Definition
A cardiologist is a physician who has specialty training in the area of cardiology. Cardiologists are often MD trained, and typically had general training in internal medicine (or pediatrics if a pediatric cardiologist) prior to the completion of cardiology fellowship. Cardiologists are often confused with cardiac or cardiothoracic surgeons, who primarily perform operations on the heart. A “board-certified cardiologist” is a physician who trained in cardiology, met minimum training requirements, and also passed the cardiology board exams. After cardiology fellowship, physicians can choose to undergo additional training in a subspecialty of cardiology (e.g., echocardiography, nuclear cardiology, intervention, etc.).
Cross-References
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.
References and Further Reading
Baughman, K. L., Duffy, F. D., Eagle, K. A., Faxon, D. P., Hillis, L. D., & Lange, R. A. (2008). Task force 1: Training in clinical cardiology. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 51(3), 339–348.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Section Editor information
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2019 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature
About this entry
Cite this entry
Shimbo, D. (2019). Cardiologist. In: Gellman, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6439-6_91-2
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6439-6_91-2
Received:
Accepted:
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, New York, NY
Print ISBN: 978-1-4614-6439-6
Online ISBN: 978-1-4614-6439-6
eBook Packages: Springer Reference MedicineReference Module Medicine