Overview
One-month EACTS fellowship in pulmonary thromboendarterectomy for CTEPH at one of six European expert centres, including Leuven and Vienna, for surgeons likely to establish a CTEPH unit at home.
The programme
- Focus
- Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy / CTEPH
- Training type
- Clinical fellowship
- Duration
- 1 month
- Start
- From January 2027
- Positions
- Not stated on official page
- Accreditation
- EACTS Francis Fontan Fund
- Department
- Not stated on official page
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Early-career surgeon with significant cardiothoracic and extracorporeal circulation experience (not a resident or recent graduate); high likelihood of creating a CTEPH unit; EACTS member in good standing; fluent English
- International applicants
- Yes – EACTS members
- Visa support
- EACTS does not advise on visas
- Licence requirement
- Not stated on official page
How to apply
- Deadline
- Application window 1 March – 1 May 2026 (closed)
- Application method
- Submit letter of support, letter of interest, CV and operative experience to EACTS
Funding
- Funding
- €4,000 grant plus bursary for 2027 EACTS Annual Meeting
Official sources
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