Adult Cardiac · Travelling Fellowship
MiCS Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (MiCS-CABG) Fellowship in partnership with Medtronic
EACTS Francis Fontan Fund · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · Toronto · Canada
Programme overview
Two-week in-hospital fellowship in Toronto, supported by Medtronic, for newly graduated cardiothoracic surgeons to gain theoretical and practical experience in minimally invasive and off-pump CABG. Fellows must also attend the EACTS Annual Meeting.
Programme faculty
EACTS 2026/27 MICS CABG page gives Toronto location, 2-week duration and award details but does not name host faculty or institution. Not inferred from unrelated Toronto MICS surgeons.
Faculty-source review: 16 Oct 2026
Check the official programme source ↗Programme details
- Focus
- Minimally invasive (MICS) CABG and off-pump coronary surgery
- Duration
- 2 weeks of in-hospital training
- Eligibility
- EACTS member with paid-up membership; partnership with anaesthesiologists and cardiologists at own centre; access to up-to-date coronary imaging; fluent English. Desirable: ability to set up a MICS CABG programme, >50 MICS cases/year, centre >150 CABG/year
- International applicants
- Open to EACTS members; EACTS gives no visa advice, so applicants must check visa requirements themselves
- Language
- English (fluency required)
- Funding
- €5,200 towards living/travel plus travel bursary for the 2027 EACTS Annual Meeting
- Application documents
- CV, letter of interest, letter of support from head of training/department, operative experience
- Official contact
- Apply via the EACTS Francis Fontan Fund pages (eacts.org)
- Data quality
- Official institutional source verified 9 Oct 2026
- Source type
- Official institutional or society page
- Registration
- Not publicly listed; EACTS states it cannot advise on visas
- Visa information
- Not publicly listed — confirm directly with the host.
- Participation
- Clinical fellowship; privileges depend on credentialing
International applicant check
- Language
- English (fluency required)
- Clinical participation
- Clinical fellowship; privileges depend on credentialing
- Registration
- Not publicly listed; EACTS states it cannot advise on visas
- Visa
- Not publicly listed — confirm directly with the host.
This is a source summary, not an eligibility decision. Confirm licensing, immigration, funding and clinical privileges with the responsible institution.
How to apply
Apply online through the EACTS Francis Fontan Fund page during the application window; applicants must be EACTS members and submit the listed documents in English as Word or PDF files. Only one fellowship application per year is allowed. Documents: CV, letter of interest, letter of support from head of training/department, operative experience.
Open official programme page ↗Verification notes
Page banner reads 'Applications are now closed.' 2026/27 window was 1 March – 1 May 2026; fellowship start from January 2027. No 2027/28 dates were published on the page on 9 Oct 2026. The page names the location only as Toronto, Canada; the host hospital is not named.