FREIDA™ 2023 data
In 2023, FREIDA™ users tallied nearly 2 million views of medical residency programs. With this list of cardiovascular disease (internal medicine) residencies, we draw from the 1,231 first-year positions for cardiovascular disease (internal medicine) and reveal which residency programs offer the most positions.
Rankings are based on FREIDA™ data updated from Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 2023. FREIDA™, the AMA Residency & Fellowship Database®, allows medical students to search for a residency or fellowship from more than 13,000 programs—all accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
Specialty description
A cardiovascular disease specialist is an internist who specializes in diseases of the heart and blood vessels and manages complex cardiac conditions such as heart attacks and life-threatening, abnormal heart rhythms.
Cardiovascular diseases is the medical subspecialty dealing with the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the heart and vascular system. Functions of a cardiovascular specialist include the management, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of coronary artery disease, vascular disease, heart rhythm abnormalities, adult congenital heart disease and heart failure. Within the subspecialty, several sub-subspecialties, including interventional cardiology, electrophysiology, advanced heart failure and transplantation, and adult congenital heart disease, exist. In addition, specialists in cardiovascular diseases work closely with cardiothoracic surgery specialists.
Cardiovascular disease (internal medicine) programs with the most first-year positions
Cleveland Clinic Foundation Program – 14 positions
Emory University School of Medicine Program – 13 positions
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Program – 12 positions
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester) Program – 11 positions
Duke University Hospital Program – 10 positions
University of Pennsylvania Health System Program – 10 positions
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center Program – 10 positions
NYU Grossman School of Medicine Program – 9 positions
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center ProgramCleveland Clinic Foundation Program – 9 positions
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Program – 9 positions
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Montefiore) Program – 9 positions
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Program – 9 positions
Johns Hopkins University Program – 9 positions
University of Minnesota Program – 9 positions
Yale-New Haven Medical Center Program – 9 positions