Montefiore Einstein Center for Heart and Vascular Care

Cardiology Fellowship Program Virtual Tour

The Montefiore Einstein Center for Heart and Vascular Care is home to the Cardiology Fellowship Program.

E. Scott Monrad, MD, CM, Former Program Training Director, Cardiovascular Diseases

Why our Cardiology Fellowship Program could be right for you

At its core, the Cardiology Fellowship offers a coordinated, academic learning experience that covers the entire breadth of cardiac care. Our faculty are defining the leading edge of cardiology therapy, while at the same time providing care to one of the most diverse communities in the country.

Kevin J. Ferrick, MD, Program Training Director, Cardiovascular Diseases

What our Cardiology Fellowship Program offers

Our two Cardiovascular Fellowship training programs, listed in ERAS as the Montefiore/AECOM Program and the Montefiore/Network Program, provide state-of-the-art training in a world-class academic medical center and medical school. We are committed to our fellows and their futures, and provide progressive, hands-on training to help fellows achieve consistent clinical excellence.

What sets Montefiore Einstein apart

At Montefiore Einstein, we are guided by a mission to heal, to teach, to discover and to advance the health of the communities we serve. Comprising 11 member hospitals and more than 300 specialty care sites, Montefiore Health System provides highly specialized, coordinated care for diverse populations in the New York region, across the country and globally.

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, home to nearly 1,000 students in its MD, PhD and combined MD/PhD programs, is one of the nation’s preeminent centers for research, medical education and clinical investigation. Through the joint efforts of Montefiore Health System and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Einstein is able to advance research and accelerate discoveries, benefiting patients and ensuring access to state-of-the-art healthcare for all.  

  • Montefiore’s medical specialties ranked as top 1% in the nation by U.S. News & World Report
  • Children’s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM) recognized as one of “America’s Best Children’s Hospitals” by U.S. News & World Report
  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine ranked a top 50 “Best Medical School for Research in the Country, 2023” by U.S. News & World Report 
  • The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded Einstein $201M+ in research funding in 2022, placing Einstein in the top 50 among 142 schools of medicine
  • 700+ clinical trials 
Catherine C. Skae, MD, Vice President and Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education

Graduate Medical Education at Montefiore Einstein

Representing one of the top 10 largest medical and surgical training programs in the country, Montefiore Health System and our Albert Einstein College of Medicine provide postgraduate clinical training to more than 1,400 residents and fellows per year. Clinicians across Montefiore Einstein’s numerous educational programs actively mentor and cultivate a new generation of healthcare leaders. 

Our mission to improve access and quality of care for our diverse community draws residents and fellows from top medical, dental and PA schools from around the world. We develop and expand programs designed to advance teamwork, communication and decision-making, and our progressive focus on comprehensive care provides an ideal training ground for our residents and fellows.

To make the process of working and training at Montefiore Einstein more seamless, we offer a variety of services for our house staff, physician assistants and interns, including assistance with credentialing and orientation, institutional resources, visas, contracts, HR documents, payroll, notary services and specialty training and certifications. 

Montefiore Einstein by the numbers

7.7 million+

patient interactions annually  

1.1 million+

patients annually, representing the largest network in the Bronx, Westchester and the Hudson Valley

200+

specialty care locations, with more coming soon

40,000+

employees

Home to notable programs and our Centers of Excellence

Moses Campus provides the highest level of care to the most severe cases, offering tremendous clinical learning opportunities for our fellows. This site is the primary home of our fellowship training, and is where we perform our most advanced electrophysiologic, heart failure and structural interventional procedures, including left ventricular assist implantations, heart transplantations, ventricular and atrial arrhythmia ablations and Watchman procedures. 

Some of the strongest aspects of our program are providing care in an underserved and diverse patient population and learning within a sick-patient population with a high burden of cardiovascular disease and a varying degree of pathology.

Peter Vlismas, MD

Cardiology Fellow

An academic hospital adjacent to our Albert Einstein College of Medicine

The Jack D. Weiler Hospital on our Einstein Campus is our tertiary care center for the East Bronx and the second main site for our Cardiology Fellowship training. This is Montefiore Einstein’s busiest STEMI site, and is where fellows receive many of their first-year training experiences. Fellows participate in the delivery of care at all levels here, including advanced electrophysiologic, heart failure and structural interventional procedures.  

The clinical exposure to various pathologies and advanced level of disease at presentation make your clinical experience second to none.

Faraj Kargoli, MD

Cardiology Fellow

Leading the nation in VAD clinical trials

Montefiore Einstein leads the nation in clinical trials for VADs, including several trials funded by the National Institutes of Health. By staying on the pulse of innovation, Montefiore Einstein is able to pass on lifesaving advances to patients.

It’s a fast-paced setting, with lots of autonomy but constant clinical backup. This let me spread my wings as a cardiologist.

Jay Chudow, MD

Cardiology Fellow

A world-renowned faculty

Mario J. Garcia, MD

Chief, Cardiology
Co-Director, Montefiore Einstein Center for Heart and Vascular Care
Pauline Levitt Chair in Medicine
Professor, Cardiology
Professor, Radiology

Daniel B. Sims, MD, FAHA

Program Director, Cardiology Fellowship Training Program
Medical Director, Moses Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Associate Professor, Cardiology

Kevin J. Ferrick, MD

Program Training Director, Cardiovascular Diseases
Director, ECG Department
Professor, Cardiology

Ulrich Jorde, MD

Director, Advanced Heart Failure Services
Associate Chief, Cardiology
Professor, Cardiology

Luigi Di Biase, MD

Section Head of Electrophysiology l
Director of Arrhythmia Services, Medicine
Professor, Cardiology

Mohamed Azeem Latib, MB, BCh

Director, Interventional and Structural Cardiology

David A. Vorchheimer, MD, FACP, FACC

Director, Clinical Cardiology
Associate Professor, Cardiology

Ythan H. Goldberg, MD

Director, Cardiology Imaging
Professor, Cardiology

Cardiology Fellowship Curriculum

In a participatory fashion, each year trainees are increasingly challenged in our nationally recognized sections of cardiology. The Clinical Cardiology curriculum follows a progressive, hands-on approach in several areas, such as CCU experiences, which bring increasing responsibility and case complexity; cath labs, which receive the most STEMI cases in New York City; coordinated care between structural interventions and cardiothoracic surgery; and advanced heart failure and electrophysiology rotations, which provide regional quaternary care.
 

An unmatched diversity of experience

As a premier academic medical center serving the Bronx, Westchester and the Hudson Valley, Montefiore Einstein offers its postgraduate trainees comprehensive exposure to a broad diversity of patients and pathologies. The diverse range of experience available prepares our postgraduate trainees for future careers in their chosen field, be it in the research or clinical and/or non-clinical setting.

Live and work close to the best of everything

The Bronx, New York City’s northernmost borough, is a culturally rich neighborhood placed at the intersection of Manhattan and its surrounding regions. Our postgraduate trainees typically live in hospital housing or off-site in nearby Riverdale, Lower Westchester or Manhattan, and have access to an unmatched diversity of experiences beyond the program itself. 

In the Bronx, with its ample parks and gardens, you’ll learn first-hand why it’s known as “the City’s Greenest Borough.” The neighborhood offers plenty of local food, art, sports and culture, and is just a subway ride away from Manhattan’s famed theaters, museums and attractions. 

As a resident of the Tri-State region, you’ll have unmatched access to the city’s cultural offerings, not to mention the bounty of outdoor excursions that are available just beyond. Day-trips and weekend excursions to the Hudson Valley, Catskills, Long Island or New Jersey provide ample opportunities for swimming, hiking, biking, skiing and other seasonal activities. 

Drag map or zoom to explore things to do in the Bronx, Manhattan and beyond. 

Cardiology Fellowships

Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Fellowship

The one-year Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Fellowship Program at Montefiore Einstein focuses on all clinical aspects of advanced heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, transplant cardiology and mechanical circulatory support. Suitable trainees must have completed three years of fellowship training in cardiovascular disease at an ACGME-accredited program, and be board eligible or board certified in cardiovascular disease upon beginning our program. Our fellowship trains physicians to become independent and fully competent in the evaluation and treatment of heart failure, in the evaluation of patients referred for advanced cardiac therapies such as cardiac transplantation and mechanical circulatory support and the management of patients after cardiac transplantation and/or ventricular assist device implantation. Our goal is to equip heart failure cardiologists with the necessary tools to be leaders in heart failure patient care, in heart failure research and in the training of others in the field.

Interventional Cardiology Subspecialty Fellowships

Over the course of their one-year fellowship, Interventional Fellows are trained in the evaluation and treatment of a wide spectrum of cardiovascular diseases, and are given exposure in radial and femoral access, intracoronary imaging and physiologic assessment, treatment of stable and acute coronary artery disease, calcific and complex disease, large-bore access, mechanical circulatory support for cardiogenic shock and high-risk PCI.

Montefiore Einstein sees the largest STEMI volume in New York City, providing fellows a unique opportunity to develop the necessary skills for independent performance. While training, fellows are also given broad exposure to structural heart disease and peripheral interventional cases. Fellows also take part in case conferences, quality improvement projects and weekly lectures held by top national and international experts. 

As part of their training, fellows routinely participate in clinical research, and are given exposure to novel drugs and devices used in clinical trials. For those fellows interested in pursuing additional training following their first year, we offer one-year dedicated training programs in structural heart interventions and peripheral endovascular interventions.  

Advanced Cardiac Imaging Subspecialty Fellowship

Equipped with state-of-the-art technology and staffed by dedicated imaging cardiologists and radiologists, our program offers training on advanced echocardiography, nuclear imaging, cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging and cardiac computed tomography (CCT).

Our Echocardiography Laboratory is one of the largest in the country, performing over 30,000 studies per year. Fellows benefit from dedicated training in structural interventional imaging, strain and stress imaging. In addition to standard cardiac SPECT imaging, our program offers training in PET/CT using N-13 ammonia and 18F-FDG for the assessment of myocardial viability, coronary allograft and cardiac sarcoidosis. Fellows also routinely perform Tc-99m PYP SPECT imaging for the diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis. Additionally, our CCT Program includes pre-interventional planning for valvular and other structural procedures, and counts using state-of-the-art equipment that includes dual-energy imaging for plaque characterization and myocardial perfusion assessment.

Cardiac Arrhythmia Fellowship

Available to applicants who have graduated from an ACGME-approved cardiology program, the Cardiac Arrhythmia Fellowship Program is a competitive, two-year ACGME-accredited program in clinical cardiac electrophysiology offered by Montefiore Einstein’s Cardiac Arrhythmia Center. Our program’s large case volume supports ample research opportunities and access to state-of-the-art technology, and trainees work with world-renowned electrophysiologists who are experts in a full range of modern techniques and procedures. It is our mission to train the next generation of leaders in electrophysiology.

Fellowship Application Information

We’re seeking fellows who will shape the future of healthcare.

If you would like to apply to become a Cardiology Fellow at Montefiore Einstein, please check back for important dates. We will begin scheduling interviews in September.

Montefiore Einstein recognizes that having a diverse and inclusive institution is critical to success, and we reaffirm our fervent commitment to fostering a culture in which diversity is a central tenet.

Have questions? Get in touch.

Jacquelyn Smith
Fellowship Program Administrator
Cardiology Administrative Office
718-920-2057
jacsmith@montefiore.org

Learn more about the Montefiore Einstein Center for Heart and Vascular Care