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Cardiology Fellowships: Urban Community Program

Fellow Rotations

ROTATION
YEAR 1
YEAR 2
YEAR 3
       
Outpatient Clinic-EHC
½ day per week
½ day per week
½ day per week
Cardiac Catheterization-MSH
1 month
1 month
Cardiac Catheterization-EHC
1 month
1 month
1 month
Coronary Care Unit-EHC
2 months
1 month
½ month
Nuclear Cardiology & Stress-MSH  
1 month
 
Nuclear Cardiology & Stress-EHC
1 month
1 month
1 month
Electrophysiology-MSH  
1 month
1 month
Telemetry-MSH
2 months
1 month
½ month
Telemetry-Consults-EHC
2 months
1 month
½ month
Echocardiography-MSH
1 month
Echocardiography-EHC
1 month
1 month
1 month
Echocardiography-CMC
2 months
1 month
½ month
Cardiothoracic Surgery-MSH    
1 month
Elective/Clinical Research
2 months
4 months
       
Vacation
1 month
1 month
1 month

Notes to rotations:

  • MSH=Mount Sinai Hospital; EHC=Elmhurst Hospital Center; CMC=Cabrini Medical Center
  • Totals are approximate; slight variations occur each year, depending on number of clinical fellows and individual career goals of fellows in Urban Community and Investigator Track Programs
  • Each “month” represents a 4-week period giving 13 “months”/year
  • All ambulatory cardiovascular disease experience occurs at Elmhurst Hospital Center.
  • At Cabrini Medical Center, fellows perform echocardiograms and are involved with stress echocardiograms and vascular ultrasound; fellows are available for consultation with Internal Medicine House Staff; procedures include temporary and permanent pacemakers, right heart catheterizations and intra-aortic balloon pump insertions.
  • Approval of the Program Director and the faculty supervisor for the activity is required with a written proposal for Elective/Clinical Research time.