Structural Heart and Advanced Cardiac Valve
UVA Structural Heart and Advanced Cardiac Valve Fellowship Program
Director: John T. Saxon, MD
We are accepting applications for the 2026-2027 academic year on a rolling basis. Please submit your application by clicking on the link below and following the instructions.
UVA’s Structural Heart and Advanced Cardiac Valve Center offers advanced fellowship training to cardiologists and surgeons in diagnostic and therapeutic modalities for cardiac valve disease. Trainees have research and clinical responsibilities that aid their education alongside internationally respected faculty.
During the Structural Heart and Advanced Cardiac Valve fellowship, trainees are educated in and gain direct experience with a variety of therapies, including:
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- mitral valve repair
- transcatheter mitral commissurotomy
- percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation
- transesophageal and intracardiac echocardiographic imaging to guide valve therapies
- Transcatheter mitral and tricuspid replacement
- Transcatheter tricuspid repair
- Left atrial appendage occlusion
- Paravalvular leak closure
This fellowship does not sponsor J-1 or H1B visas.
To be eligible for this advanced fellowship, you must be in at least the third year of general cardiology fellowship training or beyond.
Application requirements:
- Online application form (click the “submit” box at the bottom to send)
- Curriculum vitae (see below)
- Personal statement (see below)
- Two letters of recommendation (see below for details)
CV and personal statement:
Please email these documents to us (rather than include them in the online application form). Ensure they are clearly labeled with your name and contact information, and email them to Lisa Mackey , Structural Heart and Advanced Cardiac Valve Fellowship Administrator (LMM7X@uvahealth.org).
Letters of recommendation:
We require two letters of recommendation, one from each of the following:
- Your cardiology fellowship program director
- Chief of the Division of Cardiology at your current institution, or
- Your research mentor, if applicable
Letters should be addressed to Dr. John Saxon, Structural Heart and Advanced Cardiac Valve Fellowship Program Director, and emailed directly from the writer or their admin to Lisa Mackey at (LMM7X@uvahealth.org). We will not accept letters of recommendation sent directly from applicants.
More information:
We welcome and appreciate your interest in the UVA Structural Heart and Advanced Cardiac Valve Fellowship Program. For more information, please contact:
Cheryl Etelvari: Cardiac Valve
Program Administrator
Email: CLE4N@uvahealth.org.