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Program Philosophy:
The UMDNJ-SOM program is deeply committed to providing state of the art training in
adult cardiovascular disease. A standard of excellence is achieved and maintained by
strictly adhering to and complying with AOA / ACOI Basic Standards of Residency Training
in Cardiology which is based upon the standards and recommendations of the American
College of Cardiology. The program is diligently maintained by review, audit and input from
the Dean of Graduate Medical Education, Program Director, Program Coordinator,
attending physicians and cardiology fellows.
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General Description:
Our cardiology fellowship program is an AOA approved program that upon satisfactory completion will provide board eligibility by the AOBIM in cardiovascular diseases. Ours is a well rounded adult cardiology training program that promotes excellence in the field of cardiovascular medicine. Graduates will secure exceptional exposure in the field that should exceedingly satisfy additional credentialing in pursued hospital privileges and professional societies.
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Core Curriculum:
The cardiology training program at UMDNJ-SOM is an AOA approved three year program designed to provide state of the art training in the diseases of the cardiovascular system. Our program meets and exceeds the requirements of the basic standards for training in cardiology as developed by the ACOI and approved by the AOA. Intrinsic to the standards of training is an emphasis on the recommendations of the American College of Cardiology / American College of Osteopathic Physicians / American College of Physicians recommendations as delineated in the COCATS documents
Training Tracks:
This program will offer two tracks of training, a non-invasive clinical cardiology track and an invasive/non-invasive track leading to independent operator status in diagnostic heart catheterization and angiography. Additionally, training in the invasive track will satisfy the pre-requisites needed for further training in interventional cardiology should the trainee elect to pursue it and both tracks provide the pre-requisites for further training in non-invasive or electrophysiology training. |
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Non-Invasive Track |
Invasive Track |
9 months clinical cardiology
5 months cardiac / surgical intensive care
8 months nuclear cardiology / ECG / stress testing
6 months echocardiography *
4 months cardiac catheterization
2 months electrophysiology
2 months heart failure and transplant |
8 months clinical cardiology
5 months cardiac / surgical intensive care
4 months nuclear cardiology / ECG / stress testing
6 months echocardiography
10 months cardiac catheterization
2 months electrophysiology
1 month elective
(includes vacation nuclear certification) |
* Fellows wishing to pursue Level III certification in either Nuclear Cardiology or Echocardiography will require a total of 12 months in echocardiography and nuclear stress testing, as per COCATS requirements. |
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