In our comprehensive three-year fellowship program, you will gain extensive hands-on clinical experience, personalized instruction, and research opportunities from renowned physicians and investigators in a supportive, collegial environment.

Fellowship Experience

Our program provides superior cardiology training in a collaborative environment. We have specialty clinics across our medical campus, which is anchored by our 1,200 bed inpatient center UAB Hospital—the eighth largest public hospital in the nation. The hospital is in close proximity to the Birmingham VA Medical Center, UAB Hospital Highlands campus, The Kirklin Clinic, and Children's Hospital of Alabama where fellows also train.

Clinical Rotations

Our clinical rotations are structured to ensure fellows learn advanced cardiology techniques across all specialty areas throughout the three-year training period.

Our innovative Ambulatory Clinic training seamlessly combines the Continuity Clinic and Block models, ensuring fellows benefit from the strengths of each approach.

At the Birmingham VA Medical Center, fellows manage a panel of patients longitudinally throughout their training. They also participate in Block model rotations, covering general cardiology, arrhythmia, heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, and elective time including adult congenital heart disease over the three-year program.

Additionally, fellows can choose to achieve COCATS Level 2 training in Cardiac Catheterization, Echocardiography, Nuclear Cardiology, Cardiovascular CT, and Cardiovascular MR.

Teaching Conferences

We are committed to equipping our trainees with a competitive edge in the field of cardiology through a multifaceted approach to expanding knowledge. Our program offers weekly CME-credited educational sessions, specialized training opportunities such as Nuclear Instrumentation and Safety, preparation for the Nuclear Cardiology Board Examination, and financial support to attend one major annual conference, and coverage of Medical and DEA licensure.

Research Opportunities

Trainees participate in a large number of research projects in our division including our T32 training program in Vascular Biology and Hypertension. As a trainee, you will have access to the Comprehensive Cardiovascular Center (CCVC) — a UWIRC working to position UAB as a premier institution for Cardiovascular research — enabling you to contribute to groundbreaking research initiatives, often resulting in featured roles in published manuscripts and opportunities to showcase abstracts at both local and national conferences. 

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