CardioExchange Archive

September 15th, 2014

How to Ace Your Fellowship Interview

Ethan J Weiss, M.D.

The following compilation of fellowship interview tips was originally published on Twitter between August 15th and 18th by Ethan Weiss, a cardiologist with 13 years of experience interviewing fellowship applicants. Matthew Pirotte also supplied this helpful graph categorizing potential applicants. 1. Prepare like you are interviewing for a job. You are. Know who you are meeting and […]

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April 23rd, 2014

The Challenges of Early Career Cardiologists in Academic Medicine

John Ryan, MD and Andrew M. Kates, MD

In a recent JACC paper co-authored by CardioExchange Editors John Ryan and Andy Kates, the challenges facing early career cardiologists in academic medicine are discussed. Ryan and Kates delve further into what these issues are and why addressing them is important. John Ryan: The physician-scientist serves an important role by bringing advances in research into the clinical arena. To […]

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March 31st, 2014

Master of All Trades

Saurav Chatterjee, MD

Saurav Chatterjee reflects on the growing demands of fellows embarking on careers in private practice.

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March 28th, 2014

Changing My Priorities for ACC.14

Kumar Dharmarajan, MD MBA

A fellow finds that, as his life and career changes, so does his choice of itinerary at ACC.

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December 5th, 2013

Hail Fellows, Well Met!

Andrew M. Kates, MD

CardioExchange Fellowship Training moderator Andy Kates wants to know how Match Day went for you.

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November 20th, 2013

AHA.13: Good until the End

Seth Shay Martin, MD

On the last afternoon at AHA.13, a poster on an experimental preventive treatment catches the eye of a cardiology Fellow .

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November 19th, 2013

Big Impact from a Little-Publicized Session at AHA.13

Saurav Chatterjee, MD

A Fellow wonders about a “fabulous” presentation — why was it held at a relatively early hour and in one of the smaller meeting rooms?

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November 19th, 2013

AHA 2013: Reflections on My Wish List

Vimal Ramjee, MD

A fellow describes his wish list for conferences that better meet the needs of trainees.

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November 19th, 2013

Does It Matter that I Miss Another Late-Breaking (“Heart-Breaking”) Session at AHA?

Reva Balakrishnan, MD, MPH

This Fellow needs to leave AHA early and wonders what she is missing.

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November 18th, 2013

Super-Cells & Chimeras: Mission Impossible 5 or Transformative Approaches to New Heart?

Vimal Ramjee, MD

This cardiology fellow is stunned by some of the basic science reported at AHA.13.

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