Leadership

The Atrial Fibrillation Fellowship is designed to enhance clinical understanding and surgical proficiency in treating patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). The Fellowship supports cardiothoracic surgeons working towards a leadership role in surgical AF treatment.

Robotic systems have been applied in Cardio-Thoracic surgery for more than 20 years, but their application in daily surgical practice is still considered a challenging programme.

The VATS Fellowship in General Thoracic Surgery is an opportunity to receive appropriate training in VATS.

This fellowship will be awarded to nursing and allied health professionals that would like to visit a centre of excellence specialised in cardiac and/or thoracic surgery in Europe.

This Fellowship has been created by the EACTS Women in Cardiothoracic Surgery (WiCTS) Committee to encourage and promote leadership development opportunities.

This fellowship is in Adult Congenital Heart Disease and Aortic Root Surgery including (supported) Ross, VSRR, and PEARS procedure.

The Thoracic & Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship aims to provide an unprecedented opportunity for young thoracic surgeons to improve their understanding of diagnosis and treatment in thoracic oncology.

The goal of this fellowship is to advance technical skills and accuracy in robotic thoracic surgery and provide the successful candidate with an in-depth understanding of thoracic surgical outcomes with one of the world’s leading quality improvement teams.