{"id":27588,"date":"2012-03-25T13:48:40","date_gmt":"2012-03-25T17:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/?post_type=fellowship-training&p=27588"},"modified":"2012-03-26T12:36:16","modified_gmt":"2012-03-26T16:36:16","slug":"face-to-face-with-the-living-legends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/2012\/03\/25\/face-to-face-with-the-living-legends\/","title":{"rendered":"Face to Face with the Living Legends"},"content":{"rendered":"

Several Cardiology Fellows who are attending ACC.12 this week are blogging together on CardioExchange.\u00a0 The Fellows include\u00a0Tariq Ahmad<\/a>,\u00a0Bill Cornwell<\/a>,\u00a0Megan Coylewright<\/a>,\u00a0Jeremiah Depta<\/a>, and\u00a0John Ryan<\/a>\u00a0(moderator). Read the previous post\u00a0here<\/a>. Read the next post here<\/a>.
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Most professional groups have a group of \u201cliving legends\u201d: people who have revolutionized the way they practice their job. For guitarists, it is\u00a0 Eric Clapton; for computer scientists, it is Bill Gates; for basketball players, it is Michael Jordan.<\/p>\n

Most people do no get to meet their idols. Today, at ACC 2012, during a session organized by a group of fellows from across the world, trainees in cardiology were able to have face-to-face time with some of cardiology\u2019s living legends. We had read their papers, we had watched them be interviewed: for one of the first times at a national meeting, we were able to meet them and speak to them in person.<\/p>\n

I sat beside Dr. Valentine Fuster, from Mount Sinai, who listened intently to my career goals, and offered sage advice. I discussed the state of heart failure research with Dr. Clyde Yancy and listened to what skills Dr. Lynn Stevenson felt are key to becoming a well trained cardiologist. Dr. Tom Bashore and I talked about the future of cardiology training programs, as well as his thoughts about the Ohio State-Syracuse game tonight (he is a big Ohio State fan). Drs. Richard Becker and Samuel Goldhaber spoke with me about my research project on studying adverse thrombotic events in LVAD patients.<\/p>\n

This event was a tremendous success. I could tell from turnout as well as from my conversations with other fellows that this session has likely earned a spot in all future meetings.<\/p>\n

I do not think that I will even forget the impact of the personal interactions I had today. It was a talk I heard by Dr. Fuster in medical school that attracted me towards internal medicine, witnessing Dr. Patrick O\u2019Gara’s clinical skills made me chose cardiology as a sub-specialty, and inspiration from Dr. Stevenson\u2019s example attracted me towards heart failure. Today, I had the honor to sitting across from them in an informal manner, something I could never do online or by reading a paper.<\/p>\n

As the sounds of Michigan Ave. die down, I am busy at work planning the next day\u2019s itinerary. The ACC has constructed an excellent online tool<\/a> that can be used to plan the day\u2019s events.<\/p>\n

The only drawback is my inability to attend multiple sessions at the same time.<\/p>\n

Decision, decisions\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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