General Thoracic
Date not announced
Thoracic Surgery Fellow Position
Hôpital Saint Joseph Marseille
Marseille, France · 6 months or 1 year
Marseille, France · 6 months or 1 year
Deadline: No current deadline published; contact the department
Cardiothoracic subspecialty fellowships in France
6 fellowships at 4 institutions, led by General Thoracic, Adult Cardiac, Research & Academic.
Fellowships
Adult Cardiac
Closed
Aortic Root and Valve Repair Fellowship
EACTS Francis Fontan Fund
Paris, Rome and Madrid, or Brussels, Kaiserslautern and Madrid, Europe · Three 1-week internships plus two EACTS courses
Paris, Rome and Madrid, or Brussels, Kaiserslautern and Madrid, Europe · Three 1-week internships plus two EACTS courses
Deadline: 2027 cycle closed 1 May 2026 (applications ran 1 Mar–1 May)
General Thoracic
Closed
ESTS Robotic School Fellowship (Robotic Academy Fellowship)
European Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Rouen, France and European training centres · 1 year (e-learning, 2-day bootcamp, training in Rouen, 2 × 2 days at a European centre, 6-month fellowship)
Deadline: 17 November 2024 (last published cycle)
Research & Academic
Closed
International Visiting Fellowship — Cardiac Surgical Research Projects
German Heart Center Foundation
Selected partner centres in France, United States, United Kingdom, Canada and South Korea · 1–6 months, project-dependent
Selected partner centres in France, United States, United Kingdom, Canada and South Korea · 1–6 months, project-dependent
Deadline: 15 Oct 2026 (published round; next call not announced)
Adult Cardiac
Closed
Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy (CTEPH) Fellowship
EACTS Francis Fontan Fund
Papworth, Leuven, Pavia, Vienna, Bad Nauheim or Paris, Europe · 1 month
Deadline: 2027 cycle closed 1 May 2026 (applications ran 1 Mar–1 May)
General Thoracic
Closed
Robotic Thoracic Surgery Fellowship
EACTS Francis Fontan Fund
Paris, Calabria or London, Europe · 6 weeks (two 3-week placements)
Deadline: Applications ran 1 Jul–1 Sep 2026 (now closed); check the EACTS page for the next call
What the official sources state
Thoracic Surgery Fellow Position
A full-time fellow post in a high-volume thoracic surgery department (150–200 anatomical resections a year) focused on thoracic oncology, VATS and Da Vinci robotic surgery, complex segmentectomies, sleeve resections and enhanced recovery. Fellows get their own clinic and theatre sessions, assist senior surgeons daily and can join clinical research.
- Duration
- 6 months or 1 year (full-time fixed-term contract)
- Deadline
- No current deadline published; contact the department
- Eligibility
- Post-residency (post-internat), French-speaking (minimum B2), independent in emergency thoracic surgery
- Required prior training
- Completed residency (post-internat), independent in emergency thoracic surgery
- Language
- French, minimum B2
- Funding
- Salaried fixed-term contract (CDD); amount not published
- Official contact
- Dr Ilies Bouabdallah, ibouabdallah@hopital-saint-joseph.fr
How to apply: Contact the head of department, Dr Ilies Bouabdallah (ibouabdallah@hopital-saint-joseph.fr).
Aortic Root and Valve Repair Fellowship
Three one-week internships at high-volume aortic repair centres (Paris, Rome and Madrid, or Brussels, Kaiserslautern and Madrid) combined with the EACTS 'Fundamentals in Aortic Surgery' course and the Aortic Forum.
- Duration
- Three 1-week internships plus two EACTS courses
- Deadline
- 2027 cycle closed 1 May 2026 (applications ran 1 Mar–1 May)
- Eligibility
- EACTS member in the last year of training or within four years of completing it
- Required prior training
- Final year of specialty training or within the first four years after completing the specialty degree; paid-up EACTS membership and fluent English required
- International applicants
- Open to EACTS members worldwide; EACTS does not advise on visas
- Language
- English
- Funding
- €6,200 towards living and travel costs, plus a bursary for the EACTS Annual Meeting
How to apply: Apply online through the EACTS Francis Fontan Fund during the annual application window, with CV, letter of interest, letter of support from head of training/department and operative experience.
ESTS Robotic School Fellowship (Robotic Academy Fellowship)
One-year ESTS programme, funded by an Intuitive Foundation grant, to train eight European thoracic surgeons in robotic thoracic surgery through e-learning, an intensive bootcamp, medical training in Rouen, visits to a European expert centre and a six-month mentored fellowship toward proctorship.
- Duration
- 1 year
- Deadline
- 17 November 2024 (last published cycle)
- Eligibility
- ESTS member aged 40 or under; Fellow of the European Board of Thoracic Surgeons or national thoracic surgery board certificate (no trainees); completed Intuitive e-learning; robot access 2 days per month; agree to contribute to ESTS robotic database
- Required prior training
- Board-certified thoracic surgeon (no trainees)
- Funding
- Funded through a grant from the Intuitive Foundation (amount and covered costs not stated)
- Positions
- 8 fellows
- Application documents
- Short CV, case log, letter of intent, letter from head of department on robotic availability
How to apply: For the last published cycle: email short CV, case log, letter of intent addressing the criteria and a head-of-department letter describing robot availability to the ESTS Executive Director (dsnowdon@ests.org.uk) by the deadline.
International Visiting Fellowship — Cardiac Surgical Research Projects
A funded visiting programme for clinician scientists employed by DHZC, with selected international partner laboratories and centres. The broader cardiovascular call explicitly includes pediatric heart surgery and novel surgical approaches; this listing covers approved cardiac-surgical research projects with clinical observation.
- Eligibility
- Clinicians with a completed MD thesis and at least one first- or last-author peer-reviewed paper; active DHZC employment throughout the visit.
- Deadline
- 15 Oct 2026 (published round; next call not announced)
- Required prior training
- Clinician scientist with a relevant cardiac-surgical research project. The scheme is not restricted to surgeons and does not award initial CTS qualification.
- Funding
- Individual approved budget: return flights, continued DHZC basic salary except separate paid-sabbatical arrangements, reasonable accommodation; childcare may be considered.
- Application documents
- International Visiting Fellowship application supported by the clinical or department head, and a support letter from the international host laboratory. The proposed individual budget determines the funding request.
- Official contact
- Dr Cornelia Maurer, Head of Science and Innovation Promotion: cornelia.maurer@stiftung-dh.org; +49 30 4593 7012
How to apply: For a future call, submit the foundation application and attachments as one PDF to cornelia.maurer@stiftung-dh.org. Obtain department-head approval and a support letter from the international host lab. Ask the foundation for partner-centre contacts. The 15 October 2026 round is closed.
Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy (CTEPH) Fellowship
A one-month stay at a European CTEPH centre (Papworth, Leuven, Pavia, Vienna, Bad Nauheim or Paris) covering surgical indications, deep circulatory arrest technique, ECMO and perioperative ICU management for pulmonary endarterectomy.
- Duration
- 1 month
- Deadline
- 2027 cycle closed 1 May 2026 (applications ran 1 Mar–1 May)
- Eligibility
- Early-career surgeons experienced in cardiothoracic surgery and extracorporeal circulation, with a realistic plan to start a CTEPH unit; not for residents or recent graduates
- Required prior training
- Experienced early-career surgeons with standard cardiothoracic surgery and extracorporeal-circulation experience; explicitly not intended for residents or very recent residency graduates; EACTS membership and a high likelihood of establishing a CTEPH unit required
- International applicants
- Open to EACTS members worldwide; EACTS does not advise on visas
- Language
- English
- Funding
- €4,000 towards living and travel costs, plus a bursary for the EACTS Annual Meeting
How to apply: Apply online through the EACTS Francis Fontan Fund during the annual application window, with CV with publications, letter of interest, letter of support and operative experience.
Robotic Thoracic Surgery Fellowship
Simulation and wet-lab training followed by two three-week stays at high-volume robotic thoracic centres in Paris, Calabria or London, focused on lung cancer and thymoma surgery.
- Duration
- 6 weeks (two 3-week placements)
- Deadline
- Applications ran 1 Jul–1 Sep 2026 (now closed); check the EACTS page for the next call
- Eligibility
- Senior resident/fellow in a thoracic unit, or young surgeon at a hospital doing robotic surgery
- Required prior training
- Senior resident/fellow in a thoracic unit, or junior surgeon at a hospital performing robotic surgery; EACTS membership in good standing
- International applicants
- Open to EACTS members worldwide; EACTS does not advise on visas
- Language
- English
- Funding
- €12,000 towards simulation training, living and travel costs, plus a bursary for the EACTS Annual Meeting
How to apply: Apply online through the EACTS Francis Fontan Fund during the annual application window, with CV with publications, letter of interest, letter of support and a robotic operative logbook.
About training at France
France lists 6 fellowships at 4 institutions. None currently shows an open application route on its official page. 5 are closed for the current cycle. 1 has no published date or needs confirmation, so check with the programme.
Subspecialties here: General Thoracic, Adult Cardiac, Research & Academic.
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