Overview
Three-month EACTS-funded placement observing and participating in heart transplantation, heart procurement, LVAD, ECMO and Impella 5.5 implantation in Madrid.
The programme
- Focus
- Heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support
- Training type
- Travelling Fellowship (society-funded clinical placement)
- Duration
- Three-month placement plus attendance at the EACTS Mechanical Circulatory Support Summit
- Start
- From January 2027
- Positions
- Not stated on official page
- Accreditation
- EACTS Francis Fontan Fund (FFF) fellowship
- Department
- Not stated on official page
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- EACTS member; minimum three years' experience as an independent staff cardiac surgeon; fluent English
- International applicants
- Open to EACTS members; the page sets no nationality or EU-residency restriction (EACTS membership is international). Fluent English required.
- Visa support
- Not stated on official page
- Licence requirement
- Not stated on official page
How to apply
- Deadline
- Application window 1 March – 1 May 2026 (2026/27 cycle closed)
- Application method
- Online application to the EACTS Francis Fontan Fund with letter of support, letter of interest, CV with publications and operative experience (documents in English, Word or PDF)
Funding
- Funding
- Grant of €7,800 plus bursary towards attending the EACTS Annual Meeting