The research laboratories of the Cardiovascular Division occupy a total of about 20,000 square feet, with an additional area of approximately 5,000 square feet devoted to clinical research activities including cardiac catheterization - angiography laboratories, facilities for radionuclide studies, and the Echocardiography Laboratory.
The structure of the research portion of the cardiology fellowship program is based upon the thesis that the most important aspect of postdoctoral research training is the intense involvement of fellows in research under the close supervision of faculty preceptors. Fellows entering the program will have the opportunity to choose among a wide range of active research programs for their investigative efforts. Individual experiences and interest, together with discussions with staff and faculty members, will provide the necessary basis for fellows to make their initial choices of research project and preceptor. It is expected that by the spring of the principal clinical year, fellows will have identified a preceptor with whom to work on investigative projects during the ensuing research period. Flexibility will be maintained, however, allowing trainees the latitude to change projects and/or preceptors if this is in the best interests of the trainee. It should be stressed that in most instances, trainees will have close involvement with other faculty participants in addition to the primary preceptor. This is inevitable in view of substantial overlapping of interests and collaboration among involved laboratories.
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