Advanced Heart Failure Fellowship Program
Advanced heart failure training in San Diego

Advanced heart failure training in San Diego
Scripps Clinic offers an advanced heart failure and transplant/mechanical circulatory support (MCS) fellowship. The one-year program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and accepts one fellow per year.
The fellow will train in all clinical aspects of heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, transplant and mechanical circulatory support, including temporary and long-term left ventricular assist device (LVAD) and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). They will also gain experience in all the major components of heart failure evaluation including:
- Diagnosis
- Hemodynamic evaluation
- Management and triage for advanced heart failure therapies
Kaiser Permanente in San Diego County collaborates with Scripps Health to provide advanced heart failure care, and the fellow will have access to all patients managed by the collaborative heart failure service.
Program highlights
Fellows have an opportunity to train at multiple sites with diverse patient populations. Other highlights of the heart failure fellowship program include:
- Pulmonary Artery Pressure monitoring with CardioMEMS (second-largest volume clinic on the West Coast)
- First dedicated pulmonary venous hypertension/right heart failure clinic on the West Coast
- High-volume cardiogenic shock program with more than 65 ECMOs per year and full portfolio of Impella pumps
- First in Southern California to implant HeartMate 3 LVAD post-commercial Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval
- High volume enroller for multiple heart failure (HF) clinical trials
How to apply
Please contact the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) to apply to the program beginning in July.