CTCTS Fellow
Portrait of Isabelle Schmitt-Opitz

Thoracic Surgery

Isabelle Schmitt-Opitz, MD

Director, Department of Thoracic Surgery · University Hospital Zurich

Zurich · Switzerland · General Thoracic

Faculty overview

Documented fellowship role

Official material records Isabelle Schmitt-Opitz as Director, Department of Thoracic Surgery at University Hospital Zurich. The associated training pathways are:

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At a glance

Institution
University Hospital Zurich
Department
Thoracic Surgery
Location
Zurich · Switzerland
Clinical focus
General Thoracic
Listed fellowships
6

Listed only for programmes supported by the cited official source. This page does not infer operative volume, outcomes or eligibility.

Programme relationship evidence

Official ESTS educational events flyer 2025–2026, page2, Committee for Learning Affairs explicitly names Isabelle Opitz as Director Robotic Academy. Existing institutional profile and portrait already in faculty data.

Associated fellowships

General Thoracic Rolling

Lung Volume Reduction Surgery Fellowship

University Hospital Zurich

Zurich, Switzerland · 4 months

Advanced Clinical Fellowship

Deadline: Applications accepted through the official programme form
General Thoracic Rolling

Thoracic Surgery Clinical and Research Fellowship

University Hospital Zurich

Zurich, Switzerland · Individually agreed; past fellows stayed up to 1 year

Clinical Fellowship

Deadline: Applications accepted through the official programme form
General Thoracic Closed

ESTS Biology Club Robotic Research Fellowship

University Hospital Zurich

Zurich, Switzerland · 3 months

Research Fellowship

Deadline: Last cycle closed 1 Apr 2025; next call not announced
Adult Cardiac Rolling

Structural Heart Interventions Fellowship

University Hospital Zurich (University Heart Center)

Zurich, Switzerland · 2 years

Clinical Fellowship

Deadline: Applications accepted by email; no fixed deadline published
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)

Advanced Skills Fellowship

Deadline: 17 November 2024 (last published cycle)