Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship program facts
Contact usOur three-year Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship educates and guides 18 fellows each year at Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center and Aurora Sinai Medical Center. We accept six fellows per year to join our dynamic program.
Fellows receive 36 months of clinical cardiology on a block schedule consisting of 13 blocks per year.
Training facilities
Our clinical campuses, Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center and Aurora Sinai Medical Center, provide a rich and challenging training experience.
St. Luke’s is a global leader in heart health innovation and care. We boast the nation’s first and Wisconsin’s only 24/7/365 STEMI program to provide immediate treatment.
Learn about our training facilities
Curriculum
First year
- St. Luke’s CICU – 2 blocks
- St. Luke’s consults – 2 blocks
- Sinai consults – 2 blocks
- St. Luke’s Echo – 2 blocks
- Electrophysiology – 1 block
- St. Luke’s Cath Lab – 1 block
- Sinai Nuclear/Echo – 1 block
- St. Lukes Nuclear – 1 block
- 13th block will be divided equally in two half blocks
Second year
- St. Luke’s Cath lab – 4 blocks
- CICU – 1 block
- Electrophysiology – 1 block
- Advanced Heart Failure/Transplant – 1 block
- Echo – 1 block
- Echo/TEE – 1 block
- St. Luke’s Nuclear – 1 block
- Adult Congenital Heart Disease with Dr. Tajik – 1 block
- Research – 1 block
- Elective – 1 block
Third year (required)
- Sinai Nuclear/Echo – 1 block
- St. Luke’s Cath Lab – 1 block
- Electrophysiology – 1 block
- CICU – 1 block
- St. Luke’s TEE – 1 block
- Advanced Heart Failure/Transplant – 1 block
- St Luke’s Echo/Stress Lab – 1 block
- Electives – 6 blocks
Possible Elective Opportunities:
- Preventative Cardiology
- Cardiac CT
- Cardiac MRI
- Echo/TEE
- Electrophysiology
- Advanced Heart Failure/Transplant
- Cath Lab
- CT Surgery/Structural
- Vascular Medicine
- Research
** Fellows with specific interests are encouraged to design electives to meet their career goals **
Faculty publications
Our Cardiovascular Disease fellows and faculty regularly publish reviews, books and research. They also present at several national conferences during the year.
Explore our most recent publications and scholarly activities.
Salary & benefits
Aurora Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship values our fellows. This is why we offer a competitive salary, comprehensive health coverage (for you and your eligible dependents) and many other perks.
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Apply to the fellowship
See information about requirements and the application process for the Aurora Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship.
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