Palermo, Italy · Adult Cardiac Surgery, Heart Transplantation
Adult Cardiac
Closed
Cardiac Surgery Fellowship
ISMETT · UPMC Italy
Palermo, Italy · Not publicly listed
Palermo, Italy · Not publicly listed
Deadline: 31 March 2026; published 2026 call closed
Cardiac Surgery
Michele Pilato, MD
Head, Cardiac Surgery and Cardiac Diseases / Heart Transplantation Department · ISMETT · UPMC Italy
Palermo, Italy · Adult Cardiac Surgery, Heart Transplantation
Portrait from the official ISMETT physician profile. Portrait source ↗
Fellowship roles and official sources
ISMETT’s department page names Michele Pilato as head of the unit hosting the 2026 fellowship. This is a host-department link; the announcement does not appoint an individual fellowship mentor.
Faculty overview
About Michele Pilato
Michele Pilato leads ISMETT’s cardiac diseases and heart transplantation department and heads its cardiac surgery service. He graduated in medicine at Palermo in 1985 and undertook cardiovascular surgery fellowships at the Texas Heart Institute and Mayo Clinic, as well as a cardiothoracic registrar appointment in Cardiff. He joined ISMETT in 2004.
At a glance
- Institution
- ISMETT · UPMC Italy
- Department
- Cardiac Surgery
- Location
- Palermo, Italy
- Clinical focus
- Adult Cardiac Surgery, Heart Transplantation
- Listed fellowships
- 1
Listed only for programmes supported by the cited official source. This page does not infer operative volume, outcomes or eligibility.
Associated fellowships
What the official sources state
Cardiac Surgery Fellowship
Advanced cardiac-surgery training at ISMETT, an international transplant and highly specialised therapy centre in Palermo.
- Eligibility
- Medical degree, cardiac surgery specialisation, professional-board enrolment and ECM compliance
- Deadline
- 31 March 2026; published 2026 call closed
- Required prior training
- Cardiac surgery specialist qualification, or completion by 2026 for final-year applicants
- International applicants
- Qualification recognition and recruitment eligibility require employer assessment
- Language
- Confirm current Italian/English clinical requirements; English was required in the archived 2022 notice
- Funding
- Contract type matched to experience; remuneration amount unpublished
- Positions
- One in the 2026 call
How to apply: The 2026 UPMC Italy recruitment portal listing is no longer available. Monitor UPMC Italy careers for the next Cardiac Surgery Fellowship call; reference Fellow CC/26 TD.