General Thoracic · Subspecialty observership
ESTS Observership/Fellowship (host option: Gemelli, Rome)
European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) — host option: Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS · Rome, Lazio, Italy · Rome · Italy
Programme overview
The ESTS offers a 12-month Observership/Fellowship to early career thoracic surgeons on an academic track, open to European and non-European candidates. The Gemelli University Hospital in Rome is one of the listed host institutions; its host sheet describes experience in robotic, uniportal minimally invasive thoracic and oesophageal surgery.
Faculty names not published
The official programme page reviewed on 20 Oct 2026 does not name a fellowship director or programme faculty tied to this fellowship, so no faculty relationship is published.
Faculty-source review: 20 Oct 2026
Check the official programme source ↗Programme details
- Focus
- Thoracic surgery observership or participation in a programme; Gemelli sheet lists robotic surgery, uniportal minimally invasive thoracic surgery and oesophageal surgery
- Grant
- 60.000 EUR for one year
- Eligibility
- ESTS member surgeons in training or in first years after specialization for thoracic surgery; adequate English
- International applicants
- Open to European and non-European based candidates
- Languages (Gemelli)
- English/Italian or French
- Accommodation (Gemelli)
- The Catholic University of Rome can provide accommodation inside the university campus
- Scrub-in (Gemelli)
- A 'Scrub In' program can be arranged
- Funding
- Grant amount 60.000 EUR for one year
Unpublished details & source notes
- Registration
- Not publicly listed — confirm directly with the host.
- Visa information
- Not publicly listed — confirm directly with the host.
- Source type
- Official society page and official host information sheet
International applicant requirements
- Clinical participation
- Page states observership or participation in a programme; confirm scope with the host
- Registration
- Not publicly listed — confirm directly with the host.
- Visa
- Not publicly listed — confirm directly with the host.
- Language
- Adequate English; Gemelli sheet lists English/Italian or French
This is a source summary, not an eligibility decision. Confirm licensing, immigration, funding and clinical privileges with the responsible institution.
How to apply
Per the ESTS page, applicants submit their CV, log book, bibliography and area of interest, indicating a host institution preference, to the ESTS Executive Director (sue@ests.org.uk) when a new round is advertised.
Open official programme page ↗Verification notes
ESTS page still shows the 2022 round as closed and states that new Observerships/Fellowships will be advertised there when available. Host choice is made at application; Gemelli is one of eight listed hosts. Same programme may also be recorded under other hosts (Barts, Papworth, Zurich, Leuven etc.).