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The Cardiology Outpatient Department has more than 60 cardiologists on staff as well as more than 35 fellows in training. Staff cardiologists evaluate and are responsible for all patients, but the entire team helps make the visit easier and more efficient for patients and their families. Often, cardiology fellows will assess a patient first and then discuss their findings with the supervising attending physician. Both cardiologists return to examine the patient and explain their findings.
In some instances, a nurse practitioner will perform the first evaluation and give the information to the staff cardiologist. Together, this team will evaluate the patient, discuss the findings and make recommendations about further testing and follow-up visits.
In either case, the team approach provides patients and their families the opportunity to contact more than one member of our team for questions later.
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