Interventional Cardiology Fellowship at The Mount Sinai Hospital

The Interventional Cardiology Fellowship at Mount Sinai Hospital is designed to train qualified applicants in various aspects of percutaneous coronary, non-coronary and endovascular interventions.  It is a one-year fellowship after a formal three-year cardiology fellowship. Graduates of our training program are expected to be fully proficient in performing all aspects of interventional techniques such as:

  • Balloon angioplasty (PTCA)
  • Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI)
  • Rotational atherectomy
  • Orbital atherectomy
  • Laser atherectomy
  • Rheolytic thrombectomy
  • Distal embolic protection devices 
  • Balloon aortic and mitral valvuloplasty
  • LV Assist devices including IABP, Impella, LVAD
  • Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)
  • Fractional flow reserve (FFR)
  • Optical computed tomography (OCT).
  • Assist in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) procedures under the structural heart program.
  • Diagnostic and interventional peripheral vascular procedures under the endovascular program.

We have a busy academic schedule with regular educational activities include case presentations, journal club, research publications and board review.  The Mount Sinai Cath lab performs over 5,000 interventions every year.  We see a large volume of referred cases with high risk features, thus providing our trainees with ample exposure to complex PCI cases. Typically, 1 to 3 fellows are selected from our own institution, 4 to 5 fellows from outside institutions within the USA, and two fellows from out of the country with a clear intention to return to their country after completing the interventional training.  Each fellow can expect to perform between 400 and 500 interventions with progressive responsibility as an independent operator.

The top features of our Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program include:

  1. Opportunity to actively learn side by side with some of the most skillful and  experienced operators in the world, led by Samin Sharma, MD and Annapoorna Kini, MD.
  2. An exceptionally high proportion of complex interventions are performed annually at Mount Sinai, allowing our fellows to gain confidence by hands-on learning as primary operators.
  3. Education with all available cutting-edge technology from faculty that are leaders in the field of Interventional Cardiology.
  4. Exceptional volume of collaboration with the Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Valve Team and the Mitral Valve Reference center, led by David Adams, MD.
  5. Clinical research—Mount Sinai’s dedicated Interventional Cardiology Research Department, lead by Roxana Mehran, MD, with multiple active clinical trials, is often a high enroller and at the forefront of medical research.
  6. Work closely with Mount Sinai faculty who are editors of major heart journals, including: the Journal of American College of Cardiology (JACC), JACC Cardiovascular Imaging,and CardioSource WorldNews Interventions.
  7. Participation in live clinical cases, including webcasts and the annual CCVVC symposium.
  8. Inspiration to strive for the highest levels of technical excellence, safety and appropriateness.  Mount Sinai ranked #1 in New York State for clinical outcomes and safety.
  9. A remarkable and collegial family of physicians, nurses, technicians and staff with a shared commitment to excellence and a love for what we do.

Current Fellows

AY 2022-2023

Residency

Fellowship

ACGME

 

 

Rajeev Samtani, MD

(Chief Fellow)

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Cardiovascular Disease)

New York, NY

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Cardiovascular Disease)

New York, NY

Gennaro Giustino, MD  

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Cardiovascular Disease)

New York, NY

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Cardiovascular Disease)

New York, NY

Mahin Khan, MD  

McLaren-Flint/Michigan State University

Flint, MI          

McLaren-Flint/Michigan State University

Flint, MI

Sagar Ranka, MD

John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County

Chicago, IL

University of Kansas Medical Center 

Kansas City, KS

Udit Joshi, MD

John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County

Chicago, IL

OSF St. Francis Medical Center, University  of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria, IL

Ayush Arora, MD

Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

Newark, NJ

University of Texas Medical School at Houston,  Texas

Vishal Dhulipala, MD

Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn, NY

Mount Sinai Hospital (Brooklyn Track), New York, NY

Non-ACGME

 

 

  Ali Farooq, MD

West Virginia University – Charleston Division,  Charleston, WV      

 

West Virginia University – Charleston Division,  Charleston, WV

  Richard Tanner, MD

Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland

Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin Ireland

Saint James's Hospital, Dublin

Cork University Hospital

Cork and the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin

Gaurav Khandelwal, MD (Non-ACGME)

Off-cycle January 1-December 31, 2022

Gandhi Medical College (GMC) & Hamidia Hospital, Bhopal, India           

 Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Medical College & Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

 

 

 

 

Past Fellows

AY 2021-22

Residency

Fellowship

ACGME

 

 
Hytoo Kyaw, MD (Chief Fellow) The Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn, NY

Mount Sinai/Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn, NY

 
Isha Ranadive, MD   Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Clnical Track) New York, NY
Shiv Bagga, MD    St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis, IN Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Burlington, MA
Mayank Yadav, MD Bronxcare Hospital Center, Bronx, NY Mount Sinai St. Luke’s and BronxCare Hospital Center, Bronx, NY
Kartik R. Kumar, MD Wayne State University/Detroit Med Center, Detroit, MI Wayne State University, Detroit Med Center, Detroit, MI
Negar Salehi, MD University of Michigan, East Lansing, MI University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences,  Little Rock, AR
  Ali Farooq, MD West Virginia University – Charleston Division,  Charleston, WV West Virginia University – Charleston Division,  Charleston, WV

Non-ACGME

 

 

Anoop Koshy, MD

The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne

Eastern Health, Melbourne (Cardiology) Monash Heart, Melbourne (Cardiology) Health, Melbourne

(Interventional Cardiology)

Prashant Dwivedi, MD

 M.G.M Medical College & DAVV Indore, India 

King George Medical University (DM Cardiology), Lucknow, India

 

 

 

 

Past Fellows

AY 2020-21

 

 Residency

 Fellowship

ACGME

 

 

Jonathan Luke Murphy, MD

 

Columbia University Medical Hospital, New York, NY

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, (Investigator Track) New York, NY

Gurpreet Johal, MD

University of Missouri, MO

Augusta University/Medical College of Georgia, GA 

Michael Joseph Cryer, MD  

Palmetto Health USC, Columbia, South Carolina

Palmetto Health USC, Columbia, South Carolina

Maheedhar Gedela, MD

University of South Dakota, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

University of South Dakota, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Suwen Kumar, MD

Michigan State University, Lansing, MI

University of Hawaii, Honolulu,

Twinkle Singh, MD  

Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia

Tulane University Heart and Vascular Institute, New Orleans, LA

Aakash Garg, MD

VA Medical Center, Mount Sinai Hospital, Rutgers Saint Peters University Hospital, NJ

Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, NJ

Non-ACGME

 

 

Htoo Kyaw, MD

The Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn, NY

Mount Sinai/Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn, NY

Amit Hooda, MD

(Off-cycle)

 

Sawai Man Singh Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

Past Fellows

AY 2019-20

Residency

Fellowship

ACGME

 

 

Raman Sharma, MD

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY

 Rohit Malhotra, MD

 

University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center, MA

University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center, MA

Radha Mehta, MD

 

Mount Auburn Hospital, Harvard Medical School, MA

 University of Cincinnati, OH

 

 Tarun Jain , MD 

  Henry Ford Hospital, MI

Henry Ford Hospital, MI

 Reza Masoomi, MD

 The University of Kansas Medical Center, MO

  The University of Kansas Medical Center. MO

 Sunny Goel, MD

 

Maimonides Medical Center, NY

  Maimonides Medical Center, NY

Hemal Bhatt, MD

Lutheran Medical Center, NY

Einstein Medical Center, PA

Non-ACGME

 

 

Bimmer Claessen, MD

(off-cycle)

  University of Amsterdam

  University of Amsterdam

Gurpreet Johal, MD

  University of Missouri, MO

Augusta University/Medical College of Georgia, GA 

 Lorenzo Azzalini , MD 

 Hospital de la Santa Creu I Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain

Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, QC, Canada

 

 

 

 

Past Fellows AY 2018-19

Residency

Fellowship

ACGME

 

 

Jossef Amirian, MD

 North Shore Long Island Jewish  Mount Sinai Beth Israel
 Gregory Serrao, MD

 

  NY Presbyterian – Columbia, NY  Mount Sinai Hospital, NY
 Jeffrey Selan, MD

 

  Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA  Mount Sinai Hospital, NY
 Nileshkumar Patel , MD   North Shore-LIJ Staten Island University Hospital  University of Miami Miller School of    Medicine, Jackson Memorial Hospital
 Ruchir Patel, MD  Henry Ford Hospital/Wayne State University, Detroit, MI  Henry Ford Hospital/Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
 Deepika Narasimha, MD

 

 University at Buffalo, NY  Loma Linda University, CA

Parasuram Melarcode Krishnamoorthy, MD

 Icahn School of Medicine at Englewood Program, NJ  Albert Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia, PA

Non-ACGME

 

 

Serdar Farhan, MD

  Wilhelminen Hospital, Vienna, Austria  Wilhelminen Hospital, Vienna, Austria

 
 Natraj Katta, MD  St. Joseph Mercy, Oakland, MI  University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

 
 Muhammad Fahad Khan, MD  University at Buffalo (Catholic Health System)  New York Methodist Hospital, NY
 Nish Patel , MD   University of Oklahoma Health Sciences center  University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Jackson Memorial Hospital
 Asma Khaliq, MD

 

  University of Florida  University of Florida

Annapoorna S. Kini, MD, Director of Interventional Cardiology Fellowship,  Director of Cardiac Cath Lab, Professor of Medicine (Cardiology), Zena and Michael A. Wiener Professor of Medicine

Samin K. Sharma, MD, Director of Clinical and Interventional Cardiology and Professor of Medicine (Cardiology), Anandi Lal Sharma Professor of Medicine in Cardiology

George Dangas, MD, PhD, Director of Cardiovascular Innovation and Professor Medicine  (Cardiology).

Joseph M. Sweeny, MD, Associate Director of Interventional Cardiology Fellowship and Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiology). 

Nitin Barman, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine  (Cardiology) 

The primary objective of the Interventional Cardiology Fellowship at Mount Sinai hospital is to provide extensive training in the endovascular management of patients with cardiovascular disease. The program provides excellent hands on training opportunities in various aspects of coronary, structural and endovascular interventions. The graduates of our program often take on leadership roles in the field of interventional cardiology.

Goals & Objectives:

  • Training on interventional equipment such as guiding catheters, balloons, stents and devices. 
  • Didactic discussions on appropriate interventional techniques for specific lesions. 
  • Insertion and management of IABP, Impella and percutaneous LVAD.
  • Use of Rotational and Orbital Atherectomy, rheolytic atherectomy (Angiojet) and manual aspiration thrombectomy.
  • Selection and deployment of appropriate distal embolic protection devices.  
  • Setup, perform and interpret FFR, IVUS and OCT during this time period.
  • Selection of patients and performing balloon aortic and mitral valvuloplasty.
  • Perform intervention in chronic total occlusions (CTO) by anterograde and retrograde approaches.
  • Knowledge of peripheral vascular disease, patient selection, and diagnostic and invasive endovascular procedures including iliac/CFA/SFA interventions.
  • Encouraged to take an active role in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) procedures as well.
  • Fellows are also expected to have full understanding of endovascular interventions and are expected to have actively participated in over 80 endovascular procedures. 

At the end of the year an interventional fellow will be proficient in all aspects of cardiac catheterization and all different types of coronary interventions, balloon aortic valvuloplasty and non-complex endovascular interventions in a safe and confident manner.

ACGME requirement of 250 coronary interventions will be easily met, and our fellows average 400-500 coronary cases as primary operator in addition to additional cases in valvular (20-25) and peripheral interventions(90-110).

We offer additional 1-year training programs in both Structural Heart and Endovascular Interventions.

Rotations:

  1. Core laboratory rotations: On a weekly basis, interventional fellows will rotate through the laboratory’s seven rooms, gaining experience with different faculty members and a comprehensive array of coronary, peripheral and structural interventions.
  2. On Call: Approximately once every eight weeks, interventional fellows will be assigned to be On Call for the calendar week. During the On Call week, which includes night and weekend coverage of the interventional service, fellows will have primary responsibility for emergent consultations and procedures.
  3. Research: Approximately once every eight weeks, interventional fellows will be assigned to a one week research rotation. 
  4. Clinic: One half-day per week, each interventional fellow will attend the interventional cardiology clinic with an attending physician.

Interventional fellows are expected to perform clinical research related to intervention cardiology and to contribute scholarly writing in the field.  Each fellow will be assigned to one or two clinical research projects with an expectation of completion during the fellowship year.  Original clinical research would require formulation of ideas, writing of protocol, collection of patients', analysis of data and submission as abstract and manuscript. Multimodality intravascular imaging is one area of the potential research areas. Cath lab has an extensive retrospective imaging database including hundreds of IVUS, NIRS and OCT cases. The YELLOW series of prospective clinical trials offers a rare combination of coronary imaging and basic science research including gene expression analysis. Advanced imaging techniques, such as 3D QCA and 3D OCT reconstruction, are used in our ORBID trials in order to find predictors of side branch occlusion after main vessel stenting.   To learn more about the research available to our fellows, please click here. 

We will be accepting applications for positions starting July 1, 2024.

For ACGME applications:  please use ERAS this year on December1st.

Note:  Please send these additional documents to the program coordinator via email:

  • Copies of any published abstracts and manuscripts
  • Procedure Log detailing procedural training done and signed by the Cath Lab Director 

For Non-ACGME applications (non U.S. applicants with the intention of returning to their home country), and Advanced Fellowship in Structural Heart Disease:

Please email to Maria Directo at maria.directo@mountsinai.org the following: 

  • Interventional Cardiology Application Form
  • Current CV
  • Personal statement
  • 3 Recommendation Letters (1 recommendation from the Cath Lab Director)
  • Copy of ECFMG certification
  • Copies of any published abstracts and manuscripts
  • Procedure Log detailing procedural training done and signed by the Cath Lab Director.