The Brooklyn Hospital Center is a 653-bed full-service hospital located in downtown Brooklyn. The Brooklyn Hospital Center, under the auspices of the Weill Cornell Cardiology, has a separate fellowship program. Brooklyn Hospital fellows rotate through cardiology services at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center for approximately 6 months per year.
The Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory currently performs approximately 1000 diagnostic procedures annually. Patients requiring PTCA and electrophysiologic procedures are generally transferred to NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell. The Echocardiography Laboratory performs 3000-4000 procedures yearly, including TEE and stress Echo. Nuclear Cardiology, part of the Cardiology Division, performs about 20 procedures a week, particularly exercise and pharmacologic imaging, and viability studies.
Rotations at Brooklyn include:
- CCU/Consultation
- Non-invasive (Echo, Nuclear, Graphics)
- Catheterization Lab
Rotations at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell include:
- Catheterization Laboratory/PTCA
- Electrophysiology
- Echocardiography
- Consultation Service including post-cardiac surgical care
- Other elective rotations
Salaries are competitive and, although Hospital housing is not available, rents in Brooklyn are far below those in Manhattan. Fellows have no difficulty living within walking distance of Brooklyn Hospital Center. Public transportation in downtown Brooklyn is superb, including a subway station 2 blocks from the Hospital with travel time to Weill Cornell about 30-40 minutes, including rush hour. There is also an institutional van which shuttles between Brooklyn Hospital Center and NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell. All evening call is at Brooklyn and is "beeper call" at home (obviously fellows need to live close to the Hospital); rotations at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell are coordinated so that fellows can return to Brooklyn in time for sign-out.
How to Apply
Applicants for 2010 or 2011 should contact Julie Quinonez at jcq@nyp.org.
Program Directors
The Brooklyn Hospital Center
Dr. Frank Iacovone
Program Director, Chief of Cardiology, Director Interventional Cardiology
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center
Dr. Erica Jones
Program Director, Cardiology
Our Locations
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center
525 East 68th Street
New York, NY 10065
The Brooklyn Hospital
121 DeKalb Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11201
