Overview
A three-year ACGME programme with tailored curricula that trains clinicians, clinician-educators and physician-scientists across VUMC, the Nashville VA and Nashville General Hospital.
The programme
- Focus
- General cardiovascular disease
- Training type
- Clinical Fellowship
- Duration
- 3 years (optional research 4th year)
- Start
- Not stated on official page
- Positions
- 8–10 fellows per year
- Accreditation
- ACGME-accredited
- Department
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Completion of internal medicine training
- International applicants
- Institution policyForeign medical graduates eligible with a valid ECFMG certificate (or full unrestricted Tennessee licence); programme-specific requirements also apply
- Visa support
- Institution policyJ-1 via ECFMG; H-1B considered case by case by programme with GME; no new O-1 applications supported
- Licence requirement
- Institution policyHouse staff train under a Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners licence exemption obtained by GME; full Tennessee licence needed for moonlighting and for non-ACGME clinical fellows with a secondary faculty appointment
How to apply
- Deadline
- ERAS opens in July; interviews held September–October
- Application method
- ERAS only; interview offers limited for applicants who do not signal the programme
Funding
- Funding
- Institution policyPaid on VUMC stipend scale (effective 1/1/2026): PGY4 $81,933, PGY5 $84,801, PGY6 $87,769, PGY7 $90,841
Official sources
https://medicine.vumc.org/divisions/cardiovascular-medicine/education/cardiovascular-disease-fellowshiphttps://medicine.vumc.org/divisions/cardiovascular-medicine/education/https://www.vumc.org/gme/sites/default/files/public_files/house-staff/house-staff-man-2026/2026.07.01-1A-Conditions-of-Employment-and-Continued-Employment.pdfhttps://www.vumc.org/gme/applicantshttps://www.vumc.org/gme/license-and-dea-informationhttps://www.vumc.org/gme/stipends