Clinical Fellowships

A Clinical Fellow is a post-M.D. trainee who is pursuing further clinical or research training in their own specialty and has successfully completed all of the time and examination requirements which would allow them to be listed (registered) as a specialist in their home country.

Specialist physicians apply to train in Victoria as a Clinical Fellow. Once accepted, Clinical Fellows train for typically a 12 to 24 months period in advanced interventional cardiology techniques.

During their training period, Clinical Fellows will also conduct original research studies. Clinical Fellows first identify an area of patient care that merits further study, then design and conduct an original research project which will ultimately result in improvements to the care of cardiovascular patients.

VHIF first began sponsoring cardiovascular Clinical Fellows in 1999 and since that time has trained Clinical Fellows from the following countries:

Australia Canada China England Greece Holland Honduras Iceland Ireland Scotland Sweden

Victoria Harbour

Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program

The interventional fellowship program is linked to the Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, British Columbia, under the supervision of Dr. Anthony Della Siega. There are two cardiac cathererization laboratories which provide interventional cardiology services for a population of nearly one million across Vancouver Island.

The Royal Jubilee Hospital was one of the first centres in the world to adopt a program wide trans-radial approach and has been performing trans-radial intervention for over 15 years. Currently, over 90% of cases are undertaken trans-radially including complex PCI, left main intervention, laser and rotational atherectomy. There is a full range of adjunctive diagnostic tools including intravascular ultrasound, pressure wire, and optical coherence tomography. At present, there are five interventionalists performing 1700 PCI procedures per year. The centre has also just started doing TAVI procedures.

For information on the fellowship program and application process please click here. NEW: due to College English language proficiency requirements, all applicable applicants must submit a positive TOEFL or IELST test score with their applications, in order for the application to be considered. Please visit the College website (www.cpsbc.ca) for proficiency requirements.