Program Description

If you are interested in advanced training in interventional cardiology, Mayo Clinic offers a two-year option focused on training in clinical practice and research in that subspecialty. You can participate in this training in one of two ways:

• You may spend two years in interventional cardiology as an elective to finish Mayo's Cardiovascular Diseases Subspecialty Fellowship Program
• You may take the two-year Interventional Cardiology Subspecialty Fellowship as an independent program after you complete at least three years of accredited cardiovascular diseases training at another institution

In either case, you will spend the first 12 months in a catheter-based research laboratory. Your research will include:

• Pathophysiology of restenosis
• Vessel response to injury
• Application of new interventional devices in animal models
• Local drug delivery approaches for gene therapy

Then you will spend the last 12 months in the clinical intervention laboratory, gaining experience in:

• Mitral balloon alvuloplasty
• Directional atherectomy
• Doppler flow
• Intracoronary stents
• Intravascular ultrasound
• Laser angioplasty
• Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
• Rotablator

Admissions

Qualifications
To be eligible, applicants must have successfully completed three years of cardiovascular training.

Also see

• Admissions to MSGME

Application Process

Positions
One or two positions are available annually on a competitive basis.

How to Apply
MSGME does not process printed applications to this program. To apply, you need to use the third-party application service, Apply Yourself.

The academic year begins in July. Applications for the Interventional Cardiology Subspecialty Fellowship are due no later than December, at least six months before the July in which you wish to begin your studies.

If you are considered for an appointment, you will be asked to visit Mayo Clinic in Rochester for an interview with the program director and selected faculty. Interviews are conducted in January and February each year.

Also see

• Required Application Materials
  (please review before linking to Apply Yourself)
• Apply Yourself

Program Contacts

To learn more, please submit the following information via e-mail :

• Name of the residency or fellowship in which you are interested
• The Mayo Clinic Campus at which the program is offered (Jacksonville, Fla., Rochester, Minn., or Scottsdale, Ariz.)
• Your name, address and phone number
• Your medical school and year of graduation
• Your previous residency or fellowship training, if any

Or contact:

Gregory W. Barsness, M.D., Cardiology, Interventional Fellowship Program Director
(507)255-6092

If you would like to discuss Mayo's training programs with alumni living in your area, please write to us for a list of their names.