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.

Our mission is to educate and inspire outstanding interventional cardiologists as they prepare to shape the future of the field. Our program is proud to count among its alumni graduates and faculty who are recipients of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions. Fellows are mentored by over a dozen full-time faculty members, many of whom present their research and clinical cases at national and international conferences as well as hold leadership positions in various societies. Through this expert guidance, fellows master the latest techniques in the management of complex coronary artery disease—including chronic total occlusions, calcific lesions, acute coronary syndromes, and cardiogenic shock with additional exposure to procedures for pulmonary embolism, peripheral arterial disease, and structural heart disease. 

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.  

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.

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.