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PA Postgraduate Program at a Glance

  • Specialty: Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Location: Indianapolis, IN
  • Accreditation: Not ARC-PA Accredited
  • Program length: 12 months
  • Positions per year: Check program website
  • Stipend / salary: Check program website
  • Benefits: Published benefits: health, dental, life and disability insurance; 3 weeks' vacation per year; 5 days CME time per year; $3,000 CME allowance; DEA and malpractice coverage. ⚠️ The $3,000 is a CME ALLOWANCE, not a salary — IU publishes no stipend figure at all.
  • Credential awarded: Check program website
  • Eligibility: IU Health's shared admission requirements, verbatim: "Master's degree from an accredited Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant program"; candidate must be board certified or board eligible; State of Indiana licensure or eligible for licensure; GPA 3.0 or above; BLS through the AHA; drug screen and background check. Track-specific eligibility: "The Cardiothoracic Acute Care and Surgery Postgraduate APP Training Program is a one-year, post-graduate experience designed for nurse practitioners (AGNP, AGACNP, DNP) and physician assistants in a nationally ranked health system."
  • Application deadline: Applications for the Spring cohort, verbatim: "Applications for the Spring Cohort beginning April 1 annually will be accepted from Aug. 1 to Sept. 30." This is a recurring annual window as published, not a year-stamped date; nothing has been rolled forward.
  • How to apply: Direct, via IU Health's single Postgraduate APP Training Program application. Applicants choose up to two specialties for consideration on one application. Contact [email protected] / 317.963.7673.
  • Start date: April 1 (Spring cohort). Hub label, verbatim: "Annual acceptance, April 1".
  • Setting & rotations: Predominantly inpatient at the academic health center plus cardiothoracic surgery outpatient clinics. IU publishes a programme volume of "more than 700 cardiovascular procedures each year". Indianapolis.

Not ARC-PA accredited — which is normal for PA postgraduate programs and is not a mark against this one. This specific program is not separately listed in APPAP’s member directory; verify current status with the program.

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