Each fellow in our program receives a diverse clinical experience in the following fields:

• Echocardiography
• Electrophysiology
• Cardiac Care Unit
• General cardiology
• Catheter interventions
• Heart failure
• Cardiovascular disease prevention and consult service
• Cardiothoracic surgery
• Cardiovascular Surgery Intensive Care Unit (CVSICU)
• Congenital heart disease
• Right heart catheterization (RHC)
• Cardiac CT/MRI/Nuclear/PET imaging
• Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU)
• Women's health

Clinical Rotations at Johns Hopkins

Core clinical rotations follow COCATS Guidelines and include 24 months of clinical service. Rotations include a weekly continuity clinic for three years of clinical training (COCATS requirement). Our fellows rotate at two primary clinical sites located 15 minutes apart by car: The Johns Hopkins Hospital (JHH) and Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. The former is a quaternary care referral center and the latter is a community center that is the fourth-largest hospital in Maryland. Through clinical training, our fellows are able to easily meet all ACGME/COCATS training and procedural requirements. They also have opportunities to obtain COCATS Level 2 training in echocardiography, nuclear imaging and cardiac CT.

Electives

• Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit
• Cardio-Obstetrics/Women’s Health
• Cardiac MRI
• Congenital Cardiac Catheterization
• And many more!

Conferences

We have a comprehensive set of weekly conferences for our fellows that cover a broad range of topics relevant to cardiovascular disease training. New first-year fellows also participate in a six-week “Bootcamp” conference series in July and August.

Cardiology Fellowship Program Major Conferences and Didactic Activities

Learn more information about the conference schedule for cardiology fellows.

Required Conferences:

• Clinical Case Conference

  Occurrence: Weekly
  Days: Wednesdays at 7 a.m.

• Cardiology Grand Rounds

  Occurrence: Weekly
  Days: Wednesdays at 8 a.m.

• Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery Morbidity & Mortality

  Occurrence: Quarterly
  Days: Wednesdays at 7:30 a.m.

• Fellows’ Research Conference

  Occurrence: Weekly
  Days: Thursdays at 12 p.m.

Daily Noon Conferences:

• Board Review and Guideline Review

  Occurrence: Weekly
  Days: Summer Series and 12 p.m. Conferences

• Preventative Cardiology Conference

  Occurrence: Monthly
  Days: Mondays at 12 p.m.

• Electrophysiology Conference

  Occurrence: Three times per month
  Days: Mondays at 12 p.m.

• Echocardiography Conference

  Occurrence: Weekly
  Days: Tuesdays at 12 p.m.

• Various Didactic Topics

  Occurrence: Weekly
  Days: Wednesdays and Fridays at 12 p.m.

• Journal Club

  Occurrence: Monthly
  Days: Fridays at 12 p.m.

• Bayview Hospital Morbidity and Mortality

  Occurrence: Biweekly
  Days: Fridays at 12 p.m.

Additional Subspecialty/Research Conferences:

• Clinical Electrophysiology Conference

  Occurrence: Weekly
  Days: Thursdays at 8 a.m.

• Electrophysiology Research Conference

  Occurrence: Weekly
  Days: Tuesdays at 8 a.m.

• Advanced Heart Failure/Transplantation Conference

  Occurrence: Weekly
  Days: Fridays at 2 p.m.

• Interventional M&M Conference

  Occurrence: Weekly
  Days: Thursdays at 8 a.m.

• Institute of CardioScience Basic Seminar Series

  Occurrence: Weekly
  Days: Fridays at 2 p.m.

• Cardiogenetics Case Conference

  Occurrence: Weekly
  Days: Wednesdays at 4 p.m.

Summer Series

Every summer, we offer an extensive series of career development lectures and group discussions tailored for Cardiology fellows. Some of the topics included are:

• Applying for Institutional Career Development Awards, NIH K Awards, Society Career Development Awards
• Obtaining Industry Funding
• Basics of Grant Writing
• Core Principles for Early Career Success
• Essentials of Job Hiring from a Division Chief
• Academic Clinical Tracks, Research Tracks, and Education Tracks
• Engaging with National Societies
• Social Media in your Career
• Giving an Effective Talk
• Basic Statistics I-II
• Personal Finance
• Contracts and Negotiation
• Personal Wellbeing