Overview
Training spans cardiac and thoracic operations, mechanical circulatory support, and heart and lung transplantation, with progressive responsibility as the primary anesthesia provider.
The programme
- Focus
- Adult cardiothoracic anaesthesia
- Training type
- Clinical Fellowship
- Duration
- 1 year
- Start
- July/August 2028 for the 2026-2027 SF Match cycle (flexible start dates, schedule permitting)
- Positions
- 9 per year
- Accreditation
- ACGME
- Department
- Department of Anesthesiology, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Completion of an ACGME-accredited anesthesiology residency before starting.
- International applicants
- Foreign nationals generally accepted only with ECFMG-sponsored J-1 status (O-1 in very limited cases; no H-1); ACGME-accredited anesthesiology residency required
- Visa support
- Generally J-1 through ECFMG; O-1 support in very limited circumstances. The page explicitly excludes H-1 sponsorship.
- Licence requirement
- Not stated on official page
How to apply
- Deadline
- 4 January 2027 (complete SF Match application); interviews February-April 2027; rank list deadline 3 June 2027
- Application method
- SF Match (register at sfmatch.org); dual ACCM/ACTA applicants apply first to ACCM via SF Match
Funding
- Funding
- Salary not stated on programme page; fellows receive an educational stipend plus time and financial support for regional/national conferences
Official sources
ACGME-accredited since 2007.