Can an internist specialize in 2 subspecialties?
If you really want, you can do two separate fellowships. Hospital medicine (or hospitalist) fellowship is now a separate fellowship beyond internal medicine residency. However, you do not have to complete this fellowship if you want to become a hospitalist. However, if you want to become a cardiologist you will have to complete a cardiology fellowship. You can be an internist or hospitalist who has a particular interest in cardiology, but to be board certified in cardiology and perform their procedures/tests you must complete a cardiology fellowship. In reality, you won’t want to or need to be board certified in both areas. Most cardiologists do not have the time to work as a hospitalist since they are too busy with the CCU, their consultations for the hospitalists/internists and other specialties, in addition to their clinics and outpatient procedures such as stress tests, echocardiograms, and cardiac caths. Hospitalists are usually too busy as well taking admissions and rounding on t
