Congenital · ACGME-accredited Subspecialty Fellowship
Congenital Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States · Philadelphia · United States
Programme overview
Two-year ACGME-approved clinical fellowship with one position every two years; learning is primarily in the operating room across 2-3 daily cardiac ORs performing 900+ cardiac procedures a year. Fellows are exposed to the full spectrum of congenital heart disease and choose their own daily OR assignments.
Associated faculty
Programme relationships are sourced from official material; portraits come from institutional profiles where available. This directory does not infer operative volume or outcomes.
Programme details
- Focus
- Full spectrum of congenital heart surgery
- Duration
- 2 years
- Positions
- 1 every two years (ACGME-approved)
- Funding
- Salary at PGY8 level or above; medical, dental, vision; professional expense account
- Official contact
- Deborah McGlinn, Program Coordinator, McGlinn@chop.edu, 215-590-2708; Program Director Fawwaz Ridwan Shaw, MD
- Eligibility
- Per TSDA/ACGME congenital match requirements (not detailed on page)
- Data quality
- Official institutional source verified 9 Oct 2026
- Source type
- Official institutional or society page
- Registration
- Not publicly listed on page; CHOP requires COVID-19 and influenza vaccination and a tobacco-use attestation
- Language
- English
- Visa information
- Not publicly listed — confirm directly with the host.
- Participation
- Clinical fellowship; privileges depend on credentialing
- International applicants
- Not publicly listed — confirm with the programme
International applicant check
- Clinical participation
- Clinical fellowship; privileges depend on credentialing
- Registration
- Not publicly listed on page; CHOP requires COVID-19 and influenza vaccination and a tobacco-use attestation
- Visa
- Not publicly listed — confirm directly with the host.
- Language
- English
This is a source summary, not an eligibility decision. Confirm licensing, immigration, funding and clinical privileges with the responsible institution.
How to apply
Apply through the Thoracic Surgery Directors Association (TSDA) Congenital Cardiac Surgery Fellowship Match via SF Match; contact the programme coordinator for questions.
Open official programme page ↗Verification notes
CHOP page states it participates in the TSDA match for the fellowship year starting July 2027 and defers deadlines to TSDA. TSDA Congenital Cardiac Surgery Fellowship Match (SF Match) 2026 cycle for 2027 appointment: applications due 31 Jul 2026; interviews 1 Aug-30 Sep 2026; rank lists due 3 Nov 2026; Match Day 10 Nov 2026 (tsda.org/the-tsda/congenital-match, fetched 9 Oct 2026). Application window for the 2027 start has therefore passed; the match itself is still in progress. Page lists coordinator's middle initial inconsistently (M./H.).