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