Cardiovascular Disease
Clinical Fellowship Program
Apply for the Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Program
beginning July 2009 using ERAS
General Description:
The Cardiovascular Division offers a fellowship program designed to prepare physicians to become accomplished subspecialists in cardiovascular disease. Fellows are appointed on a yearly basis but are expected to remain in the training program for a minimum of three years. The clinical training portion of the program is structured, though somewhat flexible. There are required clinical rotations in the first year, including the Consultation Service, the Catheterization Laboratory, the Noninvasive Laboratory, the Coronary Care Unit and the Clinical Electrophysiology Service.
Fellows may choose to spend the first two years of a four-year program undertaking research activity. In the second and third years, additional rotations on clinical services are assigned with the Fellows' preferences being taken into account. Fellows can choose to emphasize a certain discipline such as catheterization, echocardiography-Doppler or electrophysiology, and heart failure/ cardiac transplantation. Variable blocks of time can be assigned for investigative work. A year of training in advanced cardiac catheterization and angioplasty is available to qualified fellows. Options are available for acquiring research training in a related basic science discipline such as cardiac physiology, molecular biology, cardiac biochemistry, basic cardiac electrophysiology and cardiovascular pharmacology.Benefits and Services for Fellows:
Offers for appointment to the Housestaff of the University of Virginia Medical Center are made by the training program director and clinical department chair. Offers are contingent upon the applicant receiving a Virginia medical license and being credentialed and privileged by the institution. Once all required forms and documents have been submitted by the applicant, the credentialing process takes approximately 90 days to complete. University of Virginia Medical Center housestaff do not have a formal "contract". Rather, they are credentialed and approved for appointment by the Credentials Committee and the Clinical Staff Executive Committee. Upon approval, housestaff members receive a letter of appointment, a summary of their appointment terms and benefits, and a Housestaff Position Description. The letter of appointment together with the housestaff member's required, written acceptance constitutes the "contract".Housestaff appointments are made for a period of no more than one year and, if appropriate, are renewed based upon the recommendation of the clinical department chair. Employment also is contingent on satisfactory completion of an initial drug screen and criminal conviction check, and regular, periodic checks of the federal OIG and GSA lists of individuals debarred from participation in federal health care programs.
Heart Center Information Services:
Heart Center Information Services assists cardiology personnel in the collection, analysis, and presentation of clinical and research data, providing all hardware, software, and instruction as necessary. Our computer network gives both inter- and intra-departmental access to a variety of information, from Medline at our Health Sciences Library to world-wide distribution of electronic mail.
Stipends & Benefits:
Benefits include:
- 3 weeks of vacation annually, up to four weeks for leaves of absence
- Health, Life, Disability and Professional Liability insurance
- Tax-Deferred Savings program through Fidelity, TIAA-CREF or Vanguard
- Discounted membership at 5 University intramural facilities
- On-site gym facilities
- National Meetings: (ACC, AHA) Fellows may attend one national scientific meeting a year paid by the division. Such meetings do not count as vacation time.
- Virginia State Medical Licensure
- Lab Coats and Laundry Service