HPSP Obligation

[alpha2716]

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In order for me to become a interventional cardiologist I must do 4 years Med school, 3 years internal medicine residency, 2 year cardiology fellowship, and 1 year interventional fellowship. What willmy service obligation?

 

[colbgw02]

I know there is variation in the civilian world, but I think you should assume that the military will make you do a 3-year cardiology fellowship followed by a 1-year interventional cardiology fellowship.

Fellowship payback is 6 months for 6 months with a minimum of two years. The rub is that the military runs cardiology fellowships, while I don't think it operates interventional fellowships. I think that means these would be considered separate entities, so 3 years for the cardiology fellowship and then 2 years for the distinct 1-year interventional fellowship.

With IM residency, that brings your GME obligation to 7 years, which is paid back concurrently with an HPSP or USUHS commitment. This also assumes continuous training.

 

[denali]

Do not assume continuous training.

Army policy is now for IM residency graduates to serve a utilization tour (2 year TOS rule) and complete CCC before a subspecialty fellowship.

 

[Gastrapathy]

Cards is a 3 year fellowship. Interventional is 1-2. Both are competitive and often require utilization tours prior to selecting. Cards is inservice, interventional is either ftos or deferred. Obligation depends entirely on the timing but the earliest an interventional guy can get out is usually around 15 years of service.


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