I would like to find out more information on Vascular medicine, but I'm having trouble finding answers. Anybody know how many years of fellowship it involves? I am really looking for a IM subspecialty that works closely with surgery and has procedures. So far from here seems that Critical care fits that description well, but I thought that Vascular may qualify too. I'd appreciate any feedback.
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Vascular medicine is usually in the realm of cardiologists. There's no formal fellowship for vascular per se, but many cards folks will end up focusing in it.
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According to the ABVM, Vascular Medicine requires either a Cards fellowship (4 years) or a 12 month Vascular fellowship (of which ERAS and FRIEDA list exactly zero programs but MGH, Mayo and CCF all have programs, even though the ABIM doesn't recognize it as a separate specialty yet). If you want to do interventional work however you need either a cards fellowship w/ interventional experience, an interventional radiology fellowship or a vascular surgery residency/fellowship.
So if you want to do interventional stuff, IM/Cards, Vascular Surgery or Rads/Interventional is the way to go.
So if you want to do interventional stuff, IM/Cards, Vascular Surgery or Rads/Interventional is the way to go.
