About the Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship at Tufts Medical Center

The Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Training Program at Tufts Medical Center is designed to prepare well-rounded, clinically skilled and compassionate cardiologists. We’re proud of our long-standing tradition of training physicians in all aspects of cardiovascular medicine.

Fellows are fully integrated into the CardioVascular Center and the Division of Cardiology. They gain hands-on experience in both inpatient and outpatient settings, mastering procedural techniques, participating in active research and contributing to education as consultants and mentors to medical students and house staff.

Clinical rotations span the full spectrum of cardiovascular care, including cardiac catheterization, echocardiography, nuclear cardiology, electrophysiology, heart failure and transplant cardiology, cardiac critical care, vascular medicine, community cardiology, preventive cardiology and advanced imaging (CT/MR).

We use a competency-based model that helps fellows build strong skills in 6 key areas:

1. Interpersonal communication: Demonstrating exceptional abilities to communicate with patients, families and healthcare teams
2. Medical knowledge: Applying evolving biomedical, epidemiological, and socio-behavioral sciences to patient care
3. Patient care: Providing compassionate, appropriate and effective care to patients
4. Practice-based learning and improvement: Critically analyzing clinical problems to improve care
5. Professionalism: Adhering to ethical principles and engaging in local and national organizations
6. Systems-based practice: Understanding healthcare systems and using resources effectively to care for cardiovascular patients

In later years, fellows may pursue advanced subspecialty training in electrophysiology, interventional cardiology, or heart failure and transplant cardiology. Many graduates also choose to continue research through the Tufts University Clinical and Translational Science Graduate Program or enter careers in academic medicine or community-based clinical practice.

Fellows benefit from robust research opportunities through the Molecular Cardiology Research Institute and the Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, supporting both basic science and clinical investigations.

Home to Boston’s first hospital + world-class cardiology training

Tufts Medical Center traces its roots to the Boston Dispensary, the city’s first hospital, founded in 1796. For many years, we’ve served as the primary academic teaching hospital for Tufts University School of Medicine. Our cardiology program has a longstanding tradition of excellence in both general cardiology training and advanced fellowship training, including electrophysiology, cardiac imaging, interventional cardiology and advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology.

How to apply to the advanced heart failure + transplant cardiology fellowship

We participate in ERAS and rank applicants in the Medicine Subspecialties Match. We have 2 ACGME accredited training positions.

To be eligible for consideration, you must be on track to complete fellowship and be board eligible in Cardiovascular Disease prior to your anticipated start date in our program. Please submit all application materials via ERAS. In addition to your CV, we require 3 letters of recommendation (one of which from your current program director) and a personal statement. We can sponsor applicants on J-1 visas and will consider applicants on H1-B visas on a case-by-case basis.

Please refer to ERAS and The Match for exact deadlines, but in general, here are important dates:

• July: ERAS opens for submission of application materials
• September-October: Interviews
• November: Rank lists close
• December: Match Day 

Comprehensive heart failure + transplant cardiology fellowship in Boston

The Tufts heart failure fellowship curriculum has been developed to provide a comprehensive exposure to inpatient and outpatient heart failure care. We especially pride ourselves in the high-volume training in transplant, cardiogenic shock, and mechanical circulatory support management we are able to offer. Our curriculum is designed to ensure fellows meet not only ACGME requirements but also COCATS guidelines for heart failure training.