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Saint Louis University School of Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

Fellowship · Saint Louis, MO

Sponsored by SSM Health/Saint Louis University School of Medicine · Director Deana Mikhalkova

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Class size
5
Visas
J-1, H-1B
PGY-4 salary
$73k2026 to 2027

Green flags

  • Fills every seat. Every seat filled in each of the last 5 Matches.
  • Sponsors H-1B visas. Most programs sponsor only J-1 visas.
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Getting in

Who started, by class

Started 20262 on record of 5 seats · 2 published before starting
  • Keshav BhattarMemorial Healthcare System7 papers · 3 first author · 6 case reports · 1 review
  • Eric SteinSSM Health/Saint Louis University School of Medicine1 paper · 1 first author
Started 20258 on record of 5 seats · 7 published before starting
  • Do ParkUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center9 papers · 2 reviews
  • Omar AlmaadawyMedStar Health8 papers · 1 first author · 1 case report · 6 reviews
  • Mustafa AlamDartmouth College7 papers · 1 first author · 2 reviews
  • Shushant KoiralaRush University Medical Center6 papers · 5 first author · 2 case reports · 1 review
  • Talah BakdashRhode Island Hospital/Brown University Health4 papers · 1 first author · 1 review
  • Arjun SharmaSSM Health/Saint Louis University School of Medicine1 paper · 1 case report
  • Venkata PeddadaSSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital1 paper · 1 review
  • Jason SiebertSSM Health/Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Started 20241 on record of 4 seats · 1 published before starting
  • Rohil BediSSM Health/Saint Louis University School of Medicine6 papers · 1 first author · 2 case reports · 1 review

Training

4 training sites. Most graduates on record went on to interventional cardiology.

Months at each site

  • St Louis University Hospital24 mo
  • VAMC - John Cochran Veterans Hospital11 mo
  • Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital1 mo

Where graduates went next

  • Interventional Cardiology Fellowship21
  • Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship8
  • Advanced Heart Failure And Transplant Cardiology Fellowship3
  • Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship1
  • Emergency Medical Services Fellowship1
  • Fellowship1

Where graduates work now

  • Mercy Health East Communities10
  • Baylor Scott and White Health2
  • Emory University School of Medicine2
  • JCH HealthCare2
  • Mercy Northwest Arkansas2
  • SSM Health St. Louis2

Research

93% of current fellows have a paper since 2023

13 of 14, 79 papers between them

  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
  • Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors

People

Leadership

  • Deana MikhalkovaProgram Director
  • Chien-Jung LinAssociate Director, Cardiovascular Fellowship Program
  • Philip MarAssociate Program Director, Cardiovascular Fellowship Program
  • Divya VermaDivision Director

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More programs at SSM Health/Saint Louis University School of Medicine

ProgramPositions
ProgramPositions
  • Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine)Positions: 13
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes, and MetabolismPositions: 4
  • GastroenterologyPositions: 12
  • Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine)Positions: 3
  • Hematology and Medical OncologyPositions: 9
  • Infectious DiseasePositions: 4
  • Internal MedicinePositions: 95
  • Interventional CardiologyPositions: 1
  • NephrologyPositions: 8
  • Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care MedicinePositions: 12
  • RheumatologyPositions: 4
  • Sleep Medicine (Multidisciplinary)Positions: 1
  • Transplant HepatologyPositions: 1

Place

Summers reach 90°, winters fall to 24°. About 16 inches of snow a year.

Weather by month

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Commute

653k people live within 20 minutes of St Louis University Hospital by car with no traffic.

Cost of living

A one bedroom rents for about $960 a month within 10 miles of St Louis University Hospital.

Hazards

  • Heat waves
  • Tornadoes
  • Earthquakes
  • River flooding

Publishes with fellows

  • Chien-Jung LinInternal Medicine, 3 fellows
  • Mina MehanniInternal Medicine, 3 fellows
  • Nongnooch PoowanawittayakomInfectious Disease, 3 fellows
  • Michael BlahaCardiovascular Disease, 2 fellows