Bassett Medical Center Program

Cooperstown, NY

Specialty:Cardiovascular disease

ACGME Code:1413514290

NRMP Code:-

Status:Continued Accreditation

Overview

Overview of the Cardiovascular Fellowship Program

The Cardiovascular Fellowship Program at Bassett Healthcare Network offers a comprehensive 3-year training program primarily based at Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown, New York. This program provides fellows with a unique opportunity to engage in key rotations at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in Manhattan, thereby combining rural healthcare with urban academic medicine.

The program accommodates up to 6 fellows in total and is competitive, offering sponsorship for up to 3 J-1 visas, thus facilitating the participation of international medical graduates and those requiring visa support.

Curriculum and Training Rotations

During their fellowship, participants are immersed in a rigorous curriculum that encompasses a broad spectrum of cardiology. The training includes extensive exposure to advanced clinical practices such as structural heart disease procedures, including Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), left atrial appendage closure, as well as advanced imaging techniques like 3 Tesla cardiac MRI.

Fellows gain hands-on experience with a variety of interventional cardiology procedures, electrophysiology, and non-invasive imaging practices. The blend of experiences at Bassett Medical Center and Columbia aims to equip fellows with the necessary skills to excel in various cardiovascular subspecialties.

Unique Aspects of the Program

The fellowship prides itself on fostering an inclusive and supportive environment. The program not only focuses on clinical excellence but also emphasizes the reduction of burnout among fellows, promoting well-being and resilience—qualities essential for patient safety and quality care. Mentorship and active involvement in the program are actively encouraged to develop leadership skills among fellows.

Furthermore, the picturesque location of Cooperstown offers a serene lifestyle with various outdoor activities available throughout the year, contributing to a work-life balance that many fellows find appealing.

Research Opportunities

Research is a cornerstone of the Cardiovascular Fellowship Program. Fellows are provided with opportunities to engage in meaningful research projects supported by the Bassett Research Institute. This institute collaborates closely with faculty members who are certified and experienced in various cardiovascular disciplines, ensuring that fellows receive mentorship that is pertinent to their interests.

Competitiveness and Application Requirements

The fellowship is considered highly competitive, with particular emphasis placed on applicants’ prior experiences and qualifications. Special application requirements may include the year of graduation from medical school and limitations on the number of previously failed STEP exams, though specific criteria should be confirmed during the application process.

General application expectations involve a commitment to the ethos of the fellowship, reflecting both clinical and research interests in cardiology.

Living in Cooperstown

Cooperstown is a historic community that offers a unique quality of life characterized by outdoor recreational opportunities. Whether enjoying hiking, skiing, or water sports, fellows find plenty of opportunities to unwind and immerse themselves in nature.

The community of Cooperstown is further enriched by a vibrant cultural scene, contributing to a fulfilling lifestyle outside of the demanding field of cardiology.

Web sources

1. Cardiovascular Fellowship Program 2. Contact the Cardiovascular Fellowship Program 3. Current Cardiovascular Fellows 4. Our Cardiovascular Fellowship Program 5. Welcome from the Cardiovascular Fellowship Program Director

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Program data

ACGME History ^[2]

Accreditation Last updated: Jul 16, 2026

Initial accreditation3

Full accreditation0

Continued5

Warning0

Probationary Accreditation0

Withdrawal0

#	Academic Year	Status	Effective Date
01	2019 - 2020	Initial Accreditation	Apr 3, 2020
02	2020 - 2021	Initial Accreditation	Apr 3, 2020
03	2021 - 2022	Initial Accreditation	Apr 3, 2020
04	2022 - 2023	Continued	Sep 9, 2022
05	2023 - 2024	Continued	Jan 19, 2024
06	2024 - 2025	Continued	Jan 24, 2025
07	2025 - 2026	Continued	Jan 23, 2026
08	2026 - 2027	Continued	Jan 23, 2026

Program

Program Size

-- (3 years)^[1]

Accreditation Status

Continued Accreditation

(Effective: January 23, 2026)

Composition

Training

Fellowship Rate:--

Faculty-to-Residents Ratio:1.8X^[1]

Residents Career Path

Quality of Life

First Year Paid Sick Leave: --

First Year Paid Vacation: --

First Year Salary: $77,049^[1]

First Year Maximum Consecutive Hours on Duty: 14 hours ^[1]

First Year Average Weekly Hours: 65 hours^[1]

Admission

USMLE Step 2 Score: --

Visa Sponsorship:--

YOG Cutoff:5^[1]

Race / Ethnicity

No race data available.

Gender

No gender data available.

Incoming Schools

No incoming school data available.

Rotation Duration by Site

Benchmarks

Roster

Publications

2 Publications (5 yr)

Peer-reviewed output from faculty and residents, last 5 years

2 Publications (5 yr)

Cureus2024

Type I Kounis Syndrome: Allergic Myocardial Infarction Triggered by Ciprofloxacin.

Sangeetha Krishnamoorthy,¹Rashpinder Kaur,²Nazeera Ameer,³Amarachi A Uzoma,⁴

PMID: 39015853doi.org/10.7759/cureus.62460

Cureus2022

Acute Severe Aortic Regurgitation From Catastrophic Pannus Obstruction in a Patient With Mechanical Aortic Valve Replacement.

Ankur Panchal,¹Ramzi Khalil,²Georgios Lygouris,²Robert Biederman,²

PMID: 36035046doi.org/10.7759/cureus.27198

Location

Cooperstown, NY 13326 ^[4]

Population

1,794

Median income

$77,719Above

Education

36.2%Above

Employment

60.6%Below

Health

7.9%Below

Age

50Above

Above the national average
Below the national average
Similar to the national average

Housing — Rental prices ^[5]

Rental prices

Typical Observed Market Rent Index - ZORI Over Time

Date

Region - Utica, NY

State - New York

United States

1/31/2015

N/A

$1,526

$1,193

2/28/2015

N/A

$1,534

$1,199

3/31/2015

N/A

$1,538

$1,206

4/30/2015

N/A

$1,546

$1,213

5/31/2015

N/A

$1,546

$1,228

6/30/2015

N/A

$1,553

$1,233

7/31/2015

N/A

$1,557

$1,235

8/31/2015

N/A

$1,566

$1,241

9/30/2015

N/A

$1,568

$1,245

10/31/2015

N/A

$1,575

$1,253

11/30/2015

N/A

$1,579

$1,259

12/31/2015

N/A

$1,591

$1,263

1/31/2016

N/A

$1,595

$1,275

2/29/2016

N/A

$1,592

$1,279

3/31/2016

N/A

$1,595

$1,282

4/30/2016

N/A

$1,598

$1,285

5/31/2016

N/A

$1,411

$1,291

6/30/2016

N/A

$1,457

$1,294

7/31/2016

N/A

$1,459

$1,295

8/31/2016

N/A

$1,467

$1,303

9/30/2016

N/A

$1,469

$1,307

10/31/2016

N/A

$1,476

$1,311

11/30/2016

N/A

$1,470

$1,312

12/31/2016

N/A

$1,477

$1,313

1/31/2017

N/A

$1,481

$1,317

2/28/2017

N/A

$1,496

$1,324

3/31/2017

N/A

$1,501

$1,335

4/30/2017

N/A

$1,507

$1,346

5/31/2017

N/A

$1,514

$1,353

6/30/2017

N/A

$1,519

$1,357

7/31/2017

N/A

$1,523

$1,359

8/31/2017

N/A

$1,520

$1,363

9/30/2017

N/A

$4,238

$1,406

10/31/2017

N/A

$4,524

$1,414

11/30/2017

N/A

$4,293

$1,413

12/31/2017

N/A

$3,950

$1,420

1/31/2018

N/A

$3,654

$1,422

2/28/2018

N/A

$3,687

$1,427

3/31/2018

N/A

$3,679

$1,429

4/30/2018

N/A

$3,705

$1,434

5/31/2018

N/A

$3,710

$1,438

6/30/2018

N/A

$3,704

$1,444

7/31/2018

N/A

$3,806

$1,449

8/31/2018

N/A

$3,854

$1,455

9/30/2018

N/A

$3,974

$1,461

10/31/2018

N/A

$3,877

$1,465

11/30/2018

N/A

$3,978

$1,473

12/31/2018

N/A

$3,964

$1,482

1/31/2019

N/A

$4,077

$1,492

2/28/2019

N/A

$4,147

$1,495

3/31/2019

N/A

$4,124

$1,503

4/30/2019

N/A

$4,114

$1,509

5/31/2019

N/A

$4,121

$1,514

6/30/2019

N/A

$4,215

$1,519

7/31/2019

N/A

$4,189

$1,526

8/31/2019

N/A

$4,151

$1,531

9/30/2019

N/A

$4,064

$1,534

10/31/2019

N/A

$4,159

$1,541

11/30/2019

N/A

$4,247

$1,545

12/31/2019

N/A

$4,393

$1,552

1/31/2020

N/A

$4,427

$1,560

2/29/2020

N/A

$4,461

$1,565

3/31/2020

N/A

$4,450

$1,565

4/30/2020

N/A

$4,411

$1,566

5/31/2020

N/A

$4,603

$1,563

6/30/2020

N/A

$4,656

$1,562

7/31/2020

N/A

$4,879

$1,571

8/31/2020

N/A

$4,818

$1,574

9/30/2020

N/A

$4,982

$1,586

10/31/2020

N/A

$4,567

$1,593

11/30/2020

N/A

$4,783

$1,602

12/31/2020

N/A

$4,777

$1,606

1/31/2021

N/A

$4,835

$1,613

2/28/2021

N/A

$4,611

$1,620

3/31/2021

N/A

$4,431

$1,629

4/30/2021

N/A

$4,495

$1,649

5/31/2021

N/A

$4,531

$1,663

6/30/2021

N/A

$4,538

$1,686

7/31/2021

N/A

$4,513

$1,707

8/31/2021

N/A

$4,412

$1,729

9/30/2021

N/A

$4,395

$1,752

10/31/2021

N/A

$4,298

$1,767

11/30/2021

N/A

$4,259

$1,777

12/31/2021

N/A

$4,429

$1,791

1/31/2022

N/A

$3,999

$1,800

2/28/2022

N/A

$4,016

$1,820

3/31/2022

N/A

$3,942

$1,829

4/30/2022

N/A

$3,920

$1,841

5/31/2022

N/A

$3,908

$1,852

6/30/2022

N/A

$3,803

$1,861

7/31/2022

N/A

$3,836

$1,868

8/31/2022

N/A

$3,867

$1,872

9/30/2022

N/A

$3,859

$1,875

10/31/2022

N/A

$3,815

$1,873

11/30/2022

N/A

$3,767

$1,875

12/31/2022

N/A

$3,696

$1,874

1/31/2023

N/A

$3,598

$1,877

2/28/2023

N/A

$3,523

$1,879

3/31/2023

N/A

$3,477

$1,884

4/30/2023

N/A

$3,518

$1,886

5/31/2023

N/A

$3,481

$1,886

6/30/2023

N/A

$3,480

$1,886

7/31/2023

N/A

$3,476

$1,891

8/31/2023

N/A

$4,091

$1,908

9/30/2023

N/A

$4,108

$1,912

10/31/2023

N/A

$4,083

$1,916

11/30/2023

N/A

$4,049

$1,918

12/31/2023

N/A

$4,092

$1,921

1/31/2024

N/A

$3,999

$1,928

2/29/2024

N/A

$4,037

$1,932

3/31/2024

N/A

$4,050

$1,935

4/30/2024

$1,183

$3,961

$1,942

5/31/2024

$1,186

$3,938

$1,946

6/30/2024

$1,190

$4,883

$1,973

7/31/2024

$1,210

$4,081

$1,958

8/31/2024

$1,205

$5,266

$1,992

9/30/2024

$1,165

$5,212

$1,993

10/31/2024

$1,162

$5,232

$1,995

11/30/2024

$1,186

$5,092

$1,999

12/31/2024

$1,225

$4,762

$2,003

1/31/2025

$1,214

$4,459

$2,006

2/28/2025

$1,204

$4,468

$2,007

3/31/2025

$1,225

$4,399

$2,016

4/30/2025

$1,228

$4,331

$2,019

5/31/2025

$1,235

$4,421

$2,022

6/30/2025

$1,234

$4,430

$2,026

7/31/2025

$1,240

$4,473

$2,029

8/31/2025

$1,248

$4,354

$2,027

9/30/2025

$1,289

$4,359

$2,030

10/31/2025

$1,288

$4,666

$2,052

11/30/2025

$1,281

$5,988

$2,095

12/31/2025

$1,252

$5,556

$2,086

1/31/2026

$1,265

$7,380

$2,160

2/28/2026

$1,269

$6,969

$2,178

Crime — All violent offences ^[6]

Rate per 100,000 residents

Rate per 100,000 people Over Time

Date

Region - Cooperstown, NY

State - New York

United States

4/1/2021

5/1/2021

6/1/2021

7/1/2021

8/1/2021

9/1/2021

10/1/2021

11/1/2021

12/1/2021

1/1/2022

2/1/2022

3/1/2022

4/1/2022

5/1/2022

6/1/2022

7/1/2022

8/1/2022

9/1/2022

10/1/2022

11/1/2022

12/1/2022

1/1/2023

2/1/2023

3/1/2023

4/1/2023

5/1/2023

103

6/1/2023

104

7/1/2023

108

8/1/2023

104

9/1/2023

10/1/2023

103

11/1/2023

12/1/2023

1/1/2024

2/1/2024

3/1/2024

4/1/2024

5/1/2024

108

6/1/2024

106

7/1/2024

111

8/1/2024

104

9/1/2024

10/1/2024

101

11/1/2024

12/1/2024

1/1/2025

2/1/2025

3/1/2025

104

4/1/2025

108

5/1/2025

115

6/1/2025

114

7/1/2025

118

8/1/2025

109

9/1/2025

105

10/1/2025

102

11/1/2025

12/1/2025

1/1/2026

2/1/2026

3/1/2026

Living in Cooperstown, NY

Cooperstown, NY, known for its picturesque setting, is a small town located in central New York. Here are some aspects of living in Cooperstown:

Crime Rate and Safety

Cooperstown is considered a safe community with a low crime rate, making it a peaceful place to live.

Fun Activities

Residents can enjoy outdoor activities such as hiking, boating, and fishing given the town's proximity to Otsego Lake and Glimmerglass State Park. The town is also famous for the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Climate

Cooperstown experiences all four seasons with cold winters and warm summers. Snowfall is common during the winter months.

Races and Population

The population of Cooperstown is relatively small and predominantly white. The town has a tight-knit community feel.

Education

Cooperstown is home to the Cooperstown Central School District, known for its quality education system.

Cost of Living

The cost of living in Cooperstown is slightly higher than the national average, especially in terms of housing.

Proximity to Larger Cities

Larger cities like Albany and Syracuse are approximately 1.5 to 2 hours away by car, offering access to more amenities and cultural events.

Pros

Scenic surroundings
safe community
outdoor activities
National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Cons

Higher cost of living
limited nightlife and entertainment options compared to larger cities.

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References

1. Freida - https://freida.ama-assn.org/program/1413514290

2. ACGME - Accreditation Data System (ADS) - https://apps.acgme.org/ads/Public/Programs/Search

3. NRMP Results and Data: 2022-2026 Main Residency Match - https://www.nrmp.org/match-data/2026/03/program-results-2022-2026/

4. United States Census Bureau - https://data.census.gov/profile/City,_VS?g=010XX00US

5. Zillow Research - Observed Rent Index (ZORI) - https://www.zillow.com/research/data/

6. FBI - Crime/Law Enforcement Stats (Uniform Crime Reporting Program) - https://www.fbi.gov/services/cjis/ucr