Heart Failure & Transplant · Advanced Clinical Fellowship
Mechanical Circulatory Support Fellowship
German Heart Center of the Charite (DHZC) · Berlin, Germany · Berlin · Germany
Programme overview
Structured MCS fellowship covering short- and long-term support, cardiogenic shock, ECLS, LVAD, perioperative echocardiography and cardiovascular intensive care across two DHZC campuses.
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
- Mechanical Circulatory Support
- Duration
- 2 years
- Participation
- Full-time on-the-job clinical training with supervised ICU, operating-room and catheter-laboratory exposure
- International applicants
- International equivalent specialist and intensive-care qualifications may be considered subject to German recognition
- Registration
- Specialist qualification in cardiology, anaesthesiology or cardiac surgery; intensive-care qualification or equivalent; six months prior relevant ICU experience
- Accreditation
- Institutional advanced fellowship
- Positions
- Not publicly listed
- Intake
- Individual start dates
- Deadline
- Start dates arranged individually
- Funding
- Paid full-time position under German physician tariff group A2
- Language
- German C1 and English B2
- Visa information
- Not publicly listed
- Fees
- Not publicly listed
- Data quality
- Official institutional programme verified 27 Aug 2026
- Application opens
- Not publicly announced
- Eligibility
- International equivalent specialist and intensive-care qualifications may be considered subject to German recognition
- Required prior training
- Not publicly listed — confirm with programme
- Application documents
- See official application instructions
- Operative exposure
- Full-time on-the-job clinical training with supervised ICU, operating-room and catheter-laboratory exposure
- Research component
- Not publicly listed
- Salary or stipend
- Paid full-time position under German physician tariff group A2
- Benefits
- Not publicly listed
- Accommodation
- Not publicly listed
- Official contact
- mcs-fellowship@dhzc-charite.de
- Source type
- Official institution
- Additional verified source
- https://www.dhzc.charite.de/karriere/fortbildung/fellowship-mcs/
International applicant check
- Clinical participation
- Full-time on-the-job clinical training with supervised ICU, operating-room and catheter-laboratory exposure
- Registration
- Specialist qualification in cardiology, anaesthesiology or cardiac surgery; intensive-care qualification or equivalent; six months prior relevant ICU experience
- Visa
- Not publicly listed — confirm directly with the host.
- Language
- German C1 and English B2
This is a source summary, not an eligibility decision. Confirm licensing, immigration, funding and clinical privileges with the responsible institution.
How to apply
Contact the programme using the official MCS fellowship email published by DHZC.
Open official programme page ↗Verification notes
DHZC publishes a two-year curriculum, eligibility rules and individually agreed starts; this is not presented as a fixed-deadline vacancy.