Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship Program
Training Sites
Fellows rotate between the four major teaching hospital centers of Rutgers Health Graduate Medical Education: University Hospital in Newark, the Veterans Affairs–New Jersey Health Care System in East Orange, Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, and Jersey City Medical Center in Jersey City. The training emphasis at each of these hospitals is dictated by the individual programs' major teaching strengths. All participating hospitals are in Northern New Jersey.
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, NEWARK, NJ
Fellows complete rotations and clinical experiences in the following areas: Cardiac Care Unit, Coronary Catheterization Lab, Structural Heart Program, Advanced Cardiac Mechanical Support, Telemetry Unit, Echocardiography Lab, Research, Nuclear Cardiology, Cardiac Imaging including MRI and cardiac CT, Electrophysiology, and Inpatient Hospital Consult, along with a two-week night float rotation combined with two weeks of research time. University Hospital is also the primary site for the continuity clinic.
VETERANS AFFAIRS-NEW JERSEY HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, EAST ORANGE, NJ
Fellows complete rotations in the following areas: Research, Echocardiography Lab, ETT–Nuclear Stress Testing, Preventive Cardiology, Consultation, and hospital service. In addition, there are outpatient experiences in general cardiology and heart failure practices.
COOPERMAN BARNABAS MEDICAL CENTER, LIVINGSTON, NJ
Fellows complete rotations in the following areas: Cardiac Care Unit, Coronary Catheterization Lab and the Structural Heart Program, Echocardiography, Electrophysiology Lab, and dedicated research time that also incorporates Lipid Clinic, Cardiothoracic Surgery, and a vascular medicine experience.
JERSEY CITY MEDICAL CENTER, JERSEY CITY, NJ
Fellows complete rotations in the following areas: Coronary Catheterization Lab and Structural Heart Program, Electrophysiology, and Echocardiography and Advanced Cardiac Imaging including Cardiac CT and Cardiac MRI. There is also a continuity clinic.