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McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology

Fellowship · Chicago, IL

Sponsored by McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University

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Class size
3
Visas
J-1, H-1BH-1B for some
PGY-7 salary
$102k2027 to 2028

Red flags

  • Seats left open in the Match. In 1 of the last 4 Matches, too few applicants ranked it to fill its seats.
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Getting in

The Match, seats filled

20233/3
20243/3
20252/3
20263/3

Who started, by class

Started 20263 on record of 3 seats · 1 published before starting
  • Aaron SifuentesUniversity of Michigan11 papers · 3 first author · 2 case reports · 3 reviews
  • Michael VuBaylor Scott & White the Heat Hospital
  • Nandini RazdanReading Hospital
Started 20252 on record of 3 seats · 2 published before starting
  • Madeleine AlderVanderbilt University Medical Center5 papers · 3 first author · 3 case reports · 2 reviews
  • Robyn LottesMcGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University4 papers · 2 first author
Started 20242 on record of 3 seats · 1 published before starting
  • Jordan GavinNorthwestern University2 papers · 1 first author · 1 case report
  • Michael HillUniversity of Illinois at the Medical Center College of Medicine

Training

2 training sites. Most graduates on record went on to cardiovascular disease.

Months at each site

  • Northwestern Memorial Hospital12 mo

Where graduates went next

  • Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship4
  • Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship1
  • Heart Failure Fellowship1

Where graduates work now

  • McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University2
  • Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center2
  • Adventist Hinsdale Hospital1
  • Cleveland Clinic1
  • Consultants in Cardiology and Electrophysiololgy LLC1
  • Inova Fairfax Hospital Campus1

Research

33% of current fellows have a paper since 2023

1 of 3, 11 papers between them

  • Heart Failure Treatment and Management
  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
  • Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes

People

Leadership

  • Yasmin RazaDirector
  • Clyde W. YancyChief, Division of Cardiology
  • Nora HammondVAD (Ventricular Assist Device) Coordinator

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Faculty, fellows, graduates and the people fellows publish with.

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ProgramPositions
ProgramPositions
  • Cardiovascular DiseasePositions: 22
  • Clinical Cardiac ElectrophysiologyPositions: 4
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes, and MetabolismPositions: 4
  • GastroenterologyPositions: 12
  • Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine)Positions: 4
  • Hematology and Medical OncologyPositions: 22
  • Infectious DiseasePositions: 6
  • Internal MedicinePositions: 127
  • Interventional CardiologyPositions: 2
  • Interventional PulmonologyPositions: 1
  • NephrologyPositions: 10
  • Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care MedicinePositions: 16
  • RheumatologyPositions: 4
  • Sleep Medicine (Multidisciplinary)Positions: 3
  • Transplant HepatologyPositions: 2
  • Transplant NephrologyPositions: 2

Place

Summers reach 85°, winters fall to 20°. About 39 inches of snow a year.

Weather by month

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Commute

2.3M people live within 20 minutes of Northwestern Memorial Hospital by car with no traffic.

Cost of living

A one bedroom rents for about $1,770 a month within 10 miles of Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

Hazards

  • Cold waves
  • Tornadoes
  • Winter storms
  • River flooding