• Fellow-focused training
  • Individualized curriculum
  • Intensive exposure and training opportunities in a variety of settings
  • Collaborative medical community
  • Well-rounded experience to prepare students for academic and clinical careers
  • Learning environment promotes wellness and reduces burnout while also focusing on advocacy, quality improvement and safety
  • 4 weeks of vacation per year
  • Stipend for attendance to medical meetings and conferences, educational expenses, including electronics.
  • Strong administrative support including Program Director and centralized coordinator office
  • Diverse population and opportunities for continuity clinic
  • Strong benefits package from the University of Connecticut
  • Fellow-centered program
  • Fellows maintain continuity clinic throughout training
  • Hospital sponsored Pediatric Fellowship Core Curriculum
  • Full ABP content specifications covered
  • Frequent departmental didactic sessions attended by faculty and fellows covering both introductory and advanced topics
  • Weekly multidisciplinary conferences discussing patient management, program development, and academic topics
  • Exposure to robust volume and diverse range of patients with complex congenital heart defects and direct involvement in the surgical, interventional, and medical treatments for those patients
Block NumberPGY-4PGY-5PGY-6
1ECHOResearch Research 
2InpatientECHOCICU
3CICUResearchECHO
4Research CICUCATH-EP
5ECHOInpatientELECTIVE
6CATH-EPECHOInpatient 
7ECHOInpatientResearch 
8CICUCATH-EPInpatient
9CATH-EPResearchHeart Failure/Transplant
10ResearchResearchECHO
11CATH-EPResearchResearch
12InpatientElective Research
13Research CATH-EPResearch

 

Cardiology fellows at Connecticut Children’s have access to many research opportunities, within the Division of Cardiology, around the hospital, and with our academic and research partners. These include opportunities for clinical research, bench research, and multi-center projects. 

Fellow research projects are closely supported and mentored by the fellow’s research mentors, placing the focus on building the fellows’ research skills and publication resumes.