This is a time of the year when senior cardiology fellows are looking for life after they grow up! In discussing options with them, it seems that research, including that in cardiovascular imaging, is not high on their priority list. This is a major disappointment given that most of them, at their fellowship interview, all but swore to an abiding interest in a career in academic medicine. While we realize that there is always some strategy involved during the fellowship interview process, it is still an undesirable development for "progress of ideas" in imaging. This is clearly a frustrating paradox in that fewer and fewer cardiovascular trainees are choosing to become dedicated physician-investigators, at a time when the opportunities in imaging research are nearly endless.
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