Tulane University Program

New Orleans, LA

Specialty:Cardiovascular disease

ACGME Code:1412121130

NRMP Code:-

Status:Continued Accreditation

Overview

The Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship program at Tulane University School of Medicine spans three years and is designed to equip fellows with extensive knowledge and practical skills essential for the practice of clinical cardiology. This program emphasizes the development of humanistic and ethical attributes alongside a balance of academic and clinical service commitments.

Training Sites

Tulane cardiology fellows undergo their training across multiple esteemed institutions, including Tulane Medical Center, the Southeast Louisiana Veteran’s Healthcare System, and the University Medical Center of New Orleans. Additionally, fellows gain experience at a dedicated cardiology clinic located in Metairie, Louisiana.

Clinical Rotations

The clinical training includes rotations in various specialized areas such as cardiac catheterization, non-invasive imaging, electrophysiology, cardiology consultations, coronary care units (CCU), and management of congestive heart failure. Fellows will receive comprehensive training in a multitude of acute and chronic cardiovascular conditions, ensuring they develop proficiency in managing chronic coronary heart disease, congestive heart failure, arrhythmias, and other critical conditions such as acute myocardial infarction and myocardial ischemic syndromes.

Curriculum and Research Opportunities

The curriculum is structured to meet all Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) requirements and adheres to guidelines established by the American College of Cardiology's COCATS program. The fellowship promotes active participation in basic and clinical cardiovascular research, with fellows encouraged to engage in academic projects that hone their investigative skills and expand their clinical knowledge.

Certification Preparation

Upon completion of the fellowship, graduates will be well-prepared for board certification in cardiovascular diseases. The training encompasses vital experiences in both ambulatory and inpatient settings along with opportunities for special clinical experiences and research-led initiatives, ensuring that fellows meet the rigorous criteria for expertise in cardiovascular medicine.

Fellowship Flexibility

The program provides considerable flexibility, allowing fellows the opportunity to tailor their training to meet individual career goals and interests. This adaptability is pivotal in cultivating specialists adept at addressing the diverse challenges inherent in cardiovascular care.

Visa Support and Competitiveness

The fellowship program offers visa support for international medical graduates, sponsoring J-1 visas primarily. The program is competitive, welcoming applications from both US and international graduates, including DOs and IMGs, reflecting a commitment to diversity in training backgrounds.

Special Application Requirements

Applicants to the Fellowship must fulfill specific criteria, which may include, but are not limited to, constraints related to the year of graduation and maximum allowable numbers of failed Step examinations. A comprehensive review of the application requirements is advised to ensure qualification.

Web sources

1. Cardiology Fellowship Overview

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Program data

ACGME History ^[2]

Accreditation Last updated: Jul 16, 2026

Initial accreditation0

Full accreditation0

Continued26

Warning1

Probationary Accreditation0

Withdrawal0

#	Academic Year	Status	Effective Date
01	2000 - 2001	Warning	May 29, 1998
02	2001 - 2002	Continued	Jan 27, 2002
03	2002 - 2003	Continued	Jan 27, 2002
04	2003 - 2004	Continued	Jan 27, 2002
05	2004 - 2005	Continued	May 23, 2004
06	2005 - 2006	Continued	May 23, 2004
07	2006 - 2007	Continued	Oct 2, 2006
08	2007 - 2008	Continued	Oct 2, 2006
09	2008 - 2009	Continued	Sep 30, 2008
10	2009 - 2010	Continued	Sep 30, 2008

Program

Program Size

-- (3 years)^[1]

Accreditation Status

Continued Accreditation

(Effective: January 23, 2026)

Composition

Training

Fellowship Rate:--

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

Residents Career Path

Quality of Life

First Year Paid Sick Leave: --

First Year Paid Vacation: --

First Year Salary: $66,975^[1]

First Year Maximum Consecutive Hours on Duty: 12 hours ^[1]

First Year Average Weekly Hours: 50 hours^[1]

Admission

USMLE Step 2 Score: --

Visa Sponsorship:--

YOG Cutoff:2^[1]

Race / Ethnicity

No race data available.

Gender

No gender data available.

Incoming Schools

No incoming school data available.

Rotation Duration by Site

No rotation duration data available.

Benchmarks

Roster

Publications

27 Publications (5 yr)

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

27 Publications (5 yr)

Cardiovascular intervention and therapeutics2026

Intravascular imaging guidance for percutaneous coronary intervention and clinical outcomes: meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials.

Yuriko Hiruma,¹Tetsuya Saito,²Mariko Sugii,³Tadao Aikawa,⁴

PMID: 42400815doi.org/10.1007/s12928-026-01318-7

US cardiology2026

Incidental Extrinsic Cardiac Compression by a Pericardial Mass: Echocardiographic and CT Correlation.

Claudiu Mihai Ciuciureanu,¹Corina Iorgoveanu,²Stefan Milutinovic,³Kamaldeep Singh,⁴

PMID: 42395900doi.org/10.15420/usc.2026.21

Location

New Orleans, LA ^[4]

Population

383,997

Median income

$55,580Below

Education

44.7%Above

Employment

58.1%Above

Health

6.1%Above

Age

38On par

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 - New Orleans, LA

State - Louisiana

United States

1/31/2015

$1,178

$1,011

$1,193

2/28/2015

$1,181

$1,012

$1,199

3/31/2015

$1,193

$1,013

$1,206

4/30/2015

$1,206

$1,018

$1,213

5/31/2015

$1,208

$1,021

$1,228

6/30/2015

$1,208

$1,025

$1,233

7/31/2015

$1,222

$1,028

$1,235

8/31/2015

$1,217

$1,026

$1,241

9/30/2015

$1,225

$1,027

$1,245

10/31/2015

$1,211

$1,024

$1,253

11/30/2015

$1,219

$1,025

$1,259

12/31/2015

$1,209

$1,024

$1,263

1/31/2016

$1,235

$1,032

$1,275

2/29/2016

$1,231

$1,032

$1,279

3/31/2016

$1,246

$1,035

$1,282

4/30/2016

$1,229

$1,028

$1,285

5/31/2016

$1,232

$1,041

$1,291

6/30/2016

$1,222

$1,040

$1,294

7/31/2016

$1,212

$1,024

$1,295

8/31/2016

$1,214

$1,008

$1,303

9/30/2016

$1,212

$1,011

$1,307

10/31/2016

$1,219

$1,015

$1,311

11/30/2016

$1,213

$1,020

$1,312

12/31/2016

$1,213

$1,030

$1,313

1/31/2017

$1,208

$1,034

$1,317

2/28/2017

$1,212

$1,036

$1,324

3/31/2017

$1,212

$1,032

$1,335

4/30/2017

$1,219

$1,033

$1,346

5/31/2017

$1,223

$1,035

$1,353

6/30/2017

$1,229

$1,036

$1,357

7/31/2017

$1,225

$1,037

$1,359

8/31/2017

$1,228

$1,039

$1,363

9/30/2017

$1,230

$1,040

$1,406

10/31/2017

$1,234

$1,043

$1,414

11/30/2017

$1,232

$1,054

$1,413

12/31/2017

$1,238

$1,056

$1,420

1/31/2018

$1,238

$1,055

$1,422

2/28/2018

$1,238

$1,055

$1,427

3/31/2018

$1,240

$1,057

$1,429

4/30/2018

$1,247

$1,060

$1,434

5/31/2018

$1,250

$1,059

$1,438

6/30/2018

$1,256

$1,058

$1,444

7/31/2018

$1,260

$1,058

$1,449

8/31/2018

$1,257

$1,059

$1,455

9/30/2018

$1,257

$1,059

$1,461

10/31/2018

$1,256

$1,062

$1,465

11/30/2018

$1,262

$1,063

$1,473

12/31/2018

$1,269

$1,062

$1,482

1/31/2019

$1,273

$1,061

$1,492

2/28/2019

$1,283

$1,063

$1,495

3/31/2019

$1,284

$1,067

$1,503

4/30/2019

$1,285

$1,067

$1,509

5/31/2019

$1,286

$1,071

$1,514

6/30/2019

$1,288

$1,073

$1,519

7/31/2019

$1,295

$1,076

$1,526

8/31/2019

$1,302

$1,077

$1,531

9/30/2019

$1,308

$1,078

$1,534

10/31/2019

$1,313

$1,076

$1,541

11/30/2019

$1,316

$1,075

$1,545

12/31/2019

$1,315

$1,077

$1,552

1/31/2020

$1,319

$1,080

$1,560

2/29/2020

$1,317

$1,081

$1,565

3/31/2020

$1,326

$1,084

$1,565

4/30/2020

$1,322

$1,084

$1,566

5/31/2020

$1,321

$1,085

$1,563

6/30/2020

$1,326

$1,086

$1,562

7/31/2020

$1,336

$1,092

$1,571

8/31/2020

$1,340

$1,097

$1,574

9/30/2020

$1,342

$1,105

$1,586

10/31/2020

$1,345

$1,108

$1,593

11/30/2020

$1,351

$1,119

$1,602

12/31/2020

$1,352

$1,127

$1,606

1/31/2021

$1,357

$1,140

$1,613

2/28/2021

$1,356

$1,142

$1,620

3/31/2021

$1,365

$1,149

$1,629

4/30/2021

$1,373

$1,159

$1,649

5/31/2021

$1,385

$1,172

$1,663

6/30/2021

$1,393

$1,186

$1,686

7/31/2021

$1,404

$1,202

$1,707

8/31/2021

$1,419

$1,219

$1,729

9/30/2021

$1,438

$1,238

$1,752

10/31/2021

$1,454

$1,256

$1,767

11/30/2021

$1,466

$1,268

$1,777

12/31/2021

$1,481

$1,274

$1,791

1/31/2022

$1,497

$1,253

$1,800

2/28/2022

$1,511

$1,262

$1,820

3/31/2022

$1,517

$1,271

$1,829

4/30/2022

$1,528

$1,288

$1,841

5/31/2022

$1,537

$1,268

$1,852

6/30/2022

$1,548

$1,270

$1,861

7/31/2022

$1,549

$1,275

$1,868

8/31/2022

$1,550

$1,265

$1,872

9/30/2022

$1,552

$1,261

$1,875

10/31/2022

$1,554

$1,261

$1,873

11/30/2022

$1,558

$1,259

$1,875

12/31/2022

$1,557

$1,264

$1,874

1/31/2023

$1,552

$1,266

$1,877

2/28/2023

$1,555

$1,270

$1,879

3/31/2023

$1,558

$1,232

$1,884

4/30/2023

$1,564

$1,243

$1,886

5/31/2023

$1,570

$1,232

$1,886

6/30/2023

$1,574

$1,240

$1,886

7/31/2023

$1,581

$1,238

$1,891

8/31/2023

$1,584

$1,238

$1,908

9/30/2023

$1,584

$1,240

$1,912

10/31/2023

$1,584

$1,273

$1,916

11/30/2023

$1,582

$1,276

$1,918

12/31/2023

$1,589

$1,261

$1,921

1/31/2024

$1,595

$1,274

$1,928

2/29/2024

$1,599

$1,277

$1,932

3/31/2024

$1,599

$1,291

$1,935

4/30/2024

$1,599

$1,295

$1,942

5/31/2024

$1,604

$1,300

$1,946

6/30/2024

$1,604

$1,305

$1,973

7/31/2024

$1,607

$1,312

$1,958

8/31/2024

$1,611

$1,314

$1,992

9/30/2024

$1,622

$1,323

$1,993

10/31/2024

$1,625

$1,330

$1,995

11/30/2024

$1,630

$1,332

$1,999

12/31/2024

$1,627

$1,320

$2,003

1/31/2025

$1,630

$1,350

$2,006

2/28/2025

$1,631

$1,358

$2,007

3/31/2025

$1,635

$1,370

$2,016

4/30/2025

$1,636

$1,375

$2,019

5/31/2025

$1,634

$1,381

$2,022

6/30/2025

$1,636

$1,392

$2,026

7/31/2025

$1,635

$1,400

$2,029

8/31/2025

$1,634

$1,393

$2,027

9/30/2025

$1,629

$1,409

$2,030

10/31/2025

$1,630

$1,399

$2,052

11/30/2025

$1,629

$1,390

$2,095

12/31/2025

$1,630

$1,397

$2,086

1/31/2026

$1,627

$1,410

$2,160

2/28/2026

$1,624

$1,432

$2,178

Crime — All violent offences ^[6]

Rate per 100,000 residents

Rate per 100,000 people Over Time

Date

Region - New Orleans, LA

State - Louisiana

United States

4/1/2021

121

5/1/2021

134

6/1/2021

128

7/1/2021

130

8/1/2021

120

9/1/2021

115

10/1/2021

122

11/1/2021

110

12/1/2021

114

1/1/2022

114

2/1/2022

103

3/1/2022

123

4/1/2022

127

5/1/2022

130

6/1/2022

127

7/1/2022

125

8/1/2022

119

9/1/2022

122

10/1/2022

117

11/1/2022

104

12/1/2022

114

1/1/2023

116

2/1/2023

100

3/1/2023

123

4/1/2023

115

5/1/2023

126

6/1/2023

117

7/1/2023

118

8/1/2023

114

9/1/2023

112

10/1/2023

113

11/1/2023

101

12/1/2023

105

1/1/2024

2/1/2024

3/1/2024

101

4/1/2024

105

5/1/2024

118

6/1/2024

109

7/1/2024

108

8/1/2024

109

9/1/2024

106

10/1/2024

104

11/1/2024

12/1/2024

102

1/1/2025

2/1/2025

3/1/2025

4/1/2025

5/1/2025

105

6/1/2025

100

7/1/2025

108

8/1/2025

104

9/1/2025

101

10/1/2025

11/1/2025

12/1/2025

1/1/2026

2/1/2026

3/1/2026

Living in New Orleans, LA

New Orleans, LA, promises a vibrant and culturally rich living experience for residents. Here's a breakdown of living in this location:

Crime Rate and Safety

New Orleans has a higher crime rate compared to the national average. While some neighborhoods are safer than others, it's essential to be cautious and aware of your surroundings.

Fun Activities

Known for its lively music scene, delicious cuisine, and Mardi Gras festivities, New Orleans offers endless entertainment options. Residents can enjoy jazz performances, explore historic French Quarter, and indulge in local Creole and Cajun dishes.

Climate

New Orleans has a subtropical climate with hot summers and mild winters. Be prepared for high humidity levels during the summer months.

Races and Population

New Orleans is a diverse city with a mix of various races and cultures, contributing to its unique charm and cultural richness.

Education

New Orleans is home to several higher education institutions, including Tulane University and Loyola University, offering educational opportunities for residents.

Cost of Living

The cost of living in New Orleans is relatively lower compared to other major U.S. cities. Housing costs vary depending on the neighborhood, with more affordable options available in suburban areas.

Proximity to Bigger Cities

New Orleans is located about 90 miles away from Baton Rouge and 335 miles from Houston, making it fairly accessible by car. Baton Rouge is approximately a 1.5-hour drive, offering a change of scenery and additional amenities.

Cons

While New Orleans is vibrant and culturally rich
it's important to be mindful of the higher crime rate in certain areas and the humid climate during the summer months. Residents should explore different neighborhoods to find a suitable living environment that meets their preferences and safety concerns.

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References

1. Freida - https://freida.ama-assn.org/program/1412121130

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=160XX00US2255000

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