Ohio-ACC Fellow in Training News | November 2020
Ohio-ACC FIT News
Zarina Sharalaya, MD & Jeremy Slivnick, MD, FIT Council Co-Chairs
Dear Ohio-ACC FIT Colleague,

We are pleased to share with you the latest news for Ohio-ACC Fellows in Training.

First of all, please meet your 2020-21 Ohio-ACC FIT Council:

Zarina Sharalaya, MD, Cleveland Clinic – Co-Chair
Jeremy Slivnick, MD, The Ohio State University – Co-Chair
Julie Aldrich, MD, Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Obadah Aqtash, MD, University of Cincinnati
Michael Biersmith, MD, The Ohio State University
Anudeep Dodeja, MD, The Ohio State University/Nationwide Children’s, Advanced Fellow Rep.
Sideris Facaros, MD, Summa/NEOMED
Megan Gruber, DO, Aultman Hospital/Canton Medical Education Foundation
Scott Janus, MD, University Hospitals of Cleveland Medical Center
Mobasser Mahmood, MD, Mercy Health – St Vincent Medical Center
Mohamed Farhan Nasser, MD, MetroHealth Medical Center
Salik Nazir, MD, The University of Toledo
Sarah Pradhan, MD, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Jennifer Riggs, MD, Cleveland Clinic
Mitchell Stelzer, DO, MPH, Doctors Hospital
James Tollefson, DO, Kettering Medical Center
We are excited about the upcoming year and hope to make it a meaningful one. Please take a moment to read more about our activities.

Contact Us
If Gwen Goldfarb, our chapter executive, or we can be of assistance to you, please let us know.

Sincerely,

Zarina and Jeremy
FIT Development Series: Fellowship Road Map
Join your Ohio-ACC FIT colleagues for our FIT Leadership Development Series. The goal of the series is to educate FITs on how to maximize your fellowship time to work towards accomplishing your career goals and to highlight the important considerations of finding a job. The series will cover important topics for FITs such as important considerations for the job search post-training (academics vs private practice, job contracts), financial planning, the path to FACC, specific requirements required by the ACC during fellowship training, and prerequisites for board exams. Register now for:


Fellowship Road Map on November 10, 7:00 pm ET

Description: Learn about meeting graduation requirements, the specifics of COCATs guidelines set by the ACC during fellowship training, prerequisites for board exams, and research guidance.

Speaker: David Harris, MD, FACC, FASE, FSCMR, Echocardiography Director & Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Director, University of Cincinnati
FIT JEOPARDY
Call for Virtual Jeopardy Teams!

The first 10 Ohio cardiology training programs to reply will have the opportunity to compete.
Teams confirmed to date: Cleveland Clinic, MetroHealth, and Summa Health System.

BACKGROUND
The FIT Jeopardy competition at ACC’s Annual Scientific Session has become one of the most popular events of the meeting. To determine which team competes in the national virtual competition at ACC.21, we will participate in a virtual FIT Jeopardy competition offered by ACC. We look forward to an exciting competition! 

ACTION REQUESTED NO LATER THAN NOVEMBER 13, 2020
The program director or program coordinator must confirm participation by entering your team HERE no later than November 13, 2020. We will be in touch to let you know if your team was among the first ten to reply!

TEAM COMPOSITION
  • A team is composed of 3 contestants.
  • All contestants must be current CV fellows-in training at an OHIO cardiology fellowship program.
  • One of the contestants may be an advanced fellow.
COMPETITION TIMES
  • There will be a mock/practice round at 9:00 am ET on January 30, 2021.
  • The virtual FIT Jeopardy competition will be at 9:00-10:30 AM ET on February 6, 2021. 

RULES

QUESTIONS?
Contact us at 404-303-9950 or ohioacc@gmail.com.
Ohio-ACC FIT ePoster Gallery
Ohio-ACC Congratulates Participants and Winners
This year, 43 FITs, 18 residents, and 1 CV team member had the opportunity to be part of the ePoster Competition held in conjunction with the Ohio-ACC Virtual Annual Meeting.


Congratulations to the Winners of the Ohio-ACC ePoster Showcase:
1st place Oral Competition: Dr. Tom Kai Ming Wang, CCF
2nd place Oral Competition: Dr. Jeremy Slivnick, OSU
1st year Research: Dr. Akash Goyal, OSU
2nd year Research: Dr. Obadah Aqtash, UC
3rd yr/Advanced Research: Dr. Michael Biersmith, OSU
1st year Case: Dr. Blair Suter, UC
2nd year Case: Dr. Lauren Hassen, OSU
3rd yr/Advanced Case: Dr. Saurav Uppal, OSU
CVT Case: Ms. Katherine Romanowicz, UC
Resident Case: Dr. Keith Bullinger, CWRU-MetroHealth
Ohio-ACC FIT Bootcamp
On August 15, the Ohio-ACC held its first-ever Fellow in Training Virtual Bootcamp designed for first-year fellows and future cardiology applicants, which was led by Dr. Saima Karim and Dr. Meera Kondapaneni.

With more than 180 registrants, it was a robust event filled with workshops, lectures, and panel discussions.