switching fellowship progs

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has anyone heard of people switching cardiology fellowship programs? i'm looking to go to another city..but doesn't look like spots really open up. Anyone with any experience with this?
 
I can only think of 1 person I know of who did this. He was at a major cardiology fellowship program with a lot of spots (8 or more per year). He decided he wanted to do imaging, which wasn't a strength of that program. He somehow got to transfer back to the place he did his IM residency, which did have excellent imaging. This was after a couple of years of fellowship. I'm sure this was with the consent of the original program he was transferring from. In general this is going to be hard to do. If you leave, who is going to take your call? If you're at one of those huge academic programs where all call is taken by the 1st or 1st/2nd year fellows, you might be able to leave after your first couple of years, if you convince people it's for a good reason. Just wanting to be in a different city I doubt is going to fly very well.
 
I have a good personal reason however I just don't ever see spots open up like in residencies and other fellowships. I'm sure they do occasionally but they likely aren't advertised.
 
If there's a program in the city you're wanting to relocate to, then start contacting them. Cards is so competitive that fellows generally don't quit or move, so it's going to be tough. If a program likes you, they might be able to make a spot for you.
 
I know of one person who switched programs, but it was under quite unusual circumstances. This seems exceedingly rare.
 
I know of a girl who switched GI spots from one city to another due to her fiance being far away. Not sure how difficult it was.
 
Hey, I am cardiology fellow in New York and I am looking to swap too, which city u want to move?
 
Hey, I am cardiovascular fellow in NYC. which program are you from? Are you interested in swapping to a NY program.
 
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