Interventional Cardiology Senior Fellowship

Boston Children’s Hospital is home to the highest volume congenital heart catheterization program in North America. It has been a leader in training pediatric interventional cardiologists for the last four decades. Graduates routinely secure positions at respected academic centers, and continue to advance the field through clinical work and research activity. Many have served as directors of cardiac catheterization laboratories throughout the world.

Senior fellows participate in more than 1,500 invasive procedures in the Interventional Cardiology Program’s three dedicated biplane catheterization laboratories and a dedicated hybrid OR. They also gain exposure to ICU bedside procedures, intraoperative angiography, hybrid procedures, and fetal interventions. Senior fellows perform about 300 cases over the course of the year, and participate in the pre-procedural evaluation of patients, preparation of the patient for the procedure, performance of the procedure, and post-catheterization care.

The fellows master the skills necessary to perform as an attending-level first assistant during the first part of the year. During the final months of their fellowship, senior fellows perform specific components of catheterization independently, but with appropriate supervision.