The California Heart Center is an affiliate of the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, located in Beverly Hills, California, 90211. We offer the full spectrum of cardiology care, including, Cardiac Evaluation/Adult Cardiology, Heart Failure Management, Interventional Cardiology, Nuclear Cardiology and Echocardiography. The mission of the California Heart Center is to integrate quality health care, clinical research, and continuing education to create an environment where advances are developed for the immediate benefit of patients.

In addition to our private cardiology practice, CA Heart Center physicians are active clinical research investigators and hold leadership positions in heart failure, heart transplantation, and mechanical cardiac assist devices and heart failure/transplant clinical research at the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute (CSHI). In addition to its highly-regarded cardiology program, CSHI is doing groundbreaking work in other important cardiovascular areas, including cardiac stem cell transplants and non-surgical heart valve replacements. In partnership with CSHI, the California Heart Center offers a multi-disciplinary and integrated approach to the care of patients with heart disease. To learn more, please visit Cedars-Sinai California Heart Center.

What will you be doing in this role?

The clinical research internship is designed for undergraduates, post-graduates and medical students who want to enrich their educational experience with a clinical research exposure. The goal of this project-based clinical research opportunity is to improve cardiovascular health with a focus on heart transplantation and heart failure and to provide students with the opportunity to apply knowledge from the classroom to real world, professional environments. Participants will complete a retrospective research project under the direction of a physician-investigator and also directly observe clinical patient care while spending time with attending physicians.

Primary Job Duties & Responsibilities:

1. Conduct scientific literature reviews on assigned topics
2. Draft data collection tools for research queries
3. Collect demographic and medical information from multiple sources, including medical records
4. Manage data in project spreadsheets, ensuring data integrity and accuracy
5. Assist in preparation of study results for abstracts and manuscript submissions to peer-review forums
6. Participate in weekly research staff meetings
7. Complete training in the protection of human subjects; adhering to HIPAA requirements. 

This internship is designed to be for the Summer- lasting 3 months in duration.