Home  > Clinical Sections & Programs  > Cardiology  > Education

Cardiology

Education

The staff cardiologists and nurse practitioners of the Yale Pediatric Cardiology Section are active in the teaching mission of the Yale School of Medicine, the Department of Pediatrics and Yale-New Haven Hospital. As such, they participate in a wide array of educational opportunities. Yale Pediatric Cardiology physicians have coordinated or been on faculty for symposia such as the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Symposium, San Diego Practical Pediatric Electrophysiology and Pacing Course, Charleston Pediatric Interventional Electrophysiology Symposium, Congenital Heart Surgery Symposium, Pediatric Interventional Catheterization Symposium, International Symposium on Congenital Heart Disease, Society for Pediatric Research, World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology, and many others.

Yale also sponsors a number of CME events for pediatricians and pediatric care providers in the region, such as the Annual Yale Pediatric Update.

Training Program in Pediatric Cardiology at Yale University School of Medicine

The Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship at Yale University School of Medicine is a three-year program designed to train board-eligible pediatricians for a career in academic pediatric cardiology. The Fellowship's strength results from a balance between extensive clinical exposure to a broad spectrum of congenital and acquired heart defects and cardiac arrhythmias, and active clinical or basic research.

The entire training is received at Yale University School of Medicine and the Children's Hospital at Yale New Haven. In addition, the faculty is supportive of elective rotations to further broaden clinical and research interests. Yale University School of Medicine has both a strong history and current record of major contributions in clinical and basic sciences as they relate to pediatric cardiovascular disease. The recently completed Boyer Center for Molecular Biology houses several laboratories of faculty members of pediatric cardiology. The Children's Hospital was opened in 1993 and houses state of the art diagnostic facilities including digital catheterization and echocardiographic laboratories dedicated to pediatrics.

All interested applicants should address their inquiries to:

John Fahey, M.D.
C/o Mary Fiasconaro
Section of Pediatric Cardiology
Yale University School of Medicine
P.O. Box 208064
333 Cedar Street
New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8064
Phone: (203) 785-2022

Current Postdoctoral Fellows in Pediatric Cardiology

Melissa Busovsky-McNeal, M.D. (2007)
Trained in Pediatrics at Indiana University in Indianapolis, IN.
Dr. Busovsky-McNeal's current clinical interests are in interventional catheterization techniques. She has research related to development of the ductus arteriosus in fetal life.

Robin M. Doyle, M.D. (2007)
Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics.
Trained in Internal Medicine - Pediatrics combined program at Christiana Care Health System - A.I. du Pont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE.
Dr. Doyle's clinical and research interests are in cardiovascular imaging and congenital heart disease with a particular focus on adult congenital heart disease.

Christa Miliaresis, M.D. (2006)
Trained in Pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin and Yale University, New Haven, CT.
Dr. Miliaresis' current clinical interests pertain to cardiovascular exercise physiology. She has a research project ongoing related to BNP and patent ductus arteriosus physiology.

Joshua Murphy, M.D. (2008)
Trained in Pediatrics at Anova Fairfax Hospital for Children, Fairfax, VA
Interested in education and pediatric cardiology in Central and South America.

Michael Willers, M.D. (2008)
Trained in Pediatrics at Cornell-New York Hospital, New York, NY.
Dr. Willers was a practicing pediatrician in the New Haven area for 3 years prior to beginning his pediatric cardiology fellowship at Yale.

Previous graduates of the Yale Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Program