Fellowship Application Procedure

The program in Cardiovascular Medicine maintains five fellowship positions each year. We are active participants in the National Residency Matching Program (NRMP) selection process. Some positions are allocated to individuals who wish to focus their investigative experience on Molecular and Cellular Cardiology and some to those with a focus on Pharmacologic, Physiologic, or Clinical Cardiology investigation. Please indicate in your narrative statement prior investigative experience and research areas that are of interest to you. Please review the list of Cardiovascular Medicine Division faculty research activities. Please indicate in your narrative if you have any investigative affinity with particular faculty members.

Applications will undergo preliminary review as they are completed beginning in January and interview dates will be scheduled between March and May. The Stanford Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship Program is committed to increasing representation of women and minority groups, and particularly encourages applications from such candidates.

We appreciate your interest in our program. If you have any further questions, please contact our office by e-mail at  , letter, or call Staci Leitner, Clinical Fellowship Coordinator at (650) 725-4183 , Laura Dodera, Research Fellowship Coordinator at (650) 725-4177, or use fax at (650) 725-1599 .

Licensure

California law requires that all fellows hold a state license (or exemption from licensure for graduates of foreign medical schools outside Canada or U.S. Territories) Those who do not have such a license must take an examination following commencement, or obtain licensure by reciprocity with National boards or another state within one year of initiating training.

California's minimum requirements are: Each applicant for licensure shall document completion of "an allopathic medical curriculum in a medical school or schools which extended over a period of at least four (4) academic years totaling at least thirty-six (36) months of clinical rotations, including all core clinical rotations." For further information write: Licensing Division, California Board of Medical Quality Assurance, 1430 Howe Ave., Sacramento, CA 95825.

Please contact ERAS, Electronic Residency Application Service to apply to the program beginning in July 2007. We are no longer accepting papter applications

Deadline for completed applications – January 02, 2006

We require the following supporting documents to be submitted via ERAS program:

• Application
• Personal statement
• Current CV
• Three (3) letters of recommendation, including one from your current program director.

The University does not sponsor H-1B vises for clinical fellowship training.

Steps		Timetable
1.	Submit your application through ERAS, Electronic Residency Application Service. No paper applications accepted.	Deadline for completed applciations– January 02, 2005
2.	Interviews	Interviews will be held March through April
3.	Ranking of candidates submitted to National Resident Matching Program (NRMP)	Early June 2006
4.	Results of Match announced.	Late June 2006
5.	Fellowship begins.	July 1, 2007