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The 31st Annual CRF® Fellows Course™:
Preparing Tomorrow’s Interventional Cardiologists for the Future
For more than 30 years, the CRF® Interventional Cardiology Fellows Course has helped rising interventionalists and heart team members advance to the next stage of their careers. This fast-paced program blends case-based learning, expert guidance, and peer exchange to strengthen understanding across coronary, structural, and endovascular interventions. Sponsored by the Cardiovascular Research Foundation® (CRF®), it’s more than a course — it’s a catalyst for future leaders in interventional cardiology.
Application for eligible fellows and registration for nonapplicants open in November.
Your Fellows Course Experience Starts Here
Case-Based Training on Core Concepts
Through advanced, case-driven interactive sessions, expert-led panels, and collaborative discussion participants cover:
- Rationale for revascularization procedures in simple and complex lesion subsets.
- Basic and complex angioplasty.
- Appropriate use of drug-eluting stents and adjunctive devices.
- Pharmacologic therapy decisions.
- Use of intravascular imaging/physiology.
- Plus: noncoronary topics, including structural heart disease, vascular medicine, and endovascular intervention.
Return Ready to Make a Greater Impact
After completing the course, participants should be able to:
- Compare and contrast current practices and controversies on advanced coronary and vascular interventions.
- Appraise clinical data regarding cutting-edge technologies and pharmacologic therapeutics.
- Apply evidence-based medicine from clinical trials to revascularization decisions and techniques.

Preview What It’s All About
View selected sessions from 2025 and previous years.
CRF CONNECT®: YOUR GLOBAL HUB FOR CARDIOVASCULAR EDUCATION
Who Should Attend Fellows 2026?
Eligible Fellows Who Can Apply
(Subject to change.)
- Interventional Cardiology Fellows
- Final-Year General Cardiology Fellows Accepted to an Interventional Fellowship
- Final-Year General Cardiology Fellows
Professionals Seeking To Refresh and Strengthen Interventional Cardiology Knowledge
- Practicing interventional cardiologists
- Clinical cardiologists
- Catheterization laboratory nurses
- Cardiovascular technicians
- Other health care professionals involved in interventional cardiovascular procedures