children’s healthcare of Atlanta teaching fellow honored by the american academy of pediatrics

(I-Newswire) November 21, 2005 - ATLANTA-November, 2005 - Children's Healthcare of Atlanta is pleased to announce Tiffany J. Riehle, M.D., M.S.E. as the 2005 recipient of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Young Investigator Award. Dr. Riehle completed her research during fellowship training at the Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Sibley Heart Center – in collaboration with Sibley Heart Center Cardiology (SHCC) and the Divisions of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Anesthesia of Emory University School of Medicine. She is currently conducting congenital heart disease research at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Prior to joining the SHCC fellowship program, Dr. Riehle received her bachelor's and master's degree in engineering from Tulane University and obtained her medical degree from Texas A&M University.

"We are honored that the recipient of this prestigious award participated in the Sibley Heart Center Cardiology fellowship program," said Derek Fyfe, M.D., Ph.D., Chief Academic Officer of Sibley Heart Center Cardiology. "Dr. Riehle's accomplishments reflect the values and dedication that we continuously work to achieve at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta."

Established in 1968, the AAP sponsors the Young Investigator Award for the best research paper in basic science education or clinical science in the field of pediatric cardiology. Dr. Riehle's abstract "Real-Time 3-D Echocardiographic Acquisition and Quantification of Left-Ventricular Indices in Pediatric Congenital Heart Disease: Comparison to MRI" is a research-based study. Through her study, Dr. Riehle concluded that RT3DE can accurately assess the left ventricle in patients with congenital heart disease. A combined RT3DE acquisition and analysis machine can be readily utilized in clinical practice, perhaps preventing the need for MRI in some cases.

In addition to Dr. Riehle's report being submitted for presentation at the annual AAP National Conference and Exhibition, Dr. Riehle will continue to be recognized for her award each year by inclusion in the AAP's National Conference and Exhibition program. Children's is proud to recognize Dr. Riehle for her outstanding accomplishments in the field of pediatric cardiology.

Sibley Heart Center Cardiology is committed to the training of future of pediatric cardiologists through our cardiology fellowship program in collaboration with Emory University School of Medicine and the Todd Franklin Cardiac Research Laboratory. Primary teaching occurs at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston, which has 235 licensed beds, with a cardiac step-down unit of 23 beds, a cardiac intensive care unit with 18 beds, a pediatric intensive care unit with 21 beds and a neonatal intensive care unit with 32 beds. The Sibley Heart Center Cardiology fellows are exposed to a large and diverse patient population with congenital and acquired pediatric heart disease. In addition, three full-time pediatric cardiac surgeons support the cardiothoracic surgical division and accomplish world-class results.

The Sibley Heart Center Cardiology fellowship program provides a continuum of learning that occurs within a highly developed matrix of subspecialty expertise and clinical exposure. Cardiology fellows rotate through all disciplines of pediatric cardiology, including catheterization, echocardiography, electrophysiology, clinical ward and intensive care cardiology, and a weekly outpatient continuity clinic. The fellowship program training is for 36 months: 21 months for clinical training, three months for electives, and 12 months devoted to research. The Cardiology Fellowship program was accredited, without citations, by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) in 2003.

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, one of the leading pediatric healthcare systems in the country, is a not-for-profit organization that benefits from the generous philanthropic and volunteer support of our community. With 430 licensed beds in two hospitals and more than 450,000 annual patient visits, Children's is nationally recognized for excellence in cancer, cardiac, neonatal, orthopaedic and transplant care, as well as in many other pediatric specialties. Child magazine ranks Children's as one of the top 10 children's hospitals nationwide and Children's is among U.S.News & World Report's top pediatric hospitals. To learn more about Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, visit www.choa.org or call 404-250-KIDS.





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