The Cardiovascular Medicine Division offers advanced fellowship training in Vascular Medicine. Brigham and Women's Hospital is a recipient of a NIH Clinical and Research Training Program for Academic Vascular Medicine Specialists. The primary goal of the training program is to prepare trainees to be outstanding vascular medicine specialists involved in clinical care, research and education. Vascular Medicine fellows will receive a minimum of 12 months of clinical training and 24 months of mentored research training.
Vascular medicine comprises arterial, venous, and lymphatic disease as well as those systemic disorders that predispose to vascular disease. These diseases include atherosclerosis (peripheral arterial disease, renovascular disease, cerebrovascular disease), thrombosis (venous thromboembolism), chronic venous and lymphatic diseases, hypertension, dyslipidemias, vasospastic disorders, vasculitis, and diseases of the autonomic nervous system.
The clinical training will include both inpatient and outpatient consultation, as well as noninvasive vascular laboratory, and vascular imaging. Fellows will also spend several months in the Vascular Diagnostic Laboratory to develop expertise in performing and interpreting noninvasive vascular tests such as duplex ultrasonography, segmental pressure measurements, and pulse volume recordings. Fellows will spend 1-2 months in the Cardiovascular Imaging Laboratory and 1-2 months in the Catheterization and Interventional Radiology Laboratories. These rotations will allow the trainee to acquire fundamental knowledge about vascular magnetic resonance and computed tomographic imaging; and gain an appreciation for peripheral angiography and catheter-based endovascular interventions used to manage patients with a variety of vascular disorders. An additional 1-2 months will be spent on the Vascular Surgery service to develop an appreciation of the complex and extensive nature of vascular surgical procedures, and to participate in the postoperative care of patients undergoing vascular surgery. Following clinical training, vascular medicine fellows will be eligible to take the American Board of Vascular Medicine’s examination in Vascular Medicine.
The clinical research training involves a didactic comprehensive clinical research curriculum and mentored clinical research activities that will prepare the trainees for careers as independent clinical investigators. There are four major components to the didactic research curriculum and these can be tailored to the needs, interests, and goals of each trainee. These include the Harvard School of Public Health Clinical Effectiveness Program, the Harvard Clinical Scholar’s Program, the Center for Clinical Investigation seminar series, and the Partners Program in the Responsible Conduct of Research. In addition, Vascular Medicine fellows will work closely with research mentors to develop and conduct clinical research in vascular medicine. In the aggregate, these opportunities will provide the Vascular Medicine fellow with a strong foundation in epidemiology, clinical study design, experimental techniques, biostatistics, bioethics, responsible conduct, regulatory compliance, manuscript writing, grant preparation, and prepare the trainee for an academic career in Vascular Medicine.
Direct inquires to mcreager@partners.org.
You will find below links to the Vascular Medicine Fellowship brochure and application:
Vascular Medicine Fellowship Brochure
Vascular Medicine Fellowship Application
For additional information, please see the NHLBI webpage: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/funding/training/redbook/k12-vasmed.htm
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