Division of Cardiology

The Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program at Thomas Jefferson University is a one-year accredited program that requires fellows to obtain competencies in the six areas as defined by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) to the level expected of a new interventional cardiology practitioner. There is an optional non-accredited second year for selected fellows, with a focus on advanced structural heart and peripheral vascular disease.

The goal of the interventional fellowship is to prepare the fellow to be a skilled, independent operator in the performance of diagnostic and therapeutic cardiac catheterization procedures. To qualify, all applicants entering interventional cardiology must have first completed a minimum of three years of residency training in Internal Medicine and an additional three years of fellowship training in Cardiovascular Disease accredited by the ACGME. The fellows are required to engage in clinical or basic science research endeavors during the fellowship.

The fellow is expected to perform more than 250 coronary interventional procedures (functioning as the primary operator) during the 12-month fellowship. In all clinical experiences, fellows must:

• Participate in pre-procedural planning, including the indications for the procedure and the selection of the appropriate technical strategy and equipment.
• Perform the critical technical manipulations of the procedure.
• Demonstrate substantial involvement in post-procedural care.
• Be supervised by teaching faculty responsible for the procedure.

The fellow is also exposed to peripheral arterial disease and intervention, as well as structural and valvular heart disease and intervntion.