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UCLA Medical Center Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology

Fellowship · Los Angeles, CA

Sponsored by UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center · Director Arnold Baas

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Class size
2
Visas
J-1, H-1B
PGY-7 salary
$125k2027 to 2028

Red flags

  • Seats left open in the Match. In 2 of the last 5 Matches, too few applicants ranked it to fill its seats.

Green flags

  • Sponsors H-1B visas. Most programs sponsor only J-1 visas.
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Getting in

The Match, seats filled

20222/2
20232/2
20241/2
20252/3
20262/2

How it chooses

  • Applicants need a valid California license or a postgraduate training license from the California Medical Board.

Who started, by class

Started 20261 on record of 2 seats · 1 published before starting
  • Yaw OwusuDavid Geffen Sch of Med at UCLA2 papers
Started 20253 on record of 3 seats · 2 published before starting
  • Matthew DerakhsheshAlbany Med Health System8 papers · 1 first author · 2 case reports
  • Deepti UpparapalliAtlantiCare Regional Medical Center4 papers · 1 case report
  • Amarat KongsompongBaylor University Medical Center
Started 20243 on record of 2 seats · 3 published before starting
  • Megan KamathSumma Health System13 papers · 2 first author · 2 case reports · 1 review
  • Megan PelterRonald Reagan UCLA Medical Center4 papers · 2 first author · 1 review
  • Khaing HtweOne Brooklyn Health System1 paper · 1 first author · 1 case report

Training

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

Months at each site

  • Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center10 mo
  • VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System2 mo

Where graduates went next

  • Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship6
  • Advanced Heart Failure And Transplant Cardiology Fellowship1
  • Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship1

Where graduates work now

  • UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine8
  • NYU Grossman School of Medicine2
  • AdventHealth Florida1
  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center1
  • Harbor-UCLA Medical Center1
  • Hartford Healthcare1

Research

100% of current fellows have a paper since 2023

1 of 1, 1 papers between them

  • Heart Failure Treatment and Management
  • Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes
  • Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
  • Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
  • Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes

People

Leadership

  • Arnold BaasDirector, Advanced Heart Failure Fellowship Program
  • Ali NsairMedical Director, Heart Failure, Heart Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support Device Services
  • Gregg FonarowDirector of the Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center

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

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ProgramPositions
ProgramPositions
  • Adult Congenital Heart DiseasePositions: 4
  • Cardiovascular DiseasePositions: 30
  • Clinical Cardiac ElectrophysiologyPositions: 4
  • Clinical Informatics (Internal Medicine)Positions: 6
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes, and MetabolismPositions: 10
  • GastroenterologyPositions: 24
  • Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine)Positions: 12
  • Hematology and Medical OncologyPositions: 24
  • Infectious DiseasePositions: 15
  • Internal MedicinePositions: 184
  • Interventional CardiologyPositions: 3
  • Interventional PulmonologyPositions: 1
  • NephrologyPositions: 12
  • Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care MedicinePositions: 28
  • RheumatologyPositions: 10
  • Sleep Medicine (Multidisciplinary)Positions: 6
  • Transplant HepatologyPositions: 1
  • Transplant NephrologyPositions: 2

Place

Summers reach 79°, winters fall to 51°.

Weather by month

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Commute

1.7M people live within 20 minutes of Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center by car with no traffic.

Cost of living

A one bedroom rents for about $2,470 a month within 10 miles of Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.

Hazards

  • Earthquakes
  • River flooding
  • Wildfire
  • Lightning