The prestigious Francis Fontan Fund for Education offers an exciting opportunity to advance your surgical education, foster your professional development and learn from the highest standards of cardiothoracic care at some of the most prestigious institutions around the world.
Become a Francis Fontan Fund Fellow and join the global cardiothoracic community. Learn new skills and techniques from experts in their field, share knowledge and expertise around the world and improve clinical outcomes and enhance patient care.
The Francis Fontan Fund for Education global cardiothoracic community
The Francis Fontan Fellowship programme
The Fund is open to EACTS members from all countries and currently supports several different Fellowship schemes specialising in a breadth of cardiothoracic techniques.
The Fund offers three categories of Fellowship: Research, Leadership and Education.
NEW APPLICATION DATES:
Fellowship applications for the 2025 fellowships are as follows:
Fellowship categories: Research and Leadership
Applications are open from 1 March to 1 May 2024
Fellowship categories: Education
Applications are open from 1 July to 1 September 2024
NOTE: START DATES REMAIN THE SAME (FROM JANUARY 2025)
Applications opening 1st March 2024
Research Fellowships offer experienced cardiothoracic surgeons a placement in cardiothoracic research.
- EACTS-MSTCVS Quality and Outcomes Fellowship – 2023-24 Fellowship
- MSc Statistics for Clinical Trials at UCL – 2023-24 Fellowship
Leadership Fellowships enable candidates to attend specialist courses and a placement in a clinic specialised in a specific area of cardiothoracic surgery.
- Atrial Fibrillation Fellowship in partnership with AtriCure – 2023-24 Fellowship
- VATS Fellowship in General Thoracic Surgery – 2023-24 Fellowship
- Robotic Surgery – Cardiac in partnership with Medtronic – 2023-24 Fellowship
- Robotic Surgery – Thoracic in partnership with Intuitive – 2023-24 Fellowship
- Thoracic & Minimally Invasive Surgery – 2023-24 Fellowship
- Adult Congenital Heart Disease – 2023-24 Fellowship
- Travelling Leadership Fellowships for Women in Cardiothoracic Surgery – 2023-24 Fellowship
Applications opening 1st July 2024
Education Fellowships offer candidates early in their surgical career foundational knowledge in a specific aspect of cardiothoracic surgery.
- Advanced Intensive Postoperative Care – 2023-24 Fellowship
- Aortic Root and Valve Repair Fellowship – 2023-24 Fellowship
- Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass (OPCAB) in partnership with Medtronic Fellowship – 2023-24 Fellowship
- MICS Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (MICS-CABG) Fellowship in partnership with Medtronic – 2023-24 Fellowship
- OPCAB Extended Fellowship in partnership with Medtronic – 2023-24 Fellowship
- International Travelling Fellowship in partnership with TSF – 2023-24 Fellowship
- International Travelling Fellowship in partnership with TSF & LACES – 2023-24 Fellowship
- Ukrainian Support Fellowship – 2023-24 Fellowship
For more information about the Fellowship programme please contact us at [email protected]
How to apply
Applications for the 2023-24 Fellowship Programme are open from 1 July 2023 – 1 September 2023. You must apply via the application form located on the specific Fellowship page.
Applications are subject to a rigorous peer review process, led by world leading EACTS surgeons and overseen by eminent members of the Francis Fontan Fund Committee.
Industry Support
The Fund is very grateful to industry sponsors that support the educational opportunities it offers. If your company is interested in the Fund’s donation process, please email [email protected]
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Your support will drive our Francis Fontan Fund fellowship scheme by providing career changing opportunities for young surgeons and health professionals, many from deprived or lower income regions, to advance their education, foster their professional development and learn from the highest standards of cardiothoracic care at some of the most prestigious institutions around the world.
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Celebrating Francis Fontan
Francis Fontan was a pioneering cardiac surgeon, best known for creating the revolutionary Fontan procedure. Passionate about lifelong learning, Fontan founded the European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery to advance education in the field of cardiothoracic and vascular interventions.
The Francis Fontan Fund was created in his honour, with the intention of celebrating his dedication to lifelong learning.
