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Goals of the Fellowship Program
The Division of Cardiology maintains both clinical and research training programs. The primary purpose of the clinical fellowship is to prepare physicians previously trained in internal medicine for the four major areas of cardiology practice:
- Inpatient and outpatient clinical service and consultation.
- Invasive cardiology including diagnostic catheterization, intervention procedures, and electrophysiology.
- Intensive care cardiology including heart failure.
- Noninvasive cardiology, including echocardiography, Doppler studies, newer imaging modalities such as 3-D echo, strain and perfusion imaging and nuclear techniques including PET scans, as well as CT angiography.
With a strong background in internal medicine, a great deal of competence in most of these areas can be achieved during the routing fellowship period, although for some, such as interventional cardiology and electrophysiology, additional training is required. A fourth year of specialized training in these, and other areas, is encouraged.