has experienced tremendous growth and expansion with a focus on interventional cardiology, cardiomyopathy, cardio-oncology, electrophysiology, cardio-genetics and adult congenital heart disease.
The goal of the fellowship program is to provide trainees with an extensive experience in the art and science of medicine to achieve excellence in the diagnosis, care and treatment of patients with congenital heart disease, acquired heart disease, cardiomyopathy and arrhythmias. This includes training in state-of-the-art practice in general inpatient and outpatient pediatric cardiology with opportunities to begin a focus on specialty areas within the field. The program includes training and experience in research methods and design and publication of research findings. The curriculum promotes evidence-based care, continuous quality improvement and lifelong learning.
Learn more about UTHSC's Cardiology program and apply.
Scholarly Activity of Fellows
- Differentiating excessive trabeculations from left ventricular non-compaction cardiomyopathy utilizing cardiovascular magnetic resonance
- COVID-19 and Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest in the Pediatric Population
- Role of cardio-ankle vascular index as a predictor of left ventricular hypertrophy in children with hypertension
- Cardiovascular Manifestations and Interventions in Children Living in a Histoplasmosis Endemic Region
- Tricuspid Valve Annulus Size: Echocardiographic Marker of Significant Cardiopulmonary Changes with Exercise in Pediatric Pectus Excavatum
Research Interests
- Impact of Transportation Barriers to Accessing Healthcare on the Clinical Outcomes of Patients with Single Ventricle Defects During the First Year of Life: An analysis of the NPCQIC registry
- Incidence and Factors Affecting Aspirin Resistance in Pediatric Patients with Congenital Heart Disease
- One-year outcomes of patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome requiring extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation following Stage 1 palliation: An analysis of the NPCQIC registry
- Sociodemographic determinants of adverse outcomes in patients with single ventricle congenital heart disease after stage 1 palliation
- Outcomes of Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Among Pediatric Patients with Cardiomyopathy and Myocarditis: An analysis of the ELSO registry data
- Implementation of a scoring tool and treatment algorithm for necrotizing enterocolitis in infants with congenital heart disease
Program Staff: Cardiology
Program Director
Dr. Yohannan specializes in general pediatric cardiology and non-invasive imaging. Dr. Yohannan is the director of the pediatric cardiology fellowship for the Heart Institute at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital and University of Tennessee Health Science Center. He is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics with a cardiology subspecialty and is an associate professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
Associate Program Director
Dr. Kramer is a dual-trained, triple-boarded cardiac critical care intensivist who is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in pediatrics, with a cardiology subspecialty and a critical care subspecialty. She is the Associate Medical Director of the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit and Associate Program Director of the Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship program and is an assistant professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Dr. Kramer completed fellowships in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine and Pediatric Cardiology at Johns Hopkins Children's Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland before joining the Heart Institute at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital.
Research Program Director
Dr. Chakraborty is an assistant professor of Pediatric Cardiology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. He completed fellowships in Pediatric Cardiology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, followed by Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. He is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Cardiology. He is a pediatric cardiac intensivist and a pediatric cardiologist at the single ventricle clinic. Dr. Chakraborty is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Cardiology. He is also a member of the American Heart Association, the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society and the Society of Pediatric Research.
Fellowship Coordinator
Elisabeth Lee
elee75@uthsc.edu
901-287-6034
