Fellowships at the Cardiac Center
If you are interested in fellowships at the Cardiac Center, please contact the appropriate names below:
Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
For this fellowship, please contact Alan Jay Schwartz, MD, MSEd, Program Director, at 215-590-1855 or schwartza@email.chop.edu.
Cardiology
For this fellowship, please contact Paul M. Weinberg, MD, Program Director, at cfp@email.chop.edu or 215-590-3274. Please see below for application instructions.
Cardiothoracic Surgery
For this fellowship, please contact Thomas L. Spray, MD, Program Director, at 215-590-2708 or spray@email.chop.edu.
Electrophysiology
For this fellowship, please contact Maully Shah, MBBS, Program Director, at 215-590-2230 or shahhm@email.chop.edu.
Cardiology fellowship
How to apply
Starting with the match for positions to begin in July 2014, all applications for standard three year fellowships will be through ERAS, the online application service of the AAMC (http://www.aamc.org/programs/eras/applicants/start.htm). ERAS will open for pediatric cardiology applications on June 12, 2012 at which time you will be able to request an ERAS fellowship token. Registration and uploading materials may begin on June 18, 2012. Please do not send application materials to us directly. Application materials must be received at ERAS by November 15, 2012.
Eligibility
Physicians who will have completed residency training in a program approved by the American Board of Pediatrics or who will otherwise be eligible for board certification may apply for the Fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology.
Application requirements
The following must be received prior to consideration of your application:
- A completed application form through ERAS
- Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) certificate number and visa information, if a foreign medical graduate.
- Three letters of recommendation from people familiar with your professional work.
- Medical school transcript
- Curriculum vitae (as part of ERAS application)
- USMLE scores. Successful applicants must have passed all three portions of the USMLE prior to beginning the fellowship.
All application materials must be received at ERAS by November 15, 2012. An interview may be scheduled after receipt of the above documentation. Our program will be participating in the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP)-sponsored pediatric cardiology match for fellowship beginning July 1, 2014. The timetable for the Web-based match is likely to be as follows (based on previous schedules):
- Match registration opens: January 16, 2013
- Rank order list system opens: April 10, 2013
- Quota Change Deadline: May 1, 2013
- ROL Closes/final deadline: May 15, 2013 (The system closes at 9 p.m. eastern time on this day)
- Match Day/Results: May 29, 2013 (Results available via the web at 12 noon eastern time)
Please contact Dr. Paul M. Weinberg, Director, Fellowship Training Program in Pediatric Cardiology, at 215-590-3274 or cfp@email.chop.edu with any questions.
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania are equal opportunity affirmative action employers. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
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