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Even amid the excitement of ACC, our fellows back home continue to excel, with an outstanding talk on echocardiography of the aorta (from the acute aorta to aneurysm surveillance to atheroma) by Dr. Nijat Aliyev @CCFcards @venumenon10 @RanLeeMD @ageorge811

#ACC26 kicking off with Wild @WApplefeld kicking off our inaugural critical care cardiology pre conference - packed house with > 200 attendees who came in early for this effort - looking forward to this day! MCS, vent trouble shooting, and reconciling where the guidelines meet real practice in the modern CICU.

It was our distinct pleasure to host @jameshorowitzmd for our annual @CCF_PCCM critical care cardiology education day - outstanding session on the evolution of how we conceptualize, triage, and treat pulmonary embolism with an eye towards where we go next. Great sessions all day long, kudos to the faulty speakers and fellows for making it a success again! @RanLeeMD @NealChaisson

Tick tock… applications for ccces 2026 almost closed…it doesn’t take long to fill it out, send it in!

Just what you’d like to catch in action on a Friday evening: a smooth pericardiocentesis. Happy weekend from our star fellow Brett Austin and critical care attending @AndrewHigginsMD! Always learning from the best and it’s a blessing! @venumenon10 @RanLeeMD @CleClinicHVTI

@EllauziRama Thank you! Outstanding paper.

Thank you for the great editorial on ‘Sex Differences in Cardiogenic Shock Supported with VA-ECMO’ @AndrewHigginsMD onlinejcfi.org/article/S3050-…

Truly an honor to win the #AHA25 Laennec Clinician Award! Congrats to the finalists @EliseFraserMD @YashManiar0 @LeonardChiuMD @Sim_Dhaliwal3. All outstanding. Thank you to my mentors @maz_hanna @AndrewHigginsMD @venumenon10 @RanLeeMD @tavrkapadia, @AHAScience @HollandTamis

@venumenon10 @Bcherry20 @tavrkapadia @CCFcards @CleClinicHVTI So proud of all three of you- such a good session! @RanLeeMD

Nirvana for the PD! What a privilege to have the opportunity to work alongside such outstanding trainees. A special shoutout to the dedicated faculty mentors @AndrewHigginsMD @Bcherry20 and Ran Lee. @tavrkapadia @CCFcards @CleClinicHVTI

Outstanding primer on the residual role for targeted temperature management in the post arrest setting with @carlosalviar and @AndreaElliottUM - happening now in the simulation size #AHA2025

@CleClinicHVTI Grand Rounds with the distinct privilege of hosting @rallamee - how we can better understand the nuances of placebo and stop fooling ourselves so consistently as we enter the next generation of device trials

Emotional and frank session on burnout, coping with both grief both personal and professional, and how how to be kinder to ourselves and each other - powerful closing hour of #critcarecards25

Day two of #critcarecards25 - caught a few minutes of outstanding session on VT storm featuring @RanLeeMD @LMethvinMD and the inimitable Sylvie Hall among other all stars before running to panel on international CCC education - too many good breakout sessions to pick just one!

Lively arguments on everything from vasoplegia to 3AM phone calls to your surgical colleagues - moderated masterfully as always by @venumenon10 #critcarecards25

Every year it feels like the family grows a little bigger - great to see so many CCF critical care cardiology graduates and trainees that we don’t fit on one backdrop anymore! #critcarecards25 @CCFcards @emireles_c @venumenon10

One of the enduring highlights of NYU’s annual CCC conference is reuniting old colleagues and seeing them shine - fantastic review of an under appreciated topic (stress ulcer prophylaxis in CICU) by @RaynerHartleyMD #critcarecards25

@CardsNYC bringing clinical sanity to the Byzantine machinations of PE risk stratification with all star panel including @AnnGageMD @DrKevinBuda @AmandaGarfinkel @ingo_ahrens @criticalecho #critcarecards25

HFSA Cardiogenic Shock Jeopardy 1st place 🫀 Team 3: The ECMO-nauts @HFSA #HFSA2025

Can’t miss conference for trainees and critical care cardiology faculty!

Hope everyone had a wonderful summer🕶️! While we enjoy this pumpkin 🎃 spice☕️ cinnamon roll season, we are thrilled to announce that #CCCES26 is on horizon! Save the date (June 3-4, 2026) and use QR code to join the mail list for detailed application info later!

Appreciate the data and thoughtful analysis. I emerged with some slightly different takeaways; mainly, that fellow seeking a training program are largely rational actors who prioritize volume, complexity, and acuity, and skew towards centers that are known to offer these most consistently. I share your concern that we have significant unmet needs in treating heart failure in our underserved and rural communities, but do not think we will meet this challenge by pushing our trainees away from our high volume centers, but rather continuing to endeavor to empower our primary care and general cardiology colleagues who care for the bulk of heart failure in this country. Also, special shout out to Dr. Miriam Jacob, who has continued to fill our fellowship with such incredible talent in these trying times with the support of @NutritiHF and @rcstarling . Hope to see some of you at our alumni event tonight; having the largest fellowship has also led to an incredibly robust post graduation network for career advancement and networking and it should be fun tonight! @tavrkapadia @RanLeeMD @vbluml @iyadisseh

Here are all AHFTC fellowship programs that offered spots in last 5 years, and # of fellows they matched. 13 programs trained 50% of fellows. #HFSA2025 Skewed uneven distribution. Mega centers train most of the field. Insufficient exposure to community and rural needs. Worrisome.