Applications for the fellowship running July 2024–June 2025 have now closed.
With recent advances in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) technology and techniques, there is a critical need for interventional cardiology specialists dedicated to offering minimally invasive percutaneous solutions to patients with complex coronary anatomy, severe co-morbidities, and poor hemodynamics.
SCAI Women in Innovations (SCAI-WIN) is offering a Complex and High-risk Coronary Intervention (CHIP) Fellowship Grant for the 2025–26 academic year.
Eligibility
The SCAI-WIN CHIP Fellowship is open to interventional cardiology fellows or practicing interventional cardiologists interested in pursuing an additional year of advanced training (beyond traditional interventional cardiology fellowships) focusing on CHIP and percutaneous mechanical circulatory support (MCS) training in the cardiac catheterization laboratory.
Applicants must:
- Be in or have completed an interventional cardiology fellowship within the past five years
- Board eligible or certified for interventional cardiology
- Have employment authorization to work in the US at the start of the Fellowship July 1, 2025
The successful recipient may apply this fellowship fund to a CHIP interventional training program with a cardiac catheterization laboratory treating over 250 complex coronary cases per year with access to the following advanced procedures and technology:
- Chronic total occlusion (CTO) procedures
- Calcific disease with access to atherectomy, including rotational atherectomy
- Complex imaging and physiology (IVUS, OCT, FFR,resting indices)
- Percutaneous MCS in the cardiac catheterization laboratory
The $115,000 funding SCAI will transfer to the training institution must apply to a 12-month fellowship running July 2025–June 2026.
Requirements
Applications have now closed.
The successful applicant will be notified by early October 2024 and must sign the paperwork with their selected institution by November 13, 2024. If unable to do so, the fellowship will be re-awarded to the next highest scored candidate. SCAI will notify the new candidate during the week of November 18, 2024.
The formal announcement of the 2025-26 SCAI-WIN CHIP Fellow will take place at SCAI Scientific Sessions 2025.
The successful applicant will be notified by early October 2024 and must sign the paperwork with their selected institution by November 13, 2024. If unable to do so, the fellowship will be re-awarded to the next highest scored candidate. SCAI will notify the new candidate during the week of November 13, 2024.
The formal announcement of the 2025–26 SCAI-WIN CHIP Fellow will take place at SCAI Scientific Sessions 2025.
Applicants were required to submit the following by September 18, 2024:
- A concise statement of interest
- Curriculum vitae
- Two or more letters of reference, including one from a cath lab director, CHIP fellowship director, or division or service line chief at the prospective training institution which should:
- Include the CTO PCI volume of the program
- Outline which types of CTO PCI techniques the fellow will be able to learn
- If known, state the CTO PCI volume of CHIP Fellows that have graduated from the program
- Proof of prior training in the form of a diploma or license is also required
2019–20
Megha Prasad, MD, MS
Acknowledgments
SCAI gratefully acknowledges Abiomed (founding supporter), Boston Scientific, Medtronic, and Shockwave as supporters of the SCAI-WIN CHIP Fellowship.
Questions
Please email Rachel Pham.
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