Overview
Training in all facets of congenital cardiac surgery with a focus on neonatal and infant surgery, pediatric heart transplantation and ventricular assist devices; learning is primarily in the operating room supplemented by didactics.
The programme
- Training type
- Clinical fellowship
- Duration
- 2 years plus 1 optional year
- Start
- Not stated on official page
- Positions
- 2 fellows
- Accreditation
- Not stated on official page
- Department
- Not stated on official page
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- MD or equivalent (US/Canadian graduate or ECFMG-certified IMG); completion of a certified cardiothoracic surgery training programme and/or pediatric cardiac fellowship; all three USMLE steps preferred; ABTS certification preferred
- International applicants
- Yes — national cardiothoracic surgery certification and ECFMG certification required
- Visa support
- Not stated on official page
- Licence requirement
- Must be able to obtain an unrestricted District of Columbia medical license before starting
How to apply
- Deadline
- Not stated on official page
- Application method
- Email letter of interest and current CV to Manan Desai, MD (director of VAD and Heart Transplant), 202-476-1414
Funding
- Funding
- Not stated on official page
Official sources
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