Why Choose Mount Sinai Morningside-BronxCare Cardiology?
The Mount Sinai Morningside-BronxCare Cardiovascular Disease Training Program offers the perfect balance of diversity and autonomy that is needed to prepare you for a career in academic and/or clinical cardiology by merging the academic expertise of the Mount Sinai Hospitals with the superior clinical experience and close mentorship that one receives at the BronxCare Hospital.
Our home cardiology program led by the internationally recognized leader in the field of Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Dr. Sean Pinney, includes robust interventional and structural programs, an active critical care cardiology program, and excellent programs in electrophysiology, advanced heart failure and mechanical circulatory support, and advanced cardiovascular imaging. At the BronxCare Hospital, our fellows get ample time to develop the technical skills that are needed to be a superior clinical cardiologist through one on one teaching and direct hands on work in advanced cardiology procedures including percutaneous coronary interventions, cardiac device implantations and trans-esophageal echocardiography.
At the start of fellowship, each of our fellows is paired with a dedicated faculty mentor who will supervise that fellow’s outpatient cardiology clinic, allowing for focused support of clinical activities and consistent continuity of care throughout their years of training. Our faculty mentors foster the professional growth of our fellows through regularly structured meetings or informal discussions. Towards the end of the first year of training, our Program Director meets with each fellow to develop a curriculum for the next two years of training that is specifically suited for the fellow’s mode of learning. This enables our fellows to achieve the greatest level of individual growth and success. Some of our fellows prefer to do more of their rotations at Mount Sinai Morningside in order to strengthen their clinical exposure in the academically rich environment offered there, while others prefer to enhance their technical skills through the one on one teaching that BronxCare is known for.
Regardless of the path taken, we foster independence and individualized training to suit your career goals.
A Storied History & Reputation
The Cardiology Division at Mount Sinai Morningside is one of the fastest growing Cardiology Divisions in the nation, but it is based on an illustrious history. The Division of Cardiology was founded at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1970, and then merged with Roosevelt Hospital in 1990, to form St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center. Following the formation of the Mount Sinai Health System (now a seven-hospital health system in New York City), Roosevelt Hospital was renamed Mount Sinai West Hospital and St. Luke’s Hospital became Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital. The first Chief of Cardiology at St. Luke’s Hospital was the late Dr. Harvey Kemp, who was an outstanding cardiologist, recruited to the Institution in 1970 after working as a fellow in Dr. Richard Gorlin’s program at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital. Dr. Kemp was the author of many scholarly works and he established one of the most active cardiac catheterization laboratories in the New York City’s west side during his twenty-year tenure. Simultaneously, St. Luke’s Hospital recruited Dr. George E. Green to establish a cardiac surgery program at the Institution in 1970. By 1982, St. Luke’s Hospital was performing approximately 1,800 coronary bypass surgeries per year, making it the largest program in New York State. Dr. Green was an innovator in the application of micro-suture techniques for coronary artery bypass surgery and the first American surgeon to perform bypass surgery by employing the internal thoracic artery to bypass obstructed left anterior descending coronary arteries.
In 1990, Dr. Edward Dwyer assumed the leadership of the newly formed Division of Cardiology for St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital and he began the active expansion of the academic staff. The first Director of the Cardiology Fellowship program was the late Dr. Miles Schwartz, an inspired clinician and educator, who built the foundation of our current core program. In 2015 Mount Sinai Saint Luke’s Hospital joined with Bronx Lebanon Hospital to form the Mount Sinai Saint Luke’s-Bronx Lebanon Cardiovascular disease program, which is currently known as the Mount Sinai Morningside-Bronx-Care Cardiovascular Disease Training Program of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Although a fairly “young” training program, our graduates have gone on to have successful careers in cardiology in both academic and private practice clinical settings. A list of the graduates of our Cardiology Fellowship program since its inception are included on the following page.
Location
Mount Sinai Morningside (formerly St. Luke’s Hospital) is located in the heart of Morningside Heights, and primarily serves the neighborhoods of Harlem, Morningside, and the Upper West Side, while the BronxCare Health System is located in the central part of the Bronx, another borough of NYC serving the south and central Bronx. The spectrum of communities that our health systems serve allows for an immensely diverse patient population from all ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. The clinical depth and breadth that result from this diversity add an invaluable aspect to your cardiology training, affording versatility to any future career endeavors. While completing your cardiovascular diseases fellowship, your home will be New York City, the greatest city in the world. Whether you chose to live in the Bronx, which is close to the BronxCare Health System, or in Manhattan close to Mount Sinai Morningside, you will not be disappointed. People around the world know the Bronx as the home of the New York Yankees, the Bronx Zoo, and the New York Botanical Garden—not to mention it’s the birthplace of hip-hop.
Just a short drive from BronxCare Hospital, you will find the quaint maritime village of City Island, or the cultural attractions of Fordham and Belmont (aka: the “real Little Italy”) centered on the restaurants and cafés of Arthur Avenue. And, located just south of the BronxCare Hospital is Manhattan, the cultural heart of New York City. World famous attractions, museums, and cultural institutions are abundant. Enjoy walking through Central Park on a summer day or exploring the historic landmarks the city has to offer. We guarantee subsidized housing for our fellows near our downtown campus at Mount Sinai West. Here, you will be situated next to Columbus Circle, a part of NYC central to all attractions and accessible to many subway lines. A shuttle bus runs hourly and will provide service to and from the Mount Sinai West and the Mount Sinai Morningside campuses. For more information about our housing, please click this link.
Clinical Features of Our Training Program
Our program provides several training domains to maximize clinical exposure in order to train well-rounded cardiologists positioned to practice independently with confidence.
The Collective Clinical Experience
The clinical experience one receives while rotating across the various hospitals exposes our fellows to a diversity of cases spanning the spectrum of cardiovascular disease. Fellows work with faculty who are leaders in the fields of preventive cardiology, interventional cardiology, cardiac surgery and critical care medicine. They learn the art of combining evidence-based care with good clinical judgement to provide outstanding clinical care to their patients.
Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
The cardiac catheterization laboratory at Mount Sinai Morningside experiences a high volume of patients daily and is one of the most active laboratories in New York City. We perform complex coronary interventions regularly and have expanded our scope of procedures to include transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), transcatheter mitral valve repairs (TMVR), mechanical circulatory support, atrial septal defect (ASD) closures, and chronic total occlusion (CTO) interventions.
Al-Sabah Arrhythmia Institute
The Al-Sabah Arrhythmia Institute at Mount Sinai Morningside is a state-of-the-art electrophysiology facility that offers sophisticated and comprehensive arrhythmia care. We treat a wide variety of heart rhythm disorders including atrial fibrillation, bradycardia, ventricular tachycardia, long QT syndrome, Brugada syndrome, and cardiomyopathies.
Our Faculty
As a fellow in the Cardiology Division, you will have the opportunity to work with a number of excellent physicians who are not only leaders in their respective fields but also enthusiastic and adept teachers. Regardless of your chosen specialty or focus, we have faculty available to mentor and foster your career interests.
Contact Us
Program Administrator: Jacqueline Wilkins jacqueline.wilkins@mountsinai.org
Mount Sinai Morningside 1111 Amsterdam Avenue New York, NY 10025 (212) 523-2469