July: A Time for Academic Renewal and Guidance for EP Fellows
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EP LAB DIGEST. 2026;26(6):7.
Bradley P Knight, MD, FACC, FHRS
Dear Readers,
For more than 2 decades, the annual EP 101 Fellows Course has served as a rite of passage for incoming Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology (CCEP) fellows. This year’s course was held between June 5-7, 2026, in Austin, Texas. Once again directed by Dr Joshua Cooper, alongside Co-Directors Drs Melissa Robinson and Daniel Cooper, the program was supported by a faculty committed to medical education and sponsored by Boston Scientific. The 2026 EP 101 event welcomed a record-setting class of 145 incoming CCEP fellows, representing 94 academic centers across the U.S. (Figure 1).
At the start of each academic medical calendar, July brings a sense of renewal and new energy to teaching hospitals and academic medical centers. While it is a time to reset teaching programs and revisit CCEP fellowship curricula and training strategies, the fundamental advice offered to incoming and graduating EP fellows remains unchanged. Fifteen years ago, this letter was devoted to advice to first-year EP fellows,1 and 4 years later, it focused on guidance for graduating fellows.2 More recently, Dr John J Lee published updated perspectives on fellowship training.3 In this EP Lab Digest letter, we present a renewed, combined set of “10 commandments” (Figure 2) for both groups—timeless principles that continue to hold true.
Disclosures: Dr Knight has served as a paid consultant to Medtronic and was an investigator in the PULSED AF trial. He has served as a consultant, speaker, investigator, and/or has received EP fellowship grant support from Abbott, AltaThera, AtriCure, Baylis Medical, Biosense Webster, Biotronik, Boston Scientific, CVRx, Philips, and Sanofi; he has no equity or ownership in any of these companies. Dr Knight reports payment or honoraria from Convatec for a lecture.
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