11 fellowships at 9 institutions, led by Adult Cardiac, General Thoracic, Multi-specialty.
EACTS Francis Fontan Fund
Paris, Rome and Madrid, or Brussels, Kaiserslautern and Madrid, Europe · Three 1-week internships plus two EACTS courses
EACTS Francis Fontan Fund (high-volume AF ablation surgery centres)
Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Belgium, Italy, Spain or Sheffield (UK) · Four weeks in-hospital training plus three AtriCure training courses
ISMETT · UPMC Italy
Palermo, Italy · Not publicly listed
European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) — host option: Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
Rome, Italy · 12 months
European Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Copenhagen, Denmark; Milan, Italy; Zurich, Switzerland; São Paulo, Brazil · November 2026–June 2027; scheduled short clinical immersions
EACTS Francis Fontan Fund / San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona Hospital
Salerno, Italy · 1.5 months
EACTS Francis Fontan Fund
Papworth, Leuven, Pavia, Vienna, Bad Nauheim or Paris, Europe · 1 month
EACTS Francis Fontan Fund
Paris, Calabria or London, Europe · 6 weeks (two 3-week placements)
Società Italiana di Chirurgia Toracica (SICT)
Cerro Maggiore and Italian reference centres, Italy · Staged May 2025–February 2026 curriculum
EACTS Francis Fontan Fund — Ospedale Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza
San Giovanni Rotondo (Foggia), Italy · 3 months (from January 2027)
EACTS Francis Fontan Fund (hosts: Erasmus MC Rotterdam; German Heart Centre Munich; University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff; Annunziata Hospital, Calabria)
Rotterdam (Netherlands), Munich (Germany), Cardiff (UK), Calabria (Italy) · 3 weeks (three one-week visits to three of the four centres)
Italy lists 11 fellowships at 9 institutions. None currently shows an open application route on its official page. 11 are closed for the current cycle.
Subspecialties here: Adult Cardiac, General Thoracic, Multi-specialty.
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Paris, Rome and Madrid, or Brussels, Kaiserslautern and Madrid, Europe · Three 1-week internships plus two EACTS courses
Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Belgium, Italy, Spain or Sheffield (UK) · Four weeks in-hospital training plus three AtriCure training courses
Copenhagen, Denmark; Milan, Italy; Zurich, Switzerland; São Paulo, Brazil · November 2026–June 2027; scheduled short clinical immersions