The one-year, ACGME-accredited Interventional Cardiology Fellowship provides continuous, hands-on clinical training at OHSU, a tertiary referral center with state-of-the-art catheterization laboratories and structural heart disease programs. 

You'll participate in chronic total occlusion (CTO) procedures, take part in international clinical trials and attend cardiology conferences to expand your clinical knowledge and networking base.

Fellowship objectives

The Interventional Cardiology Fellowship is designed to train cardiologists to become skilled, independent subspecialists who integrate advanced interventional procedures into the comprehensive, lifelong care of patients with cardiovascular disease. Grounded in ACGME and ABIM standards, the program emphasizes not only technical excellence but also clinical judgment, ethical practice and collaboration within multidisciplinary care teams.

You will be trained to evaluate risk and benefit thoughtfully, manage both acute and chronic disease states and align procedural decision-making with broader health system goals, long-term outcomes and patient-centered care.

During the one-year clinical training, you will develop proficiency in a broad spectrum of coronary and structural heart interventions, including:

• Elective and emergent percutaneous intervention
• Management of cardiogenic shock
• Advanced hemodynamic assessment
• Recognition and treatment of procedural complications

You will gain exposure to:

• Structural heart disease therapies
• Advanced intravascular and imaging technologies
• Robust didactic, case-based and research experiences

Throughout training, you'll strengthen skills in pre- and post-procedural care, inpatient and outpatient management, clinical investigation and lifelong learning. You’ll be prepared to lead as an interventional cardiologist committed to excellence, innovation and patient-centered outcomes.

Fellowship curriculum

You'll work closely with teams from:

• General cardiology consult
• General inpatient
• Cardiology service
• Cardiovascular intensive care unit
• Cardiothoracic surgery

Clinical training

You will participate fully in inpatient and outpatient care and meet or exceed ACGME and ABIM procedural requirements, including a minimum of 12 months of clinical training and completion of at least 250 interventional procedures. 

Under faculty supervision, you will gain progressive independence in:

• Elective and emergent coronary interventions
• Primary PCI for acute myocardial infarction
• High-risk PCI techniques
• Catheterization lab management of cardiogenic shock
• Advanced hemodynamic assessment
• Management of procedural complications
• Comprehensive pre- and post-procedural care

You will also be exposed to percutaneous therapies for structural heart disease, including: 

• Closure of congenital and acquired defects
• Alcohol septal ablation for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy
• Transcatheter valve therapies

Training incorporates advanced diagnostic and imaging techniques such as: 

• Intravascular ultrasound
• Coronary pressure and flow assessment
• Provocative testing
• Procedural guidance using TEE and 3D echocardiography. 

You’ll also spend half a day per week at our ambulatory continuity clinic, which will reinforce longitudinal patient management, health maintenance and patient and provider education. 

Didactic and conference-based education 

A structured and comprehensive didactic curriculum complements clinical training through required attendance at division-wide conferences. You will participate in weekly and multidisciplinary conferences, including: 

• Interventional cardiology conference
• Cardiac catheterization conference
• Multidisciplinary case conference
• Integrative physiology conference
• Imaging conference
• Heart failure and electrophysiology conferences
• Formal didactic lecture series

Educational activities emphasize: 

• Case-based learning
• Cardiovascular pathophysiology
• Evidence-based practice
• Procedural decision making
• Multidisciplinary care planning

Journal club and research conferences foster critical appraisal of the literature, analytic evaluation of clinical evidence and presentation skills. Cardiology grand rounds, held approximately eight times per year, will introduce you to national and international leaders in cardiovascular medicine and provide additional opportunities for mentorship and professional development. 

Research and scholarly activity 

Research training is an integral component of the fellowship. All interventional fellows participate in investigator-initiated and multicenter clinical trials and complete a mentored research project during training. You will select a research mentor within the first half of the fellowship year and are encouraged to tailor scholarly activity to your career goals, with opportunities spanning clinical, translational and basic science research. 

Research areas of strength at OHSU include: 

• Interventional and structural heart disease
• Microvascular physiology
• Imaging
• Congenital heart disease
• Genetics
• Cardiovascular epidemiology

Fellows present their work at research conferences and may pursue formal coursework in biostatistics, clinical research methods or related disciplines, as appropriate. If you're interested in a clinician-scientist pathway, we encourage additional dedicated research training beyond the first year.

Collectively, the curriculum prepares you to be technically excellent, clinically thoughtful, academically grounded and capable of lifelong learning in interventional cardiology.

How to apply

Submit your application through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) and register with the NRMP Match.

Your ERAS application should include the following supporting documents:

• Personal statement
• Letter(s) of recommendation
• USMLE transcript
• COMLEX-USA transcript (if applicable)
• Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE or “dean’s letter”)
• Medical school transcript
• Photo

Eligibility requirements

Applicants must be completing, or have completed, an ACGME-accredited 3-year cardiovascular disease fellowship to be eligible for consideration.

Important dates

The fellowship begins annually on July 1. Applicants should follow ERAS application timeline. Interviews are conducted in July and August.

Current fellows

Meet our current Interventional Cardiology fellow.