Overview
An ACGME-accredited fellowship in advanced heart failure, cardiac transplantation and mechanical circulatory support with multidisciplinary inpatient, outpatient and research experience.
The programme
- Focus
- Heart failure & transplant
- Training type
- Clinical Fellowship
- Duration
- 1 year
- Start
- 1 July (academic calendar July 1 - June 30)
- Positions
- 3 per year
- Accreditation
- ACGME (accredited since July 2013); graduates eligible for ABIM Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology certification
- Department
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford School of Medicine
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Completed ACGME-accredited cardiovascular disease fellowship; passed USMLE Steps 1-3; ABIM board certified/eligible in general cardiology; ECFMG certificate for foreign graduates
- International applicants
- IMGs accepted with valid ECFMG certificate; J-1 visa only
- Visa support
- J-1 only
- Licence requirement
- California medical licence must be obtained
How to apply
- Deadline
- Apply through ERAS; virtual interviews held September-October (dates TBD); no fixed deadline posted
- Application method
- ERAS (CV, one-page statement, USMLE transcript, medical school transcript, 3 letters incl. one from cardiology PD or chief)
Funding
- Funding
- Paid GME position on the Stanford Health Care housestaff salary scale (e.g. PGY-7 30,540.80/yr on current posted scale)
Official sources
https://med.stanford.edu/cvmedicine/education/ahfchttps://med.stanford.edu/cvmedicine/education/ahfc/application.html
Added application-process page.