The goals of this training are to perform and become familiar with non-invasive assessments of peripheral vascular disease utilizing Doppler ultrasound. Fellows will evaluate patients with the assistance of vascular laboratory technicians. Trainees will have a hands-on experience in assessing patients with vascular disease using various modalities outlined below. A full range of noninvasive tests is available in the Vascular Laboratory including tests for: Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) - Doppler arterial exams of the legs or arms (Physiologic testing), duplex ultrasound scan of the extremity arteries; Cerebrovascular Disease - Carotid artery duplex scan; Deep Venous Thrombosis (DVT) - venous duplex scan of the arms or legs and inferior vena cava (IVC) scan; Renal Artery Disease - Renal artery duplex scan and duplex scan of the renal veins; Aortic Aneurysms - aortic duplex scan, duplex scan of peripheral arteries for aneurysms.

Fellows will be required to attend one half-day per week sessions each week for the entire month of the stress/nuclear medicine rotation. These sessions will occur on a morning that does not interfere with continuity clinic. The same weekday morning session will be followed for the remainder of the month. Besides the allocated time in the vascular medicine laboratory, fellows are expected to learn skills in the diagnosis, assessment and management of peripheral vascular disease in the patient population seen in the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics cardiology and VAMC continuity clinics. Fellows will also receive didactic lectures in peripheral vascular disease at core curriculum conference and during the weekly divisional clinical conference