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.
Research Fellowships offer experienced cardiothoracic surgeons a placement in cardiothoracic research.
- EACTS-MSTCVS Quality and Outcomes Fellowship – 2022-23 Fellowship Application Open
- NEW for 2022-23: Clinical Trials & Statistics – 2022-23 Fellowship Application Closed
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 – 2022-23 Fellowship Application Open
- Aortic TEVAR Fellowship in partnership with Terumo – 2022-23 Fellowship Application Closed
- NEW for 2022-23: VATS Fellowship in General Thoracic Surgery – 2022-23 Fellowship Application Open
- NEW for 2022-23: Robotic Surgery – Cardiac in partnership with Medtronic – 2022-23 Fellowship Application Open
Education Fellowships offer candidates early in their surgical career foundational knowledge in a specific aspect of cardiothoracic surgery.
- Advanced Intensive Postoperative Care – 2022-23 Fellowship Application Open
- Aortic Root and Valve Repair Fellowship – 2022-23 Fellowship Application Open
- Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass (OPCAB) in partnership with Medtronic Fellowship – 2022-23 Fellowship Application Open
- MICS Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (MICS-CABG) Fellowship in partnership with Medtronic – 2022-23 Fellowship Application Open
- NEW for 2022-23: OPCAB Extended Fellowship in partnership with Medtronic – 2022-23 Fellowship Application Open
- International Traveling Fellowship in partnership with STS – 2022-23 Fellowship Application Open
- NEW for 2022-23: International Travelling Fellowship in partnership with STS & LACES – 2022-23 Fellowship Application Open
- NEW for 2022-23: Ukrainian Support Fellowship – 2022-23 Fellowship Application Open
For more information about the Fellowship programme please contact Amanda McKechnie at AMANDA.MCKECHNIE@EACTS.CO.UK.
How to apply
Applications are open from 1 July 2022 – 1 September 2022. 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.
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 AMANDA.MCKECHNIE@EACTS.CO.UK.
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.
