SCAI-Women in Innovations (WIN) CHIP Fellowship 2023-2024 (Funded)

There is an urgent need for interventional cardiologists who are committed to providing minimally invasive percutaneous solutions to patients with complex coronary anatomy, severe co-morbidities, and/or poor hemodynamics as a result of recent advancements in PCI technology and techniques.

The chosen candidate may use this fellowship money to support a CHIP Interventional Training Programme with a cardiac catheterization laboratory that treats over 250 complicated coronary patients annually and has access to the following cutting-edge techniques and technology:

• Chronic total occlusion (CTO) procedures;
• Calcific disease with access to atherectomy, including rotational atherectomy
• Complex imaging and physiology (IVUS, OCT, FFR, resting indices)
• Percutaneous MCS (mechanical circulatory support) in the cardiac catheterization laboratory

Funding

• Funding applies to 12 month fellowship starting in July 2023 and is provided to the training institution for $85,000.

Eligibility

• Open to interventional cardiology fellows or practicing interventional cardiologists interested in pursuing an additional year of advanced training (beyond traditional IC fellowships) focusing on CHIP (Complex and high-risk interventional procedures) and Percutaneous MCS (mechanical circulatory support) training in the cardiac catheterization laboratory.
• Applicants must be in or have completed an interventional cardiology fellowship within the past five years, be board eligible or board certified for interventional cardiology, and a US citizen or permanent green card holder.

Application

To apply, applicants must submit an application, which includes a concise statement of interest, a Curriculum Vitae, two to three letters of reference, including one from a cath lab director, CHIP fellowship director, or Division or Service Line Chief at the prospective training institution and Proof of prior training in the form of a diplomas and/or license is also required.

If you are awarded the fellowship, you must be ready to sign the paperwork with your selected institution by November 15, 2022.

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