The clinical activities are performed at OHSU Hospital and the VA Medical Center which are located on the same campus. The curriculum includes core rotations and electives. For each rotation, the learning objectives and expectations based on ACGME competencies are provided.

There are many basic science, translational and clinical research opportunities at the OHSU Knight Cardiovascular Institute related to cardiology. Our faculty includes superb mentors who are recognized internationally for their research and teaching accomplishments.

Applicants for the Structural Heart Disease and Advanced Cardiac Imaging fellowships: please email education manager Ana Martin plesiaa@ohsu.edu for application materials. 

Applicants for ACGME fellowships i.e. Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant, Cardiovascular Disease, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology and Interventional Cardiology: apply using the ERAS application. After you apply, you need to register with the NRMP. 

Applications must include:

• A personal statement
• A letter of recommendation from your Program Director
• Three recent (dated within the last 12 months) letters of recommendation
• Verification of completion of an ACGME-accredited medicine internship and residency prior to entering the program
• A copy of your current USMLE scores
• Medical School Performance Evaluation (MSPE) or ECFMG certificate (for foreign medical graduates)
• An electronic photograph

Interviews will be conducted virtually. We look forward to receiving your application.

Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship

This fellowship provides two years of advanced training in heart rhythm disorders and is accredited by ACGME. The basic components of this fellowship include advanced training in diagnostic and therapeutic electrophysiology studies; management and consultation of inpatients with disorders of cardiac rhythm; placement and management of electrophysiology devices; and outpatient management of patients with heart rhythm disorders. Advanced training is possible in lead extraction, epicardial access, and mapping, and left atrial appendage closure.

All applicants must register with the NRMP match to be considered. Applications and all supporting material should be entered on the Electronic Residency Application System (ERAS) sponsored by the AAMC. 

In 2024 our program was approved to participate in a 2+2 AIRE Pilot program that will allow early career focus in Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology during the 3rd year of CVD training. This will results in completion of training in both specialties in 4 years (rather than 5 years as currently required.) Participants in this pathway will be expected to meet milestones for both CVD and CCEP and thus be eligible for the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) CVD and CCEP certification exams. 

We have filled our positions for AY 2024-25.

Please direct questions to Ana Martin.

Adult Congenital Heart Disease Fellowship

This two-year fellowship program prepares trainees to become skilled clinicians and scholars in the care of adults with congenital heart defects. Graduates of the program will achieve COCATS level III in Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) and meet all of the requirements outlined by the ACGME and in the Training Statement on ACHD.

All applicants must register with the NRMP match to be considered. Applications and all supporting material should be entered on the Electronic Residency Application System (ERAS) sponsored by the AAMC. 

We have filled our positions for AY 2023-24. We will recruit via ERAS in 2024 for an AY 2025-2026 start.

Please direct questions to Ana Martin.

Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Fellowship

This fellowship provides a year of advanced training in heart failure and heart transplant and is accredited by ACGME. The basic components of this fellowship include advanced training of all stages and forms of heart failure, pre- and post-operative care of heart transplant and ventricular assist device patients, and key diagnostic or therapeutic procedures. 

All applicants must register with the NRMP match to be considered. Applications and all supporting material should be entered on the Electronic Residency Application System (ERAS) sponsored by the AAMC. 

We have filled our positions for AY 2024-2025.

Please direct questions to Ana Martin.

Interventional Cardiology Fellowship

This fellowship provides one year of advanced training in interventional cardiology and is accredited by ACGME. The basic components of this fellowship include state-of-the-art training in percutaneous coronary intervention procedures, complex coronary artery diagnostic procedures, and the evaluation and management of patients with chronic or acute coronary artery disease.

The fellowship includes exposure to advanced percutaneous procedures for structural heart disease, including complex valvular heart disease (TAVR, Mitra Clip, Melody, perivalvular leak closure), and to percutaneous ventricular assist devices.

All applicants must register with the NRMP match to be considered. Applications and all supporting material should be entered on the Electronic Residency Application System (ERAS) sponsored by the AAMC. 

We have filled our positions for AY 2024-2025.

Please direct questions to Ana Martin.

Structural Heart Disease Fellowship

This advanced fellowship in structural heart disease aims to educate and produce subspecialists who will become proficient and competent in the care of patients suffering from complex valvular heart diseases, develop a deep understanding of the pathophysiology and literature that inform our treatment, and participate in clinical and/or basic research to help further the communal knowledge of complex valvular heart diseases.

We have filled our positions for AY 2024-2025.

If you wish to apply, please contact our Education Manager,  Ana Martin.

Advanced Cardiac Amyloidosis Fellowship

The post-graduate fellowship in Cardiac Amyloidosis aims to educate and produce subspecialists who will become proficient and competent in the care of patients suffering from amyloid cardiomyopathy, develop a deep understanding of the pathophysiology and literature that inform our treatment, and participate in clinical and/or basic research to help further the communal knowledge of cardiac amyloidosis.

Fellows will also develop expertise in strain echocardiography, 3-D echocardiography, contrast echocardiography, myocardial perfusion studies, technetium pyrophosphate imaging, cardiac MRI, and PET-MRI.  

Individuals are expected to develop a scientific question and, under the guidance of teaching staff and mentors, design a study aimed at answering that question. Formal departmental presentation of their work will be mandatory, and it is expected that this will result in a presentation at a national meeting and/or publication within a peer-reviewed journal. 

We are now accepting applications for the 2025-2026 academic year to start in July 2025.  If you have questions or wish to apply, please contact our Education Manager, Ana Martin.

Advanced Imaging Fellowship

This fellowship provides one year of unaccredited advanced training in cardiovascular imaging. Our curriculum focuses on clinical skills in echocardiography, cardiac MRI, cardiac CT, and nuclear imaging. Individuals will receive a handheld echo device as part of the program.

Fellows will have the opportunity to play an integral role in structural echo procedures such as TAVR, MitraClip, ASD closure, valve in valve, paravalvular leak closures and alcohol septal ablations. Our institution is proud to have access to the latest technologies and to provide opportunities to learn on cutting-edge imaging equipment.

We have filled our positions for AY 2024-2025.

If you wish to apply, please contact our Education Manager,  Ana Martin.

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