Overview

Overview

The Cleveland Clinic Adult Congenital Heart Disease (CCACH) Fellowship aims to provide a comprehensive education in the care of the adult congenital heart disease patient. Fellows will graduate from their training ready to care independently for ACHD patients, work with colleagues in a multidisciplinary team, contribute to the research community, and manage ACHD programs at their future institutions.

The CCACH fellowship exists within a very strong, tertiary referral center and extremely competitive general cardiology fellowship, ensuring that the fellow will have the ability to experience team-based care of ACHD patients with all other cardiac and surgical sub-specialties. The fellow will have a rotation dedicated to intra-operative observation of complex congenital cardiac repairs, owing to the high surgical volume of the institution and the complex cases that are undertaken.

Margaret Fuchs, MD
Program Director, Cleveland Clinic Adult Congenital Heart Disease Fellowship

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Faculty

Faculty

Margaret Fuchs, MD
Margaret Fuchs, MD
Program Director, Cleveland Clinic Adult Congenital Heart Disease Fellowship
Joanna Ghobrial, MD, MSc
Joanna Ghobrial, MD, MSc
Medical and Interventional Director of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center
Peter Aziz, MD
Peter Aziz, MD
Director, Pediatric Electrophysiology
Sanjeeb Bhattacharya, MD
Sanjeeb Bhattacharya, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
John Costello, III, MD
John Costello, III, MD
Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Iqbal El Assaad, MD
Iqbal El Assaad, MD
Pediatric Cardiology
Mohamed Kanj, MD
Mohamed Kanj, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Rukmini Komarlu, MD
Rukmini Komarlu, MD
Pediatric Cardiology
Akash Patel, MD
Akash Patel, MD
Pediatric Cardiology
Application Process

Application Process

We participate in the NRMP match. All applicants must apply through the ERAS website. We do not accept any applicants not participating in the match. All applicants must have completed an internal medicine residency program within the United States.

Applications will be reviewed starting in mid-July.

External applicant interviews will occur September-October 2025.

Please reach out directly to our Program Coordinator Georgann Yonkers with inquiries or questions.

Contact Information

Georgann Yonkers
Program Coordinator, Cleveland Clinic Adult Congenital Heart Disease Fellowship
E-mail: yonkerg@ccf.org
Phone: 216.444.3925