United States
Congenital
Date not announced
Congenital Cardiac Surgery Fellowship
Stanford Medicine / Stanford Children's Health
Palo Alto, United States · Not publicly listed
Deadline: See official programme
Stanford Medicine / Stanford Children's Health
2 fellowships · Palo Alto, California, United States
Institution
2 fellowships · United States
Training overview
Stanford publishes separate routes for clinical congenital cardiac surgery and laboratory-based research. The clinical fellowship has its own eligibility and matching process. Contact the paediatric cardiac surgery laboratory about project fit and research availability.
- Training formats
- Clinical, Research
- Application routes
- 1 date not announced · 1 needs confirmation
- Subspecialty focus
- Congenital; Research & Academic; Congenital surgery; Research & outcomes; Transplant & MCS
- Training duration
- Not publicly listed
Additional training sources
Associated faculty
Faculty documented for the programmes below, including partner hosts where applicable. Their profile states the recorded institution and role; supervision is programme-specific.
Programmes at Stanford Medicine / Stanford Children's Health
Research & Academic
Needs confirmation
Congenital Cardiac Surgery Research Fellowship
Stanford Medicine / Stanford Children's Health
Palo Alto, United States · Not publicly listed
Deadline: Enquire about current laboratory availability
Official eligibility, funding & application details
What the official sources state
Congenital Cardiac Surgery Fellowship
Advanced congenital cardiac surgical training listed by Stanford's Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery.
- Eligibility
- Eligibility not clearly stated on public page
- Deadline
- See official programme
- International applicants
- Eligibility not clearly stated on public page
- Language
- English
- Funding
- Stanford Health Care publishes a GME housestaff salary schedule by PGY level. Confirm the assigned PGY level and allowances with the programme before budgeting.
- Application documents
- The Stanford clinical programme uses the TSDA congenital cardiac surgery match. Register in SF Match and use the TSDA applicant instructions and application forms for the intended appointment year. Contact Stanford for any programme-specific documents.
- Official contact
- Use the official programme page
- Focus
- Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery
- Participation
- Supervised operative participation
- Registration
- US and institutional credentialing requirements apply
- Accreditation
- Confirm with programme
- Visa information
- Stanford GME lists the J-1 physician visa as its usual route for international medical graduates. H-1B and O-1 consideration depends on programme and institutional approval. Applicants should confirm the accepted category and California licensing with the programme.
- Operative exposure
- Supervised operative participation
How to apply: Use the official Stanford fellowship information and programme contact.
Sources for programme details
- Funding: Official source ↗ · checked 7 Nov 2026
- Application documents: Official source ↗ · checked 7 Nov 2026
- Visa information: Official source ↗ · checked 7 Nov 2026
Congenital Cardiac Surgery Research Fellowship
Stanford’s paediatric cardiac surgery division lists a congenital cardiac research fellowship separately from its clinical fellowship. The laboratory describes non-clinical work in bypass, circulatory support, and fetal cardiac surgery. The research appointment does not grant operating privileges.
- Required prior training
- For the laboratory’s advertised surgeon-researcher role: cardiothoracic surgical training preferred in paediatrics, MD or PhD, and bypass experience; ask about criteria for the specific project.
- Deadline
- Enquire about current laboratory availability
- Language
- Stanford’s advertised non-clinical surgeon-researcher role requires spoken English fluency. Ask the lab which language requirements apply to the specific research appointment.
- Application documents
- No application form or checklist is published on the lab or fellowships pages; contact the lab director. For a formal Stanford postdoctoral appointment the candidate uploads (PDF only): a copy of the doctoral diploma or degree certificate (with English translation if needed; a Registrar-issued Letter of Completion is accepted before conferral), a recent CV with mm/yyyy dates, any external funding or award letters, and for international scholars a passport bio-data page plus the relevant visa document (DS-2019, EAD card, I-797 or green card).
- Official contact
- R. Kirk Riemer, PhD, Research Lab Director — riemerk@stanford.edu.
- Participation
- Non-clinical laboratory research; this is not a clinical fellowship.
- Research component
- Paediatric bypass, circulatory arrest, cerebral perfusion, circulatory support and fetal cardiac surgery models.
- Postdoctoral appointment documents
- If the lab offers a formal Stanford postdoctoral appointment, the university requests a doctoral diploma or acceptable completion evidence and an English translation when needed. External funding, if used, must be documented. Ask the lab for the initial application checklist and appointment category.
- Postdoctoral funding and visa policy
- For formal Stanford postdoctoral appointments, the university sets a minimum funding level and generally uses J-1 Research Scholar status for international appointees. Ask the lab whether your appointment falls under that policy and what funding it offers.
- Postdoctoral eligibility rules
- For a formal Stanford postdoctoral appointment: doctoral requirements completed (PhD within the last 3 years or MD within the last 6 years); no concurrent appointment or employment elsewhere; no more than 51 months of previous research experience. Whether the lab's surgeon-researcher role uses this route is not stated.
How to apply: Contact the research laboratory director to discuss the research scope, credentials, funding, and current openings before applying.
Sources for programme details
- Required prior training, Participation: Official source ↗ · checked 7 Nov 2026
- Deadline: Official source ↗ · checked 11 Nov 2026
- Language: Official source ↗ · checked 9 Nov 2026
- Application documents, Postdoctoral eligibility rules: Official source ↗ · checked 11 Nov 2026
- Official contact, Research component: Official source ↗ · checked 7 Nov 2026
- Postdoctoral appointment documents: Official source ↗ · checked 9 Nov 2026
- Postdoctoral funding and visa policy: Official source ↗ · checked 9 Nov 2026