mayo cardiology

[EPADHA]

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Hey all,
A program on my rank list that I am not sure where I am going to rank is Mayo Clinic Rochester. I would appreciate any input on the program. I liked Mayo when I visited and liked the laid back yet somewhat academic atmosphere. However, I am somewhat concerned about how many procedures their fellows actually "do". I am told that their tracks are set up in such a way that if I decided to do their imaging pathway ( that I might be interested in), I can forget about caths. Moreover their nuclear level III training is almost a year long. I just get a sense that I might not end up as a well rounded cardiologist if I go to Mayo. However, its a very well regarded program atleast on paper. I would value any input on this.

 

[tibor75]

Hey all,
A program on my rank list that I am not sure where I am going to rank is Mayo Clinic Rochester. I would appreciate any input on the program. I liked Mayo when I visited and liked the laid back yet somewhat academic atmosphere. However, I am somewhat concerned about how many procedures their fellows actually "do". I am told that their tracks are set up in such a way that if I decided to do their imaging pathway ( that I might be interested in), I can forget about caths. Moreover their nuclear level III training is like almost a year long. I just get a sense that I might not be a globally well trained cardiologist if I go to Mayo. However, its a very well regarded program atleast on paper. I would value any input on this.
thanks.

If you go down their imaging pathway, why would you care about caths anyway? It would just be a waste of time. You don't need to spend months in the cath lab to be a "well trained" cardiologist.

 

[OptimusPrime]

how to rank Mayo Clinic? the main one in rochester? "somewhat academic atmosphere"? am i missing something? bro where else did you interview that you feel has a more prestigious cardiology teaching program? Unless cleveland, mgh or brigham are other possible options, even still.

sorry i can't help out more than the babbling i just contributed. best of luck.

OP

ps: again i have to agree with tibor, if you are going to do an imaging subspecialty then i'm assuming that is a long term career path in which case just get the minimum cath under your belt and move on with your life.

 

[Myostatin]

I doubt that procedural volume will be an issue at Mayo, as its one of the busiest cardiology departments in the country. However, the phenomenon you describe will be common to all of the top academic programs - the people at Mayo, etc. are not interested in making you into a "well rounded" cardiologist marketable for private practice jobs with level ii certification in multiple modalities - they're looking to train academicians with very narrow foci. (Cleveland Clinic perhaps excluded from this generalization) If you're interested in broad level ii certification in a reasonable time period, you're better off chosing a community oriented program that will make this happen. This is the somewhat unfortunate truth of the current situation.

 

[dragonfly99]

However, the phenomenon you describe will be common to all of the top academic programs - the people at Mayo, etc. are not interested in making you into a "well rounded" cardiologist marketable for private practice jobs with level ii certification in multiple modalities - they're looking to train academicians with very narrow foci.

I agree with this...