Fellowship · via Internal Medicine
Cardiology
Terminal subspecialty. Apply during or after Internal Medicine residency.
Cardiologists manage coronary artery disease, heart failure, arrhythmias, valvular disease, congenital heart disease, and cardiac imaging. Subspecialization is the norm: interventional, electrophysiology, advanced heart failure, imaging, congenital. Mix of clinic, inpatient, and procedural work.
Lifestyle & practice
Fellowship hours 60 to 75. Attending varies: imaging is clinic-heavy, interventional is procedural and on-call. Compensation $500k to $700k+, among the highest in IM.
Common fellowship paths
- Fellowship length
- 3 years (general) + 1-2 for sub-sub
- Median comp
- $550k to $700k
High-signal external links curated for residents and applicants.
- American College of Cardiology ↗
Specialty society. Annual ACC meeting, JACC journal.
- American Heart Association ↗
Co-equal society, AHA scientific sessions.
- IM grad49%(target 48%)
- IMG19%(target 22%)