Adult Cardiac · Clinical Fellowship
Liverpool Aortic Fellowship Collective (LHCH Clinical Aortic Fellowship)
Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Liverpool, England, United Kingdom · Liverpool · United Kingdom
Programme overview
LHCH's aortic service supports training of senior trainees and junior consultants from national and international centres through the Liverpool Aortic Fellowship Collective, comprising the LHCH Clinical Aortic Fellowship (industry-funded since 2018), the Liverpool Cardiovascular Distal Aorta Clinical Fellowship and the Liverpool Thoracoabdominal Aortic Research Fellowship. The RCSEd also lists an accredited LHCH Artivion Aortic Fellowship (6 months extendable to 1 year) for cardiac surgeons near or on the specialist register.
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
- Complex aortic surgery
- Duration
- 6 months, extendable to 1 year
- Eligibility
- Senior trainees and junior consultants; RCSEd listing: cardiac surgeons on or within 6 months of admission to the specialist register for cardiothoracic surgery
- International applicants
- Trust states it trains senior trainees and junior consultants nationally and internationally
- Funding
- Funded posts historically supported by Heart Research UK, Vascutek and Ethicon Fellowship Programme
- Official contact
- Miss Deborah Harrington / Prof Mark Field, 0151 600 1616
- Data quality
- Official institutional source verified 9 Oct 2026
- Source type
- Official institutional or society page
- Participation
- Clinical fellowship for senior trainees and junior consultants; national and international fellows described by the trust
- Registration
- UK specialist-register level for the RCSEd-listed route; local NHS Trust credentialing applies
- Visa information
- Not publicly listed — confirm directly with the host.
- Language
- English
International applicant check
- Clinical participation
- Clinical fellowship for senior trainees and junior consultants; national and international fellows described by the trust
- Registration
- UK specialist-register level for the RCSEd-listed route; local NHS Trust credentialing applies
- Visa
- Not publicly listed — confirm directly with the host.
- Language
- English
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How to apply
The trust states the position is advertised on NHS Jobs and appointment is by competitive process. Clinical contacts per RCSEd: Miss Deborah Harrington (Clinical Lead for Aortic Surgery) and Professor Mark Field, tel. 0151 600 1616.
Open official programme page ↗Verification notes
LHCH team page (fetched 9 Oct 2026) describes the fellowship programme and past fellows but gives no dates. RCSEd accredited listing names it the 'Artivion Aortic Fellowship' with a 5/8/24 start; sponsor name has changed over time (Vascutek/Terumo/Artivion). No current window published.