Isla McClelland, MD

“She looks like a cardiologist who has a passion for adult congenital heart disease and is working to become a trusted provider for congenital patients as they grow and become adults”

“I hope to be able to take care of adult congenital heart disease patients in my future clinic. In particular I would like to care for pregnant congenital patients. I would like to help increase provider knowledge and comfort with these patients as well by continuing to teach medical residents and fellows.”

I trained in internal medicine and became the chief internal medicine resident for my residency, where I developed a new outpatient simulation curriculum for our residents. I then entered adult general cardiology fellowship and ultimately became chief fellow, and in this role re-envigorated learning opportunities for our fellows in adult congenital heart disease that had long been dormant. I connected with both pediatric and adult cardiologists to maximize options for fellows in this field. I was a fellow representative of the Illinois Chapter of the ACC and in that role organized multiple events to highlight fellow research and create networking opportunities for local fellows. I am now an adult congenital heart disease fellow at the Ohio State University.