TRAINING LEADERS
As a leader in pediatric cardiology
treatment and research, Texas Children’s Heart Center
trains physicians who will become leaders in the field
worldwide.
Since the
first fellowship in 1955, hundreds of fellows from around
the globe have gained pediatric cardiology expertise through
the Lillie Frank Abercrombie Section of Pediatric Cardiology
Fellowship Training Program at
Baylor College of Medicine.
Annually,
the new fellows class of about 20 physicians represents
countries such as Great Britain, Canada, Egypt, Ireland,
Israel, Saudi Arabia and the United States.
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Cardiology fellow Dr.
Chris Snyde
examines patient Emma
(with her father Chris).
Following his
fellowship, Dr. Snyder joined Yale University as head of
the pediatric electrophysiology
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Cardiology and cardiovascular surgery fellows enter
the training program as some of the nation’s most noted
pediatricians. Many, having finished at the top of their
classes in medical school three to 10 years earlier, come
to Texas Children’s training program to further their
expertise. The program is one of the most competitive in
the country.
Because Texas Children’s Heart Center is one of the
largest in the world, cardiology and congenital heart
surgery fellows can train here with experts who practice
the entire spectrum of care for patients with congenital
heart problems – from pacemaker implantation, neonatal
heart surgery and mechanical assistance for the failing
heart, to intensive care, diagnostic and therapeutic
cardiac catheterization and outpatient wellness services.
More than 30 chiefs of pediatric cardiology have trained
in the fellowship program. Many of the world’s most
renowned leaders in pediatric cardiology were fellows at
Texas Children’s Heart Center.
The mission of the Emmett Augustus Jones Foundation,
founded by Mary and Hank Jones and named after their son
Emmett, is to advance the field of pediatric congenital
heart care through research, education and family
assistance.
Dr. Charles Fraser, chief of
congenital heart surgery at Texas Children’s Heart Center,
is the inaugural holder of The Donovan Chair of the Emmett
Augustus Jones Foundation.
The endowment helps sponsor research conducted by Dr.
Fraser and his colleagues to determine the cause of
congenital heart defects and what might be done to prevent
or repair it.
The Jones Fellowship allows an outstanding
cardiovascular surgeon to study with Dr. Fraser in the
highly specialized field of pediatric congenital heart
surgery.
The fellows use that knowledge to improve
pediatric heart surgery outcomes all over the world.
According to Dr. Fraser, and in keeping with the mission
of the foundation, fellowships are awarded to physicians
from anywhere in the world who show a dedication to the
field of pediatric cardiovascular surgery and who also
have the opportunity to make a significant impact with
their practice, wherever that may be.
