A four-year experience designed for individuals interested in embarking upon careers as independent clinical investigators and educators. The initial two years will afford trainees in this pathway the requisite knowledge set and procedural skills to function as excellent consultants in cardiovascular disease. During this phase the Fellow will also identify the mentor(s) who will provide the guidance needed to create a solid foundation for a career in clinical investigation.

Under the auspices of the Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, the Fellow will begin to participate in the various projects ongoing within the Division of Cardiology and formulate an area of investigation that will be intensively pursued thereafter. At the end of the third year in this Pathway, trainees will have completed our ACGME-accredited training program in Cardiovascular Disease and will be eligible to sit for the ABIM Certifying Examination.

Those fellows without a prior related masters degree will be candidates for the N.Y.U. Master of Clinical Science Program with its relevant course work in biostatistics and clinical trial design. As part of their training in this pathway, fellows will prepare and submit grant proposals for funding from such agencies as the National Institutes of Health (i.e., a K23 Patient Oriented Training Award) and the American Heart Association.