Program Overview

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Introduction to the Interventional Cardiology Fellowship

The Interventional Cardiology Fellowship at NYU Langone’s Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology is a highly selective one-year program designed for applicants who have completed a fellowship in cardiovascular diseases. The program is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and provides the requisite clinical knowledge and procedural training in coronary and peripheral arterial diagnostic and interventional procedures.

Program Overview

The fellowship offers broad exposure to complex interventions, including chronic total occlusions, unprotected left main disease, and advanced hemodynamic support. Trainees perform a large number of intracardiac imaging procedures, evaluation of coronary physiology, endomyocardial biopsies, alcohol septal ablation, and percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty. A strong research program exists under the direction of Sripal Bangalore, MD, and trainees can actively participate in multiple clinical trials in addition to pursuing individual research projects.

Fellowship Mission and Aims

The mission of the program is to prepare fellows for a career in clinical and academic interventional cardiology in a quickly evolving international, national, and local landscape. The program aims to provide broad clinical experiences, advanced medical facilities, and numerous research opportunities available at NYU Langone and throughout the broader NYU community.

Fellowship Rotations

The program includes rotations at Tisch Hospital and Kimmel Pavilion, Bellevue, and the VA NY Harbor Healthcare System. These rotations provide hands-on training experiences in interventional cardiology, with a focus on advanced and complex procedures.

Tisch Hospital and Kimmel Pavilion

This eight-month rotation provides fellows with an extensive experience predominantly in coronary and peripheral arterial interventions, with a major emphasis on advanced and complex procedures.

Bellevue and VA NY Harbor Healthcare System

During this 4-month rotation, fellows train at the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at Bellevue and the VA NY Harbor Healthcare System’s Manhattan campus. The patient population has limited access to care, and many people present with acute coronary syndromes.

Fellowship Didactic Training

Fellows attend various conferences, including:

• Research Conference: Ongoing and pending research trials are discussed in an open forum.
• Journal Club: Fellows present and discuss publications from the recent literature.
• Interventional Core Curriculum: Weekly comprehensive interventional core curriculum sessions are led by the full-time faculty.
• Cardiology Clinical Case Conference: Cardiology Clinical Case Conference is held every Thursday, where fellows from the Fellowship Training Program in Cardiovascular Disease present two cases with literature reviews.
• Catheterization Laboratory Case Review and Morbidity and Mortality Conference: Interesting cases from the previous week are presented by the fellows, and all cases with complications are discussed.
• Cardiology Grand Rounds: Prominent national and international speakers present their data at this conference.

Fellowship Leadership

Louai Razzouk, MD, MPH, is the fellowship director and head of quality assurance for the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory. Dr. Razzouk’s research interests include the treatment of patients with coronary artery disease and diabetes mellitus, the use of alcohol septal ablation for the treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and mechanisms of in-stent stenosis for peripheral arterial disease.

Application Process

Applications are accepted only through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS), and candidate selection is made through the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP). For questions regarding the Interventional Cardiology Fellowship, please note that contact information is not provided here as per the instructions.

• The program is designed for applicants who have completed a fellowship in cardiovascular diseases.
  • The fellowship is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).
  • The program provides the requisite clinical knowledge and procedural training in coronary and peripheral arterial diagnostic and interventional procedures.
• The fellowship offers broad exposure to complex interventions, including:
  • Chronic total occlusions
  • Unprotected left main disease
  • Advanced hemodynamic support
  • Intracardiac imaging procedures
  • Evaluation of coronary physiology
  • Endomyocardial biopsies
  • Alcohol septal ablation
  • Percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty
• A strong research program exists under the direction of Sripal Bangalore, MD.
  • Trainees can actively participate in multiple clinical trials.
  • Trainees can pursue individual research projects.
• The mission of the program is to prepare fellows for a career in clinical and academic interventional cardiology.
  • The program aims to provide broad clinical experiences.
  • The program aims to provide advanced medical facilities.
  • The program aims to provide numerous research opportunities available at NYU Langone and throughout the broader NYU community.
• The program includes rotations at:
  • Tisch Hospital and Kimmel Pavilion
  • Bellevue
  • The VA NY Harbor Healthcare System
• The rotations provide hands-on training experiences in interventional cardiology.
  • The rotations focus on advanced and complex procedures.
• The fellowship didactic training includes:
  • Research Conference
  • Journal Club
  • Interventional Core Curriculum
  • Cardiology Clinical Case Conference
  • Catheterization Laboratory Case Review and Morbidity and Mortality Conference
  • Cardiology Grand Rounds
• The fellowship leadership includes:
  • Louai Razzouk, MD, MPH, as the fellowship director and head of quality assurance for the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory.
  • Dr. Razzouk’s research interests include the treatment of patients with coronary artery disease and diabetes mellitus.
  • Dr. Razzouk’s research interests include the use of alcohol septal ablation for the treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
  • Dr. Razzouk’s research interests include mechanisms of in-stent stenosis for peripheral arterial disease.