Chances for Cardiology fellowship

[joti]

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I was wondering where I stand compared with the other cardiology applicants: I'm an international med grad, currently in a university hospital- PGY2, which is not a reputed program. I haven't applied for card this year but would like to apply next year (PGY3). I have some research experience...I have a basic science research publication in a relatively low journal as 4th author. I have a case report accepted for publication in Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation as 1st author. I also have an abstract accepted for presentation in SCAI meeting 2006 as 1st author. I am currently working on another paper hoping it will get accepted in American Journal of Card, as 2nd author. I will surely get decent letters of Recomendation from the program director and the cardiologists of our institute that I am working with (not very famous though). I am looking for a university academic fellowship program (there is not cardio fellowship in our university). With these credentials I would like to know my chances and options as a foreign med grad.

 

[P Diddy]

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the key for you is to apply widely (i'd say ~40 programs). i think you can match for cardiology fellowship based on your stats, but don't restrict yourself to university based fellowships in your application process. It isn't as easy for IMGs to match.

your research isn't outstanding, but you do have research which is a plus. an important consideration for you is what to do with the year off you'll have after PGY-3. if you can arrange for research or some sort of cardiology related activity (ie heart failure fellowship) for that year, that will strengthen your application greatly. check out the UCLA fellowship website - one of their fellows went to Kaiser for residency but did a vascular biology fellowship at Stanford, which probably helped matters greatly.

if your LOR are strong (and you should work hard clinically to make sure they are), the next thing for you to do is take advantage of your local resources. where do residents from your institution go for fellowship? where do your faculty mentors have influence/connections? based on these factors, you should get an idea of how many programs to apply to and which ones (ie just academic or community and academic). 2 great sources of info would be your PD (who can tell you where people have matched) and seniors (who have gone through the process).

another resource to use is [email protected]. there are a lot of IMGs on that group who have been successful at obtaining cardiology fellowships.

aside from the de riguer advice of getting your applications in on time etc, just stay positive and try to get everything in place. you've got enough time to arrange things to your advantage, and i hope you find a university fellowship.

p diddy

 

[joti]

First of all thank you very much P Diddy for your time and advice.
1) how to get into basic science research fellowships in Cardiology (post Doc) at high profile universities (Harvard, Cleveland, Duke, JH, yale, Stanford)? I heard doing bench work in Cardiology for couple of years will increase your chances very much and you will be competitive for these big name places.
I am interested in research in atherosclerosis. I am ready to do it for 2/3 years if I will get a academic cardiology fellowship.

Please help me in this matter
Thanks
JOTI