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Cardiology Fellowships Overview
 he Zena And Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute of the Mount Sinai Medical Center/Mount Sinai School of Medicine sponsors two ACGME-accredited training programs in cardiovascular diseases.
Investigator Track
Cardiology training began at Mount Sinai over a half-century ago; the Investigator Track is the outgrowth of that tradition. The goal of the Investigator Track is to produce well-rounded academic cardiologists; that is, physician-scientists who will be cardiovascular clinicians, teachers and researchers. A foundation of clinical excellence is established through clinical rotations within Mount Sinai Hospital and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Bronx, NY) and through frequent interactions with our renowned faculty. Our research laboratories add to this foundation of clinical excellence by training fellows in the latest approaches to understanding the fundamental questions surrounding the cardiovascular system. Our Molecular and Cellular Cardiology Program is supported by an NIH Training Grant and offers a unique opportunity for fellows to participate in basic science research. Many of our fellows have successfully competed for prestigious National Institutes of Health, American Heart Assocation and American College of Cardiology fellowships and have go on to become leaders in academic cardiology.
Within each group of incoming fellows, approximately half of the fellows choose to pursue clinical cardiology (including clinical research), while the other half focus primarily on basic science research. Fellows work closely with faculty members to develop effective, individualized schedules to ensure that both clinical requirements and research interests are satisfied.
The training period for fellows in clinical cardiology is three years and four years for those in Molecular and Cellular Cardiology.
Urban Community Program
To meet the changing needs of health care delivery, the Urban Community Program was established in 1999. Its goal is to train clinical cardiologists for careers in the delivery of cardiac care in the community. This is accomplished with academic rigor and with strong links to the Investigator Track (see above). Fellows are expected to possess clinical and intellectual skills comparable to those fellows in the Investigator Track. The major difference in fellows in the Urban Community Program is their interest in careers in clinical cardiology rather than basic science and academic leadership.
Although based at Mount Sinai Hospital (an academic tertiary care center), fellows spend considerable time at Elmhurst Hospital Center (an academic municipal hospital) and less time at Cabrini Medical Center (an academic community hospital). It is our belief that this balance provides the environment for intellectual growth and best utilizes the outstanding resources available in both clinical experience and cardiovascular research.
The training period is three years.
View pictures from the Fellows Graduation Dinner held
June 9, 2004, at
The Mark Hotel, New York. |
