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Just started fellowship 3 weeks ago and I wanted to see if anyone had questions about the process leading to or Cardiology fellowship in general.
Rising 2nd year student and also interested in cardiology
- What would you say that the most thing is to get into cards fellowship, which is relatively competitive. I've heard that PD's throw away all applicants that doing come from IM at an academic institute. How true is that?
- I am also an osteopathic student. Have you seen DO's in cardiology? Do you know if there is any bias there?
Thank you!
Can you describe what a typical day as a cardiology fellow looks like?
I really like the physiology involved in cardiology but it seems like most patients are old with CAD, HTN, HF. Do you feel that it is monotonous at all?
You mentioned an interest in the ICU environment and treating high acuity patients. Are there cardiologists who work only in the CICU?
Rising 2nd year student and also interested in cardiology
- What would you say that the most thing is to get into cards fellowship, which is relatively competitive. I've heard that PD's throw away all applicants that doing come from IM at an academic institute. How true is that?
- I am also an osteopathic student. Have you seen DO's in cardiology? Do you know if there is any bias there?
Thank you!
Fellow hours- better or worse than residency? (in general, I know that it varies with the service you're on)
Do many programs take their own people?
Do you plan on practicing cards or further subspecializing?
Do you find that a lot of people going into cardiology do so after first aspiring to be a surgeon and not wanting to put in the time and effort? Not asking to be rude but that is what I keep seeing and hearing from the few people I know that went into cardiology.
Sorry to hijack the thread but you should do your best to get into an ACGME residency since the fellowship directors then know that you rec'd (mostly) adequate training. The variability in AOA residencies combined with them not really having all the rules in place that protect interns/residents will make for a hellish 3 years
It is easier to go from MD residency --> MD fellowship, so make sure you take USMLE step 1&2
What did you not like about IM residency?
Do you find that a lot of people going into cardiology do so after first aspiring to be a surgeon and not wanting to put in the time and effort? Not asking to be rude but that is what I keep seeing and hearing from the few people I know that went into cardiology.
Did you fall in love with Medicine first or Cardiology first? Asking because I hear so many people talk about how they would love to do Cardio, Gastro, etc. but how they could never put themselves through 3 years of IM. Always wanted to ask someone who maybe had the same mentality whether it was a struggle/monotonous for them during the resident years. (I'm not interested in IM, just wondering).
How many publications did you have?
What did you not like about IM residency?
Low BNP?Why do you always think it's the lungs?
Just started fellowship 3 weeks ago and I wanted to see if anyone had questions about the process leading to or Cardiology fellowship in general.
How is the job market for cards?
How many cards fellowships did you apply for? Interview in?
did most of your publications come from work as a resident?
Man,Why do you always think it's the lungs?
Low BNP?![]()
On a related note (kind of). If someone is interested in interventional cardiology and doesn't really want to do IM, would you still recommend them to go through the traditional route or just go for a vascular surgery integrated residency instead?People's motivations are very diverse. Some are noble and others not as much.
On a related note (kind of). If someone is interested in interventional cardiology and doesn't really want to do IM, would you still recommend them to go through the traditional route or just go for a vascular surgery integrated residency instead?
What is the difference with interventional cardiology and vascular surgery (besides the obvious routes)?
Do a lot of people that want to become cardiologist dread having to go through an IM residency and will there ever be an integrated pathway to cardiology medicine?
I meant as like if you want to do cath lab procedures. They do have that in common, right?I've never heard or seen a single vascular surgeon doing interventional cardiology.
I meant as like if you want to do cath lab procedures. They do have that in common, right?
Cool. 😉Yes. The vascular surgeons own the endovascular domain outside of the heart and brain. Though the cardiologists do occasionally do some stenting outside the heart. There is also over lap with some aggressive IR types vascular peripheral stents. And anything done in the brain is often reserved as well to neurosurgeons and IR.
"Well, seeing as we already got the cath set-up..."cardiologists have been encroaching on leg stents where i'm at. i've seen several patients who have had stents placed in incidentally found blockages. no rest pain, no leg ulcers, no claudication, no lifestyle changes beforehand
cardiologists have been encroaching on leg stents where i'm at. i've seen several patients who have had stents placed in incidentally found blockages. no rest pain, no leg ulcers, no claudication, no lifestyle changes beforehand
cardiologists have been encroaching on leg stents where i'm at. i've seen several patients who have had stents placed in incidentally found blockages. no rest pain, no leg ulcers, no claudication, no lifestyle changes beforehand
It's cardioVASCULAR medicine and turf wars exist in many parts of medicine. It's part of the environment.
Yeah except that they dont know much about the vascular part so when the stent becomes occluded its all oh lets call vascular surgery
Why do you always think it's the lungs?
Perhaps you should stop consulting us when it Is the lungs.
I don't consult cardiology.