Cardiothoracic anesthesia (ACTA) fellowship 2025

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gasgirl7 said:
So talking to a few friends in other programs that have CV fellowships. It seems like there are actually a large number of people going into CV and wanting to stay in their home programs. I’ve even heard of programs with not enough fellowship spots for their number of internal applicants who want to stay so I’m beginning to believe it is a more competitive year for CV fellowship overall
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Larger number than last year? Lol
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gasgirl7 said:
I don’t know for sure but I would believe there are more.
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Last few cycle, applicants every year think that their year is more competitive than the year before. I doubt there are more applicants this year than last, but you never know. We may have reached the lowest point last year. We will find out in June when SF releases the match data.

Highly competitive programs having more internal applicants than the number of spots is not a new thing. A wise program would never fill all of their spots with internal candidates year after year.
 
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I would be willing to bet that the post data will show a decrease in overall applicants. The job market is good right now and fellowship applications across all subspecialties typically suffer when that is the case.
 
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Gern Blansten said:
I would be willing to bet that the post data will show a decrease in overall applicants. The job market is good right now and fellowship applications across all subspecialties typically suffer when that is the case.
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Same, I’ll bet on that as well. There will be unfilled positions
 
How many interviews did most people end up doing?
 
Applied to 25 programs (way too many), went on 14 interviews (declined 7)
 
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Drwine said:
What led you to decline the 7 interviews? Just curious.
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I honestly didn't know how competitive I was and broadly applied hoping for 12-15 interviews. Once I got enough, I started declining places my partner didn't want to live
 
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Applied 10, got 7.
 
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Gern Blansten said:
I would be willing to bet that the post data will show a decrease in overall applicants. The job market is good right now and fellowship applications across all subspecialties typically suffer when that is the case.
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Reaching out to colleagues cardiac anesthesiology seems to be the least impacted by the strong job market than other fellowships. Look at the article posted on the pediatric anesthesia fellowship thread. I would contend that "Ikigai" is also present in cardiac anesthesiologists. Income is being lost by starting a year later in practice but I have more than made up the difference. I am two years past my official retirement but with the explosion of structural heart procedure and EP procedures, I have no problem doing cardiac cases on a per diem basis any time I desire.
 
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Drwine said:
Reaching out to colleagues cardiac anesthesiology seems to be the least impacted by the strong job market than other fellowships. Look at the article posted on the pediatric anesthesia fellowship thread. I would contend that "Ikigai" is also present in cardiac anesthesiologists. Income is being lost by starting a year later in practice but I have more than made up the difference. I am two years past my official retirement but with the explosion of structural heart procedure and EP procedures, I have no problem doing cardiac cases on a per diem basis any time I desire.
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With that in mind, would you recommend training in the general area (west coast for west coast, east for east, etc.) for easier job placement post training? It appears for generalists it doesn't seem to matter as much anymore but if cardiac wasn't as impacted then it's something I'm strongly considering to shape my rank list.
 
redlegfrog said:
With that in mind, would you recommend training in the general area (west coast for west coast, east for east, etc.) for easier job placement post training? It appears for generalists it doesn't seem to matter as much anymore but if cardiac wasn't as impacted then it's something I'm strongly considering to shape my rank list.
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If you know of a specific practice you’d like to join, go where current partners trained. Beyond that, I don’t think geography matters as much as it used to. Most places will hire any willing victim ;)
 
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Anyone know when the program ranklist deadline is? Not ours as applicants but when programs have to submit their final list by?
 
I am, but I'm leaving in a few hours. Definitely feels like AATS overshadowed SCA at this conference lol
 
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Remxed said:
I am, but I'm leaving in a few hours. Definitely feels like AATS overshadowed SCA at this conference lol
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Agreed. The AATS had the venue and invited us to join. Hopefully the next time it will be better integrated. On the plus side, Arnold Schwartznegger would not have come to just speak to anesthesiologists.
 
Drwine said:
Agreed. The AATS had the venue and invited us to join. Hopefully the next time it will be better integrated. On the plus side, Arnold Schwartznegger would not have come to just speak to anesthesiologists.
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Uncle Arnie was there?!!?!
 
abolt18 said:
Uncle Arnie was there?!!?!
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Yes. Pleasant surprise. He had a congenital bicuspid aortic valve and has multiple cardiac operations so he has a lot of gratitude for doctors. He was very inspirational.
 
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Does anyone have any thoughts on Duke vs Stanford? Obviously both are nationally known programs, but I was having some trouble trying to rank one above the other. Looking back through old threads there seemed to be some comments on this, but I’ve heard rumors of institutional changes to the cardiothoracic departments at both programs over the past few years and was curious if anyone had any insight or thoughts on ranking one program more highly.
 
Both are solid programs. I trained at Duke, and one of my good friends trained at Stanford. Yes there are changes in the Duke anesthesia and CT surgery divisions, but I'm sure that's happening at many academic places across the country. Feel free to PM if you want more details.

Ultimately it depends on where you want to end up. Stanford will open a lot opportunities if you want to stay in the west coast. Duke will open doors for you in the south and Atlantic areas. It's pretty reflective when you see where their grads go.
 
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Drwine said:
Yes. Pleasant surprise. He had a congenital bicuspid aortic valve and has multiple cardiac operations so he has a lot of gratitude for doctors. He was very inspirational.
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Arnold is a genuinely decent human being.

And a great man.

It's no wonder modern Republicans hate him so much.
 
Can anyone shed light on the regional exposure fellows get at CCF?
 
My attending said he got his regional fellowship from youtube. Hes the best at regional where I am at lol
 
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Submitted rank list. Out of curiosity, had any programs reached out to you outside of interview invites and implied their interest to you?
 
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CAnola1990 said:
Can anyone shed light on the regional exposure fellows get at CCF?
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They do PIF blocks for some sternotomies and serratus blocks for thoracotomies. But ACTA fellowship is just not very regional heavy to start with…
 
how would you guys rank the following: USC, CCF, NYU, Mt. Sinai, Maryland, Wake forest, henry ford, U of Miami, UTSW, UT houston, loyola
 
Maybe a dumb question but can you edit your rank list after you submit it?
 
KnicksDO said:
Maybe a dumb question but can you edit your rank list after you submit it?
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I think all NRMP matches are the same in that you can edit it up until the deadline. So if you submit 2 days before deadline, you have 2 days to change your mind and edit. After the deadline, that’s why there’s a deadline. Then you wait one month for something it took the computer about 5 seconds to calculate and double check one million times.
 
mdo1738 said:
I think all NRMP matches are the same in that you can edit it up until the deadline. So if you submit 2 days before deadline, you have 2 days to change your mind and edit. After the deadline, that’s why there’s a deadline. Then you wait one month for something it took the computer about 5 seconds to calculate and double check one million times.
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This is INCORRECT FOR SFMATCH. The rank list is final, for both the applicants and programs.
 
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