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
- Unravelling Paravalvular Mitral Leaks: Role of 3-D Echocardiography in Closure” Campbell, Cassie, MD, Rushing, Mark, MD
- “The Tale of Two Membranes: Unmasking the spectrum of Cor Triatriatum in Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome - A prenatal diagnostic challenge.” Rushing, Mark
- Validation Study of the Accuracy of Echocardiographic Measurements of Hemodynamically Significant Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants; Sharvari Shyam
- “A Breath of Fresh Air: A Systematic Approach to Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension” Andrew Corson
- Transcatheter Direct Atrio-Pulmonary Venous -- Decompression in a Neonate with a Single Ventricle and a Labyrinthine Intact Atrial Septum; Sharvari Shyam
- Transcatheter Patent Ductus Arteriosus Closure in Extremely Premature Infants: Transition to the Bedside; Sharvari Shyam
- Prevalence and Risk Factors for Biochemical Aspirin Resistance in Infants and Children with Heart Disease; Monica Lehman
- The Aortic Flow Reversal Ratio: A Quantitative Adjunct to the Bicêtre Score in Vein of Galen Malformation; Menachem Rimler
- Bridging the gap: Correlation of echocardiographic indices with cardiac catheterization hemodynamics in patent ductus
arteriosus in extremely low birth weight infants; Sharvari Shyam
Research Interests
- 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
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 UT Health Sciences. He is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics with a cardiology subspecialty and is an associate professor at UT Health Sciences.
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. Karki is a dual-trained, double-boarded pediatric cardiac critical care intensivist and assistant professor of Pediatrics at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. He completed his Pediatric Critical Care Medicine fellowship at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital before joining the Le Bonheur Children's Heart Institute. He is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in pediatrics and pediatric critical care medicine and is a member of the Pediatrics Cardiac Intensive Care Society and the Society of Critical Care Medicine.
Fellowship Manager
Archie Todd
atodd28@uthsc.edu
901-287-6034
