Chief’s Message: We are in full swing with the summer. This week we saw continued integration of our fellows into our clinical services with busy teams working hard to continue to help achieve our missions. We are working on a multi-level strategic plan that we will be sharing with our leadership soon. We also welcome new faculty – who we will do highlights on in the coming weeks and say goodbye to some of our current faculty who are going on to lead and work at other organization. I also have a shout out for a fellow, and some upcoming events in the weeks to come.
Highlights and Updates from the Week:
Imran Aslam to take an interventional leadership position at Tuft’s Medical Center.
Imran will be taking a position at the Tufts Medical Center where he will be the Director of Acute Mechanical Circulatory Support, the Interventional Heart Failure fellowship program director and will tasked with helming research efforts behind testing current and new MCS devices, their interplay with cardiac physiology and relevant molecular signaling cascades.
Imran helped pave the way for our cath lab to be involved in ECMO cannulation and management as well as acute PE care; the latter will be continued by way of new incoming faculty who have trained to partake in these efforts, including Dan Loriaux, who will also be joining the ECMO call rotation as new faculty.
Imran has been a great member of our team and noted that he has “thoroughly enjoyed integrating his IC and HF expertise at the Duke Heart Center, including being able to work with our phenomenal Fellow trainees and faculty across both subspecialties to care for our patients.” It is always bittersweet when we have faculty that leave, and particularly so with Imran who has worked tirelessly to build important programs in our clinical and research practice. We look forward to all of his contributions to the field and to collaborating with him in the future.
Kudos to our fellows from our teams: Drs. Mugdha Joshi and Aarti Thakkar.
Dr. Mitchell Veverka from the Emergency Medicine group wrote this week about Mugdha…
“I wanted to take a moment to recognize one of your fellows, Dr. Mugdha Joshi. I had the opportunity to interact with her last night during a particularly challenging patient encounter, and I was impressed by the professionalism and patient-centered care she demonstrated.
Despite the late hour and what I imagine was a long day, Dr. Joshi remained calm, composed, and empathetic. She navigated a frustrating and complex situation with grace and provided thoughtful, compassionate care to the patient.
As grueling as fellowship can be, I wanted to highlight the excellent work Dr. Joshi is doing. She is a credit to your program and a reflection of the high standards you uphold in training exceptional physicians.”
Dr. Ruchi Doshi wrote about Dr. Aarti Thakkar ..
“I just wanted to send kudos for Dr. Aarti Thakkar. I have a patient getting a TEE tomorrow who required other care coordination during the sedation/anesthesia portion and she was helpful in arranging/coordinating the care. I was appreciative, and even if things fall apart tomorrow (as they sometimes do in the hospital), her hard work and dedication were noticed!”
Thanks to Mugdha and Aarti for helping to care for these patients with such compassion and excellence.
