Overview
The largest accredited pediatric cardiology fellowship in the Southeast, a three-year programme at the Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Heart Center with optional advanced fourth-year training.
The programme
- Training type
- Clinical Fellowship
- Duration
- 3 years (optional 4th year in catheterization, transplant, electrophysiology, imaging, cardiac critical care or adult congenital heart disease)
- Start
- Institution policyEmory house staff appointments typically cover a 1 July - 30 June academic year (standard start 1 July)
- Positions
- Not stated on official page
- Accreditation
- ACGME-accredited (since 2003)
- Department
- Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Heart Center / Emory Department of Pediatrics
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Completion of an ACGME or RCPSC pediatric or internal medicine/pediatric residency by fellowship start; board certified in pediatrics (ABP) or eligible to sit the ABP general pediatrics exam during the first fellowship year
- International applicants
- Institution policyInternational medical graduates eligible if ECFMG-certified and holding J-1 (ECFMG) or H-1B status, or US citizen/permanent resident
- Visa support
- Institution policyIMGs must be ECFMG-certified and enter training on a J-1 (ECFMG-sponsored) or H-1B visa unless US citizen/green-card holder (Emory GME housestaff policy 5.12)
- Licence requirement
- Institution policyGeorgia Temporary Postgraduate Training Permit or full Georgia medical licence required before clinical care (training permit max 7 years); USMLE Step 3 required for entry at PGY4+
How to apply
- Deadline
- 31 July (ERAS opens to programme 1 July; incomplete applications after 31 July not considered)
- Application method
- ERAS (programme code 1113325F0) with one-page personal statement and supporting documents
Funding
- Funding
- Institution policySalaried by Emory GME on uniform PGY scale (1 Jul 2026-30 Jun 2027): PGY4 $81,720; PGY5 $85,455; PGY6 $87,023; PGY7 $88,522; PGY8 $90,831 (PGY1 $71,959)