--- title: "CPMC Cardiology Fellowship Program at Sutter Health" description: "The Jan Shrem & Maria Manetti Shrem Cardiovascular Fellowship Program at California Pacific Medical Center is an ACGME-accredited 3-year fellowship program in Cardiovascular Medicine offering three clinical fellowship" url: "https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/fellowships/cpmc-cardiology" --- 1. [Home](https://www.sutterhealth.org/) / 2. [Education](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education) / 3. [Graduate Medical Education](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme) / 4. [Fellowships](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/fellowships) / 5. Cardiology, San Francisco ![fellow-listening-to-heart](https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/sutterhealt962c-sutterhealt8fce-production57cc-4860/media/Project/SutterHealth/SutterHealth/Images/GME/Fellowships/Cardiology/fellow-listening-to-heart.jpg?h=3506&iar=0&w=5000) California Pacific Medical Center # Cardiology Fellowship  The Jan Shrem & Maria Manetti Shrem Cardiovascular Fellowship builds the foundation for an elite cardiology career. Join our ACGME-accredited, three-year fellowship program, strategically positioned in a tertiary referral center for all of Northern California. [About the Program](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/fellowships/cpmc-cardiology/about) [How to Apply](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/fellowships/cpmc-cardiology/apply) ![fellow-listening-to-heart](https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/sutterhealt962c-sutterhealt8fce-production57cc-4860/media/Project/SutterHealth/SutterHealth/Images/GME/Fellowships/Cardiology/fellow-listening-to-heart.jpg?h=3506&iar=0&w=5000) **Section menu** - [Cardiology, San Francisco](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/fellowships/cpmc-cardiology "Cardiology, San Francisco") - [About the Program](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/fellowships/cpmc-cardiology/about "About the Program") - [History](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/fellowships/cpmc-cardiology/about/history "History") - [Conferences](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/fellowships/cpmc-cardiology/conferences "Conferences") - [Faculty](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/fellowships/cpmc-cardiology/faculty "Faculty")  - [Fellows](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/fellowships/cpmc-cardiology/fellows "Fellows")  - [FAQs](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/fellowships/cpmc-cardiology/faqs "FAQs") - [Graduates](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/fellowships/cpmc-cardiology/alumni "Graduates")  - [How to Apply](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/fellowships/cpmc-cardiology/apply "How to Apply") - [Research](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/fellowships/cpmc-cardiology/research "Research") - [Rotations](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/fellowships/cpmc-cardiology/clinical-rotations "Rotations")   - [Testimonials](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/fellowships/cpmc-cardiology/testimonials "Testimonials") - [Cardiology, San Francisco](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/fellowships/cpmc-cardiology "Cardiology, San Francisco") - [About the Program](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/fellowships/cpmc-cardiology/about "About the Program") - [History](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/fellowships/cpmc-cardiology/about/history "History") - [Conferences](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/fellowships/cpmc-cardiology/conferences "Conferences") - [Faculty](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/fellowships/cpmc-cardiology/faculty "Faculty")  - [Fellows](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/fellowships/cpmc-cardiology/fellows "Fellows")  - [FAQs](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/fellowships/cpmc-cardiology/faqs "FAQs") - [Graduates](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/fellowships/cpmc-cardiology/alumni "Graduates")  - [How to Apply](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/fellowships/cpmc-cardiology/apply "How to Apply") - [Research](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/fellowships/cpmc-cardiology/research "Research") - [Rotations](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/fellowships/cpmc-cardiology/clinical-rotations "Rotations")   - [Testimonials](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/fellowships/cpmc-cardiology/testimonials "Testimonials") ## The Leading Edge of Critical Cardiology Train at the forefront of heart medicine as an integral member of our cardiovascular services and laboratories. In our tertiary referral center for all of Northern California, you’ll have the patients and technology to provide advanced cardiac care. Prepare for your career with the leading technologies that make our program a major center of cardiovascular innovation. Nine cardiology fellows (three per year) work side-by-side with core faculty and attending cardiologists in every aspect of our division. Throughout your clinical training, you’ll also take an active role in supervising and teaching, researching and improving our processes. Program Details ### [Conferences](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/fellowships/cpmc-cardiology/conferences) ### [Clinical Rotation](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/fellowships/cpmc-cardiology/clinical-rotations) ### [Research Opportunities](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/fellowships/cpmc-cardiology/research) ### [FAQs](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/fellowships/cpmc-cardiology/faqs) ### [Salary and Benefits](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/cpmc-salary-and-benefits) ### [Fellow Wellness](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/wellness) ![Urgent Website Updates\_2024 (4)](https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/sutterhealt962c-sutterhealt8fce-production57cc-4860/media/Project/SutterHealth/SutterHealth/Images/GME/Fellowships/Cardiology/Urgent-Website-Updates_2024-\(4\).jpg?h=1703&iar=0&w=2555) ## Diverse Clinical Mentoring Learn from dedicated cardiology leaders across our services, including interventional cardiology, structural heart, electrophysiology, advanced heart failure and cardiothoracic surgery. [Our Faculty](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/fellowships/cpmc-cardiology/faculty) ![med-student-on-computer](https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/sutterhealt962c-sutterhealt8fce-production57cc-4860/media/Project/SutterHealth/SutterHealth/Images/GME/Fellowships/Cardiology/med-student-on-computer.jpg?h=1414&iar=0&w=2121) ## Exam Support Dedicated resources, including review courses and examination application assistance, support our 97.6% first-time passage rate for all certification examinations. ![med-student-on-computer](https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/sutterhealt962c-sutterhealt8fce-production57cc-4860/media/Project/SutterHealth/SutterHealth/Images/GME/Fellowships/Cardiology/med-student-on-computer.jpg?h=1414&iar=0&w=2121) ![med-students-learning-from-doctor](https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/sutterhealt962c-sutterhealt8fce-production57cc-4860/media/Project/SutterHealth/SutterHealth/Images/GME/Fellowships/Cardiology/med-students-learning-from-doctor.jpg?h=1414&iar=0&w=2121) ## High-Tech Training Facilities Train, teach and care for patients in state-of-the-art facilities with the latest innovations and technologies, including wearable ECG monitors, electronic stethoscopes and simulators for transesophageal echocardiography, pulmonary artery catheterization and arterial access. ![family-in-san-francisco](https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/sutterhealt962c-sutterhealt8fce-production57cc-4860/media/Project/SutterHealth/SutterHealth/Images/people/family/family-in-san-francisco.jpg?h=1414&iar=0&w=2121) ## Regional Patient Representation Our broad spectrum of patients represents the diverse socioeconomic backgrounds, cultures and critical conditions of the Northern California and Central Coast regions. ![family-in-san-francisco](https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/sutterhealt962c-sutterhealt8fce-production57cc-4860/media/Project/SutterHealth/SutterHealth/Images/people/family/family-in-san-francisco.jpg?h=1414&iar=0&w=2121) ## Advanced Clinical Rotations Work at the highest level of cardiovascular care delivery, only experienced in a major quaternary referral center. [Our Clinical Rotations](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/fellowships/cpmc-cardiology/clinical-rotations) ## Supportive Research We support your required scholarly research project with access to the national registry and institutional databases, dedicated funding and the opportunity to participate in or present at regional, national and international conferences. [Our Research](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/fellowships/cpmc-cardiology/research) ### Living in San Francisco San Francisco offers endless possibilities with a mild California climate, famous landscapes, outdoor activities, Michelin-starred restaurants and a vast array of local events. [Get to Know the Area](https://www.visitcalifornia.com/places-to-visit/san-francisco/) ### Contact Us **Program Coordinator** Wanda Keith [415-600-5966](tel:+14156005966) 415-447-6322 fax [wanda.keith@sutterhealth.org](mailto:wanda.keith@sutterhealth.org) **Associate Program Director** Rupsa Yee, MD **Program Director** Richard H. 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","duration":"PT9M7S","transcript":"[GENTLE MUSIC]\n\nRUPSA YEE: There is growth.\nThere is leadership qualities being built into these fellows.\nAnd they really become these incredible, mature adults\nin so many levels who are able to think on their feet\nand yet maintain their sense of compassion.\nIn addition, we laugh a lot.\nThey become my friends and my confidantes at so many level.\nSo it is absolutely what you think of medical.\nWe rely a lot on the fellows to become great teachers\nby interacting with the house staff and the medical students\nthat are on our team.\nSo there are team leaders.\nThey definitely have to know the literature.\nThey do have to know what they're talking about.\nAnd they have to display a sense of confidence and a clarity\nduring their time in the CCU.\nANDREW ROSENBLATT: We have among the highest volumes in San\nFrancisco and draw patients from the entire Northern California\narea in which Sutter serves.\nFellowship programs always evolve,\nand they're never static.\nIt's no good to be static.\nThe major changes that occurred over the last few years\nhave really been changes that mimic or track\nchanges in cardiology, in heart failure,\nin structural heart disease, and really\nremained on the cutting edge of cardiology.\nWe are very interested and capable\nof having our fellows suggest and perform in particular areas\nthat are of greatest interest to them.\nAnd we will support them in that endeavor.\nCHRISTIAN SPIES: That I have now 12 years of post graduate\nexperience, post fellowship experience.\nAnd as an interventionist, you accumulate a lot of little tips\nand tricks along the way, which you sometimes\nlearn as a success, sometimes as a failure.\nAnd it's extraordinarily enjoyable\nto teach a lot of those tips and tricks\nbecause you know that someone in the future,\nwhether that's a year from now or 10 years from now,\nthat fellow within the OR will remember that moment\nthat you said this and will avoid a mistake.\nJARED HERR: Patients here at CPMC on the heart failure\nservice are incredibly complex.\nWe see patients who come from all over Northern California.\nWe are a large referral center for cardiogenic shock.\nWe have a large temporary mechanical circulatory support\nprogram.\nWe perform a large number of heart transplants\nand durable mechanical support device implants every year.\nSo fellows have the opportunity to see and take\ncare of patients who are critically\nill on a regular basis.\nOne of the best parts of my job is\nbeing able to work with the fellows\nand having seen them grow over the course of three years.\nAnd each individual fellow in their own way\nbecomes their best clinician that they can be.\nI think that the training here and the teaching at CPMC\nis really top notch.\nI think the size of the program is\na real advantage to the fellow and allowing\nthem to really individualize the kind of education\nthat they want, make sure that they get exposure in all things\nthat they need to be a good cardiologist,\nbut also have an opportunity to be\nable to tailor their interests and be\nable to become very successful in whatever field they choose.\n\nHO-HIN CHOY: When people ask me about what\nit's like to be a cardiology fellow at CPMC,\nmy answer usually is, it's been an amazing experience.\nWhat makes CPMC special, in my opinion,\nis that as fellows we really are very closely and heavily\ninvolved in all aspects of cardiology in this hospital,\nwhether that be on the floors leading the primary cardiology\nservice or in the cath lab doing procedures\nand diagnostic caths.\nWe really are able to get our hands dirty\nand really get in there and learn firsthand what\nit means to be a cardiologist.\nI think what I am going to miss the most is really being part\nof this family-- all the attendings that I look up to,\nall the attendings that I consider my mentors,\nmy cofellows and all the amazing, hilarious times\nthat we've had, and really being an integral part\nof this cardiology family here at CPMC\nI think is what I'm going to miss the most.\nSTEPHANIE MATTAHIL: Well, our fellowship--\nwe are nine fellows.\nWe are a pretty tight, close-knit bunch.\nWe spend a lot of time together even though we have rough days.\nWe have actually a mix of people all different personalities\nthat gel together.\nWe are strong, opinionated people,\nbut we also interact well together as a group.\nWe all kind of had similar feelings beginning fellowship\nand grew together where we knew absolutely nothing\nabout cardiology.\nYou don't really know what you're doing.\nYou hope what you're doing is right.\nWe would call each other.\nAnd you get to bounce ideas off of them\nand discuss complex patient management.\nAnd no one's there to judge you.\nAnd having the freedom to do that and them having your back\nand telling you what they think, even\nif they're not on-call, that is actually--\nthat's been a great support and one\nhighlight of the fellowship.\nRICHARD HONGO: I remember when I interviewed as an applicant--\nthat was 20 years ago--\nleaving the interview day really feeling like there\nwas a family bond between the fellows and the faculty here.\nAnd that holds true till today.\nI credit that to Dr. Rosenblatt.\nAndy was the program director for 20 years\nand really shaped this program.\nHe, I think, really rallied the faculty around the fact\nthat we, as a service, as an program,\nare really here for support the training\nand the development for fellows.\nWe are in a very exciting time right now within cardiology\nwhere structural heart, advanced heart failure are all\nseeing significant advancements to what we do in cardiology.\nHere at our institution, those services have also expanded.\nAnd in response to that, this fellowship program\nhas changed its curriculum almost on a yearly basis.\nThis process heavily involves the fellows.\nI think what makes this fellowship the most unique is\nthe fact that this fellowship really\ntries to tailor each fellow's training experience,\ntheir own career goals.\nThis is a program that will spend time trying to figure out\nwith each fellow what they're actually trying to achieve\nin their training and gives them the flexibility to tailor\ntheir experience here .\n\nSTEPHANIE HSIAO: One thing I really\nlike about CPMC is the collaborative effort\nof all cardiology subspecialties, which\nhas structural cardiology, heart failure, CT surgery, to provide\npatients the best care possible.\nThis was just one of my most memorable cases\ninvolving a patient with an impossible valve problem\nto fix.\nAnd we were fortunate enough to have the expertise\nto offer him a procedure that has rarely ever been done.\nAnd I hope that this patient continues\nto make a meaningful recovery.\nAnd nothing is as rewarding as knowing now there\nis a chance that they could potentially spend more quality\ntime with family and loved ones.\n[MUSIC PLAYING]"} ```